Verifying burnt discs

[PaddyTM]

How many of you verify a disc after burning it, and how necessary is it?

 

[bwana]

When I'm archiving - always.

Otherwise it depends on what the software is defaulting to that day and if I'm impatient or not.

 

[kronoSX]

It really slows me down on productivity therefore i never do it.

 

[wizdumb]

i've done it once, unsure if its needed...

....but there is surely a couple of dvds that i might have had to use it on (some *cough* video clips)

 

[kronoSX]

i've done it once, unsure if its needed...

....but there is surely a couple of dvds that i might have had to use it on (some *cough* video clips)

I guess if you suspect your dvd drive is going then at least do a fast write and check for errors.

 

[PaddyTM]

So what do I do when there's a problem after verification during archiving? K3b has a problem, but when I do the same project with nero, no problem?

 

[Grimspoon]

I never do it..seems like a waste of time...Unless the burn crashes I assume everything has gone fine.

 

[mh348]

It really slows me down on productivity therefore i never do it.

Same here, it takes too long so I don't verify.

 

[LazyLion]

Every single time. I don't think I have ever burnt a disc that I have not verified. And I always burn at the slowest speed possible. Gives a better readability.

 

[SlyFly]

If its been burned and it doesnt verify you cant use it... So you have to throw it away anyways... So whats the point of verifying it, just try to use it and if it doesnt work you can verify by logic that its a dud?

Or am I missing the point here?

 

[milomak]

i just check to see if the drive can read the CD/DVD. If so I just assume its all good.

 

[LazyLion]

If its been burned and it doesnt verify you cant use it... So you have to throw it away anyways... So whats the point of verifying it, just try to use it and if it doesnt work you can verify by logic that its a dud?

Or am I missing the point here?

as long as you check it immediately after creating it. If you are only going to check it later on (when you actually need it), then it might be too late to make a second working backup copy. And if you are going to check it immediately as soon as you have created it... then isn't that the same as just verifying the disc? Or am I missing the point here?

 

[sn3rd]

as long as you check it immediately after creating it. If you are only going to check it later on (when you actually need it), then it might be too late to make a second working backup copy. And if you are going to check it immediately as soon as you have created it... then isn't that the same as just verifying the disc? Or am I missing the point here?

Just because the SOME OF the data is readable doesn't mean that ALL of it is. Consider a video file (even though I'm sure NO-ONE pirates movies here ). Do you immediately watch the whole file after you write? Then just because it plays doesn't mean it's ok. The same applies to other data.

Binaries are sneaky

 

[Zulash]

If I want to "Verify a Disc" I look at it, and if I see data its all good

 

[charlie_82]

Me too, takes too long to verify
If i'm archiving documents etc that I have created, then yes. But if I can download it again, I don't bother to verify