<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>dvdisaster</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../include/dvdisaster.css"> </head> <body> <!--- Title header ---> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> <font size="+3"><b>dvdisaster</b></font> <i>Version 0.72 (pl1)</i> </td> <td align="right"> <font size="+3"> </font><a href="http://dvdisaster.net/en/">To the Internet version</a> <a href="../de/index30.html"></a> <a href="../ru/index30.html"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <!--- Language chooser or separator ---> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"> <td colspan="2" width="100%"><img width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" width="100%" height="10"> <img width=1 height=1 alt=""> </td></tr> </table> <!--- Main body (Navigation, actual page content, optional news column) ---> <table width="100%" cellspacing=0> <tr> <!--- Navigation ---> <td bgcolor="#f0f0f0" valign="top" width="20%"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td> <font size="-1"><b>Contents</b></font> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"> <td width="100%"><img width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> </table><p> <table width="100%"> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="news.html">News</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td height="10"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="index.html">Overview</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="index10.html">Examples of the error correction</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="index20.html">dvdisaster complements quality scans</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1">Pro and con of dvdisaster</font></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td height="10"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="howtos.html">Howtos</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td height="10"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="download.html">Download</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td height="10"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="qa.html">Questions and Answers</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td height="10"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><font size="-1"><a href="feedback.html">Bug reporting</a></font></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td></td> <!--- Actual page contents ---> <td valign="top" width="77%" rowspan="2"> <!--- Insert actual page content below ---> <h3>Advantages of using dvdisaster:</h3> <ul> <li><b>Protects</b> against aging and accidental medium damage (within certain limits).<p></li> <li><a href="howtos10.html">Read error tests</a> run <b>faster</b> than quality scans; up to full reading speed depending on the drive.<p></li> <li><b>Cost-effective:</b> Media must be replaced with a new copy only when they are really defective.</li> </ul> <h3>Limitations of using dvdisaster:</h3> You need a backup strategy and at least 15% of additional storage. <ul> <li>Error correction data <b>must be created before the medium fails</b>, preferably at the same time the medium is written.<p></li> <li>Error correction data requires <b>additional storage space</b> either on the protected medium or by using additional media. Using the standard settings the additional storage space amounts to 15% of the original data size (approx. 700MB for a full 4.7GB DVD).<p></li> <li>no guaranteed protection against data loss.</li> </ul> See also the collection of <a href="http://dvdisaster.net/legacy/en/background.html">background information</a> in the old documentation to learn more about the functioning of dvdisaster. <!--- do not change below ---> </td> <!--- end of page contents ---> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <table cellpadding="10"><tr><td><a href="http://dvdisaster.net/legacy/en/index.html"><font size="-1">Old documentation (V0.70)</font></a></td></tr></table> </td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <!--- end of main body table ---> <!--- Page footer ---> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr><td colspan="2" width="100%" height="10"><img width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td colspan="2" width="100%"><img width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <font size="-1"> <i> Copyright 2004-2009 Carsten Gnörlich.<br> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. </i> </font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td colspan="2" width="100%"><img width=1 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>