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madrabbit
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24. August 2003 @ 03:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What exactly is a bin error? How are they detected? And how does it affect the files it contains?

If a bin file is corrupt, can the files still be recovered with extraction software such as ISOBuster.

I searched the forums and read the FAQs, but couldn't find a good explanation of this.




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24. August 2003 @ 07:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Im not an expert on this topic by ANY means but..theres a program called CDmage that allows you to scan bin files for errors, and it rebuilds/fixes them for you. Very easy to use. Just search the web for it

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24. August 2003 @ 07:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes, CDMage allows you to detect and correct minor BIN errors (not so fo ISOs though). To do so, first open up your BIN in CDMage and then goto the Action menu and select "Scan for Errors". If errors are found you can have CDMage correct them for you. Just remember to make a backup of your BIN first... sometimes correcting the error makes it worse. Also, with anything but very slight errors (i.e. moderate or worse), the resulting "corrected" image is hit and miss.
madrabbit
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24. August 2003 @ 19:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here's why I asked...

I have a bin file that contains an error. I was able to extract all of the individual files from it with ISOBuster.

Since the extraction was successful, can I assume that none of these files are corrupt?

Also, what if the source CD had intentional bad sectors on it? Would that produce a bin file with errors?




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Praetor
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25. August 2003 @ 06:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Since the extraction was successful, can I assume that none of these files are corrupt?

Theoretically yes. Although I dont quite understand why you might want to extract the contents of a BIN..... most users tend to either burn the BIN onto a CD or mount it onto a virtual drive. Odds are however that if the extraction went well then you dont have much to worry about.

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Also, what if the source CD had intentional bad sectors on it? Would that produce a bin file with errors?

I dont think so. I'm not fully familiar with that but I wouldnt imagine that would be the case. Again, I'm not entirely clear as to why you would want to extract files..... if the the image does have intential corrupted sectors then you would want to preserve those by burning the image onto cd (?)

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madrabbit
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25. August 2003 @ 18:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Although I dont quite understand why you might want to extract the contents of a BIN
The bin file contains an error. Wouldn't that produce a CD with an error?
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if the the image does have intential corrupted sectors then you would want to preserve those by burning the image onto cd
I have no way of knowing if the error is intentional. I assume that intentionally corrupted sectors are there for copy protection. If I extract the files and write them to a disc and the disc works as intended, wouldn't that mean that the corrupted sectors were not intentional?



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26. August 2003 @ 05:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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If I extract the files and write them to a disc and the disc works as intended, wouldn't that mean that the corrupted sectors were not intentional?

Nothing beats trial and error dude! :-)

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