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Possibly use 'verification failed' CD/DVDs anyway Desktop
I use the CD/DVD burning feature of the Finder a lot. Sometimes the verification fails, but I found that it is worth it to try the 'failed' CD/DVD anyway. When this problem occurs, the CD/DVD has mounted correctly quite often. Of course, I verify it to make sure the data I added is all there and is correct.

Sometimes, it seems that the verification routine is a bit overzealous...

[robg adds: I've seen this exact situation on my machine, though very rarely. I probably wouldn't trust a CD/DVD that failed the verification step for long-term archival use, but for a simple file transfer or similar, as long as you confirm everything works, it should be fine.]
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Possibly use 'verification failed' CD/DVDs anyway
Authored by: mike666 on Jun 12, '06 05:48:05PM

Don't know if this will help anyone but on a slightly related note, I've been having problems with DL discs on my Pioneer 110D. The burn phase will complete but I get verification failures. As a test, I mounted the disc image on the machine I was burning from, then moved the burned disc to my PowerBook, mounted the disc image over the network and then used Toast's Compare function. Verified without a problem. So there definitely can be issues where a drive will burn a disc without errors but then not be able to read the disc properly.



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Possibly use 'verification failed' CD/DVDs anyway
Authored by: dmac4585 on Jun 25, '06 10:49:00AM

So to simplify the whole process, isn't there a way we can just shut off the verify option when using the finder to make CDs and DVDs? That way it takes far less time as well.



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