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<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos60.html">The big picture</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos10.html">Scanning media for errors</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos20.html">Putting error correction data on a separate file</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos30.html">Putting error correction data on the medium</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:small;">-</td><td><span class="fs">Creating the medium</span></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:small;">-</td><td><span class="fs"><a href="howtos34.html">Advanced settings</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos40.html">Recovering media images</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="fl"><b>Augmenting images with error correction data</b></span></td>
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<tr><td><i>Walkthrough</i></td></tr>
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dvdisaster is specialized in working with error correction data and reading
of defective media. Creating ISO or UDF images and writing them to a medium
is a totally different business, and also bears high complexity.
We do not want to re-invent medium writing in dvdisaster. Instead we
continue using the CD/DVD/BD writing software which you have got when
purchasing your drive.<p>
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<td class="valignt"><b>First create an ISO image</b> using your CD/DVD/BD
writing software. Select the files you want to write to medium,
but do not start the writing process yet. Instead, create an ISO
image on your hard disk. Click on the image to the left to see a
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<td class="valignt">When you have prepared the image
<b>switch over to dvdisaster</b>. Make sure that it
has been configured as described in
the <a href="howtos32.html">basic settings</a>.
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<td class="valignt"><b>Select the directory and file name</b>
of the ISO image which you have just created.</td>
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<td class="valignt"><b>Augment the image with error correction data</b> by
clicking on the "Create" button.</td>
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<b>Please wait while the error correction data is created.</b>
This may take a while depending on the image size and the
available free space on the medium. Processing a DVD image with about
20-30% free space should take about 5-10 minutes on recent hardware.
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<b>Please note:</b> dvdisaster does not create a new image, but will rather
augment the existing one. Look at the image in the file manager before
and after processing it with dvdisaster and note how its size increases.
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<td class="valignt"><b>Write the augmented ISO image</b> on the medium.
Select the augmented image in your writing software and
start the writing process. Click on the screen shot to the left for
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<td class="valignt"><b>Finished!</b> You have now created a CD which is
protected by error correction code.</td>
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<b>Related information</b>
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<li><a href="howtos90.html">Check whether the writing process has affected
the error correction data.</a><p>
It is recommended to perform this test once every time you change to a new
version (or vendor) of your media writing software to make sure that it
interoperates well with dvdisaster.
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