Putting error correction data on the medium

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·	The big picture
·	Scanning media for errors
·	Putting error correction data on a separate file
·	Putting error correction data on the medium
	-	Decision help
	-	Basic settings
	-	Creating the medium
	-	Advanced settings
·	Recovering media images
·	Getting information about images and error correction data
·	Testing image compatibility
·	Dialogs and buttons

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Augmenting images with error correction data
Overview

Task	Error correction data is stored along with the user data on the same medium.

	Note: This page describes how an ISO image is augmented with error correction data prior to writing it onto a medium. There is also a method for creating and placing error correction data into a separate file. Would you like help on deciding between these two methods?

Required:
	an authoring ("burning") software capable of creating ISO images the medium which is to be augmented with error correction data has not yet been written ^*) at least 20% of free space on the medium which is to be created

What to do:
	1. Configure basic settings 2a. Create an ISO image, 2b. augment it with error correction data, 2c. and write it to a medium.



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