Posted by Mike Fields on 12/09/06 19:24

"Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> "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/
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>> mikey
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> 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.
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> One day I will find or write a little recursive script to compare file
> sizes and contents.
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> Stuart

Interesting -- I was not aware of that "feature" (although it is not
just a "windows thing") - take a look at the man page for tar in the
UNIX world - somewhere in there it mentions path name lengths being
an issue also (and I have been bitten by that one).

mikey

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