looking for way to verify whether a CD/DVD was correctly burned

[Brandon Helton]

On 11/29/06, alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Paul Smith wrote:
>
> > Is there some way to verify whether a CD/DVD was correctly burned?
>
> Try doing an md5checksum on all the files on the disc.  If there are disc
> errors, these will error out.  (I have a burner that has been far too
> picky lately.)
>
> If you are burning an iso, there should be a checksum compare in the
> program. (I use k3b.)
>
> Burning video DVDs is where I have the most problems with bad burns.
>
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I use readcd from cdrtools on all my important burnt CDs.  It at least lets
me know if the CD can be completely read.  I don't burn many DVDs yet.
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