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<font size="+3"><b>dvdisaster</b></font>
<i>Version 0.72 (pl1)</i>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos60.html">The big picture</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td>-</td><td><font size="-1"><a href="howtos61.html">error correction</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td>-</td><td><font size="-1">correct usage</font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td>-</td><td><font size="-1"><a href="howtos63.html">incorrect usage</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos10.html">Scanning media for errors</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos20.html">Putting error correction data on a separate file</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos30.html">Putting error correction data on the medium</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos40.html">Recovering media images</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos50.html">Getting information about images and error correction data</a></font></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="1%">·</td><td colspan=2><font size="-1"><a href="howtos90.html">Testing image compatibility</a></font></td></tr>
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<h3>Using dvdisaster the right way</h3>
Let's demonstrate how Jane uses dvdisaster. <p>
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<td width="15%">10. Feb. 2004</td>
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<td>Jane creates a new CD with important data.</td>
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<td>To protect the CD from data loss
<a href="howtos20.html">she creates error correction data with dvdisaster</a>.
She keeps both kinds of data for later usage.</td>
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<td>14. May 2005</td>
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<td> Jane knows that during daily use not all data of her CD might be
accessed. So after a year has passed
she <a href="howtos10.html">scans the CD for read errors</a> to make sure
that it has not developed any defects in seldom used data regions. However
after one year the CD is still perfectly readable.</td>
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<td>19. Aug 2007</td>
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<td>Two more years have passed and Jane notices that some data on the
CD is no longer readable. A <a href="howtos10.html">scan for read errors</a>
confirms that the CD has become defective due to aging.</td>
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<td align="right"><a href="howtos42.html#a">read</a></td>
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<td>Jane uses dvdisaster to <a href="howtos42.html#a">read as much sectors
as possible</a> from the defective CD into an ISO image.</td>
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<td align="right"><a href="howtos42.html#b">reconstruct</a></td>
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<td>By using the error correction data Jane
<a href="howtos42.html#b">recovers the missing parts in the ISO image</a>.
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<td>Jane writes a new CD from the recovered ISO image. She keeps the
error correction data for the new CD as it may also become defective
in the future.</td>
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<i> Copyright 2004-2009 Carsten Gnörlich.<br>
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