dvdisaster Version 0.72 (pl3) | To the Internet version

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· | Examples of the error correction
· | dvdisaster complements quality scans
· | Pro and con of dvdisaster
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### The dvdisaster project:

CD, DVD and BD media keep their data only for a finite time (typically for many years). After that time, data loss develops slowly with read errors growing from the outer media region towards the inside.

Archival with data loss protection

dvdisaster stores data on CD/DVD/BD (supported media) in a way that it is fully recoverable even after some read errors have developed. This enables you to rescue the complete data to a new medium.

Data loss is prevented by using error correcting codes. Error correction data is either added to the medium or kept in separate error correction files. dvdisaster works at the image level so that the recovery does not depend on the file system of the medium. The maximum error correction capacity is user-selectable.

Common misunderstandings about dvdisaster:

- dvdisaster can not make defective media readable again. Contents of a defective medium can not be recovered without the error correction data.

- Such functions are outside the scope of dvdisaster's internal design and goals.

Examples of the error correction...

News

03.10.2011 dvdisaster 0.72.3 released 31.10.2010 dvdisaster 0.72.2 released 10.08.2009 Project represention on SourceForge may be outdated 08.08.2009 dvdisaster 0.72.1 released 04.07.2009 dvdisaster 0.72 released 14.04.2009 Added: dvdisaster 0.72.rc1 for Mac OS X 11.04.2009 dvdisaster 0.72.rc1 released 08.03.2009 dvdisaster 0.71.28 released 18.01.2009 dvdisaster 0.71.27 released

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