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Nero CD Quality Test
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jamoos
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23. July 2003 @ 02:24 |
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I've used Nero CD Speed's CD Quality Test feature on a few recently burned cd-r's (Kodak & TDK). The results i got showed 1000-3000 errors (occured close to the end of the cd, after testing 85% of it).
Is this number of errors high/low/normal ?
Can someone suggest me other methods of testing the quality of a cd-r (before or after burning) ?
Thanks
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Praetor
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23. July 2003 @ 09:12 |
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). The results i got showed 1000-3000 errors
Whoa. Errm... what speed are you burning at?
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jamoos
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23. July 2003 @ 10:23 |
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Im burning at x6 speed on my Teac CD-R56S. This is also the drive i tested the media's on and got those results.
However, if i test them on another drive (Teac CD-540E reader), the Kodak media has 0 errors and the TDK media has 167 errors.
any idea?
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Praetor
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23. July 2003 @ 10:31 |
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I'm not familiar with this burner (the CD-R56S) and a quick search of the Teac site revealed nothing.... how old is the burner? I would imagine the newer CD-540E has error correction stuff included.
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jamoos
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23. July 2003 @ 10:56 |
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Its a pretty old burner, over 4 years old.
Is more than 1000 errors considered really bad?
because some times i get much more than that.
(Im talking about the testing called 'CD Quality Test' in Nero CD Speed..)
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mhoope02
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24. July 2003 @ 00:18 |
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I'd imagine so - Unless my version of CD Speed is horrendously out of date, it only reports C2 errors.
And I'd say 1 C2 error on a recently burned disc is a bad sign.
I suggest using CD Doctor - although I dont know if your drive reports C1 errors or not.
You can tell the quality of the CDR before you burn by searching this forum :)
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jamoos
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24. July 2003 @ 01:16 |
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Another weird thing is that tested a 3 year old burnt Kodak gold cd, and it showed ~30,000 errors.. but i could read all the data from it to hdd, and it was ok..
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mhoope02
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24. July 2003 @ 07:29 |
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Alternatively, CD Speed could be reporting errors that aren't there, or your drive is pretty innacurate with C2 errors.
Rumours are: CD Speed will be reporting C1 errors in the distant future.
And yes, CD's will work with a myriad of C2 errors on them, but it doesnt bode well for the life of the thing.
--C1 Errors = Not a prob is small - medium doses
--C2 Errors = On the way out, probably - copy data somewhere else
--Unreadable = Pretty self explanatory
: DO the things that people say you cannot :
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Praetor
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25. July 2003 @ 07:12 |
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And I'd say 1 C2 error on a recently burned disc is a bad sign.
Very true.
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mhoope02
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30. July 2003 @ 00:54 |
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: DO the things that people say you cannot :
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cd-rw.org
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31. July 2003 @ 22:25 |
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This is a very old drive you are using. Could be be that your drive is wearing out? Errors on the outer parts of the CD could suggest balancing/vibration problems, or similar.
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