Nero CD Quality Test

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  1. jamoos

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    I've used Nero CD Speed's CD Quality Test feature on a few recently burned cd-r's (Kodak & TDK). The results i got showed 1000-3000 errors (occured close to the end of the cd, after testing 85% of it).

    Is this number of errors high/low/normal ?

    Can someone suggest me other methods of testing the quality of a cd-r (before or after burning) ?

    Thanks
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    Whoa. Errm... what speed are you burning at?
     
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    Im burning at x6 speed on my Teac CD-R56S. This is also the drive i tested the media's on and got those results.

    However, if i test them on another drive (Teac CD-540E reader), the Kodak media has 0 errors and the TDK media has 167 errors.

    any idea?
     
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    I'm not familiar with this burner (the CD-R56S) and a quick search of the Teac site revealed nothing.... how old is the burner? I would imagine the newer CD-540E has error correction stuff included.
     
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    Its a pretty old burner, over 4 years old.

    Is more than 1000 errors considered really bad?
    because some times i get much more than that.

    (Im talking about the testing called 'CD Quality Test' in Nero CD Speed..)
     
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    I'd imagine so - Unless my version of CD Speed is horrendously out of date, it only reports C2 errors.

    And I'd say 1 C2 error on a recently burned disc is a bad sign.

    I suggest using CD Doctor - although I dont know if your drive reports C1 errors or not.

    You can tell the quality of the CDR before you burn by searching this forum :)
     
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    Another weird thing is that tested a 3 year old burnt Kodak gold cd, and it showed ~30,000 errors.. but i could read all the data from it to hdd, and it was ok..
     
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    Alternatively, CD Speed could be reporting errors that aren't there, or your drive is pretty innacurate with C2 errors.

    Rumours are: CD Speed will be reporting C1 errors in the distant future.

    And yes, CD's will work with a myriad of C2 errors on them, but it doesnt bode well for the life of the thing.

    --C1 Errors = Not a prob is small - medium doses

    --C2 Errors = On the way out, probably - copy data somewhere else

    --Unreadable = Pretty self explanatory
     
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    Very true.
     
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    This is a very old drive you are using. Could be be that your drive is wearing out? Errors on the outer parts of the CD could suggest balancing/vibration problems, or similar.
     
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