I have a BenQ, which does not support MRW. Is there any software that can scan the rewritable and put the bad sectors aside (like in a file)? I know there is some bad sector since the read chokes some time. However, InCD format w/ verify still give 0-sized "Non-Allocatable Space"

Thanks!

Try bad copy pro.

(in reply to cheerful)

It seems to only have recovery function. I need to set aside the few bad sectors and keep using this disk.

Thanks!

(in reply to Iggy)

This may sound harsh, but...
1. Read data with Bad Copy Pro to safe place.
2. Try (full) formatting the rewritable and test the disk.
3. If errors still appear, trhow the disk into garbage bin and get new one!

Sometimes rewritables do fail and become unreliable.
It's not worth to use unreliable disks... unless your data is unimportant to you.
Why you insist using that faulty disk, instead of buying new one?
One new disk is hardly going to ruin your economy.

Then again, this is only my opinion... and there are rumours about me being wrong once in previous life.

(in reply to cheerful)

It seems there are spots which are bad enough to impair reading, but not to actually fail, therefore the format isn't finding them.

Try a full erase (not a quick), fill it with a normal write (eg. create test disk in Cdspeed) - may as well test it as well, then reformat - the shake up may give it enough of a kick to detect, and also makes sure that formatting is not skipping any steps.


For collecting stuff to take to a full CD though, I'd recommend using a USB (2.0) Pendrive - if you are going to copy it faster than 6x, it must be USB 2.0 (drive and system).

CD-RW media, and packet writing, are two unstable technologies combined - when I use CD-RW, I normally multisession until full and then copy/wipe and restart - if using as a "data shuttle" that way, then only erase when full, as you don't want to abuse the first 50-100Mb repeatedly.

(in reply to Cooler)

Thanks Matthew for the idea. I have a batch of DVD+RW disks. I would want to be able to test each one before I use them so that I don't have to worry too much about data loss.

About "creete test disk". I only see that under menu "Advanced DAE Quality Test -> Create Test CD", seems to be CD-RW only. Any way to do that to a DVD+RW disc?

Thanks!

(in reply to Matthew)

I think it's "Create data disk" that works for DVD media as well - in the current version, it also records the write speed plot, though it'll be a flat 4x on +RW

(in reply to cheerful)