dvdisaster Version 0.72.6 / 0.79 (devel-3)  To the Internet version
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Overview
Howtos
·The big picture
·Scanning media for errors
·Putting error correction data on a separate file
·Putting error correction data on the medium
·Recovering media images
·Getting information about images and error correction data
·Testing image compatibility
·Dialogs and buttons
-Drive selection
-Image file selection
-Error correction file selection
-Starting actions
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Bug reporting

Drive selection

The drive selection menu is located in the upper left corner of the tool bar (see green marking). Click into the field to the right of the CD symbol to drop down the drive selection. Then select the drive which contains the medium you want to process with dvdisaster.

To simplify identification of the drives the following information is given in the menu entries:

  • The device identification which is typically comprised of the vendor name and the drive model number. These values have been programmed into the drive by the vendor. Since dvdisaster is displaying them without further processing you will see here whatever the drive vendor deemed appropriate. Sometimes this identification is not very meaningful.

  • The handle under which the drive is managed by the operating system (e.g. /dev/hda using GNU/Linux or F: using Windows)
Drive selection

Examples:

dvdisaster GUI: drive selection in Linux
Unfolded selection using GNU/Linux		 dvdisaster GUI: drive selection in Windows
Unfolded selection using Windows

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