Posted by Stuart Miller on 12/09/06 18:22

"Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@comcastDOTnet> wrote in message
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> "Citizen Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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>> How can I verify a burn with Nero without having to re-burn it?
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>
> In version 5 of Nero, there are two parts to the answer.
> If you are burning a data CD/DVD, there is a checkbox
> in the burn dialog for "verify after burn" or something like
> that. Unfortunately, if you are burning from an ISO, it
> does not have that check box (or at least I have not been
> able to find it). For burning ISO's, you might give the
> free imgburn a shot -- works well and has the verify option.
> http://www.imgburn.com/
>
> mikey
>
Nero has one nasty habit which the verify does not seem to detect.
It can only build a filesystem down to a specific number of levels. If your
folders are nested, say, 10 levels deep (which windows does sometimes) Nero
will only 'see' the first eight, and ignore the rest. Because it does not
see them, it does not copy them and when it verifies, does not know that
they are missing. The first thing I do after burning a backup is compare
'properties' for file count and total written size.

One day I will find or write a little recursive script to compare file sizes
and contents.

Stuart

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