Re: RW-CDs -- 1x to 4x

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I might have Micro-Soft  software that check the CD (after writing).


I just made a large 170MB FOO.iso and write to CD by:
cdrecord  ... FOO.iso

I found 4 CDs that I chucked.

Thanks for reply

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM Andrew Ball <asbatwrk%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hello Todd,
>
>   TG> Is there  a way to text these thing?
>     > Can bad-blocks marked as unusable  ?
>
>     The best I usually hope for is watching for errors reported by the
> burning software, turning on 'verify' if the software supports that
> and then comparing checksums between the original files and those
> written to the disc.  I haven't looked into bad blocks but I would be
> surprised if we weren't expected to throw away any 'coasters', though
> it might be possible to re-write the file on another session if the
> disc was not finalised.
>
> -Andy.