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<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" 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>
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<h3>Drive selection</h3>
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The drive selection menu is located in the upper left corner of the
tool bar (see green marking). Click into the field to the right of the CD symbol
to drop down the drive selection. Then select the drive which contains the medium
you want to process with dvdisaster.<p>
To simplify identification of the drives the following information
is given in the menu entries:
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<li>The device identification which is typically comprised of the vendor name
and the drive model number. These values have been programmed into the drive
by the vendor. Since dvdisaster is displaying them without further processing
you will see here whatever the drive vendor deemed appropriate. Sometimes
this identification is not very meaningful.<p></li>
<li>The handle under which the drive is managed by the operating system
(e.g. /dev/hda using GNU/Linux or F: using Windows)</li>
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Unfolded selection using GNU/Linux</td>
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Unfolded selection using Windows</td>
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<i> Copyright 2004-2009 Carsten Gnörlich.<br>
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