Utility needed to Verify ISO image with burned disc
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From: Mark F on 19 Feb 2010 11:31 On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:58:46 -0500, Susan Bugher <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Penang wrote: > > > My PC runs Windows XP, and I have ISO Recorder Power Toy installed > > ( from http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm ) > > > And what I am looking for is a stand alone utility to do just that --- > > Read in an ISO-Image file, and then compare it to the (CD/DVD) disc > > that is on a CD/DVD drive, directory by directory, file by file, byte > > by byte. > > I believe you need DVDSig. Small, fast, easy. . . :) > > Program: DVDSig > Author: Dariusz Stanislawek > Windows "all" > Ware: (Freeware) > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/ > "DVDsig v1.01 [10kB]" > "DVDsig is a files verification software for DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-ROM > and other removable media. It will scan all files and directories of a > new disk compilation and create a list of reliable MD5 file signatures. > DVDsig is small enough to be conveniently included on any disk > compilation and offers immediate, independent verification of the files > after burning is completed. The inclusion of DVDsig along with the > signature list it generates is a simple, quick and effective way of > validating your data at any time and anywhere." The Original Poster wants to make sure the CD as burned matches what is intended to be made from the ISO-Image. CD images may have many files that Windows doesn't see, to looking at the visible files is not enough. There also lots of meta-data that DVDsig may not be looking at. I think the OP might even like a report of corrected errors. > > Susan
From: Mark F on 19 Feb 2010 11:40 On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:56:27 +0000 (UTC), Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse(a)ilyaz.org> wrote in part: > > What I am looking for is a utility that can compare an ISO image file > > (xyz.ISO) to a burned CD/DVD based on the same ISO image file. > > "A burned CD/DVD" *is* a file. At least on reasonable OSes. E.g., > did you try \\.\M: ? If Windows does not support this, one can just > make an ISO image from the disk, and use FC (or diff). Sonic Record Now and some other programs that I have used include some identifying information in the .ISO file. Perhaps another format would give the same result every time I made an image, but can't switch from .ISO. In particular, making an ISO file from the same real or virtual CD gives different results each time, so a simple compare doesn't do the job. (The differences may be as little as the equivalent of: "This ISO image was made at ...." but the file compare programs that I use stop on the first difference for binary files. If there is only a single difference in the ISO files I could look around for other compare programs. > > Hope this helps, > Ilya >...
From: Ilya Zakharevich on 19 Feb 2010 16:29 On 2010-02-19, Mark F <mark53916(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:56:27 +0000 (UTC), Ilya Zakharevich ><nospam-abuse(a)ilyaz.org> wrote in part: > >> > What I am looking for is a utility that can compare an ISO image file >> > (xyz.ISO) to a burned CD/DVD based on the same ISO image file. >> >> "A burned CD/DVD" *is* a file. At least on reasonable OSes. E.g., >> did you try \\.\M: ? If Windows does not support this, one can just >> make an ISO image from the disk, and use FC (or diff). > Sonic Record Now and some other programs that I have used include some > identifying information in the .ISO file. Perhaps another format > would give the same result every time I made an image, but can't > switch from .ISO. I have no clue what you are talking about. > In particular, making an ISO file from the same > real or virtual CD gives different results each time Then the probrams you use are broken. ISO image is just a copy of the DVD (or of "the 2048-sectors" of CD). All copies should be the same. (And I expect that \\.M: would be always the same as well...) Hope this helps, Ilya
From: thanatoid on 19 Feb 2010 20:16 Greegor <greegor47(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:d7d59dad-3df7-4079-8439-2c84cc769cd9(a)l26g2000yqd.googlegr oups.com: <SNIP> > What's your favorite CD burner software? > After griping about various others, shouldn't you say? Sorry, but I rarely get to say BOTH in one reply: Learn to <SNIP> and learn to read. I state clearly what I use in what you did not bother snipping - but /presumably/ did "sort of" read. -- The Onion: Is there a God? Winona Ryder: Is there a God? The Onion: Yes, does God exist? Winona Ryder: Um, I don't know. I really don't know. I hate to be so boring, but I don't know.
From: REM on 21 Feb 2010 10:45
> Susan Bugher <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Penang wrote: >> My PC runs Windows XP, and I have ISO Recorder Power Toy installed >> ( from http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm ) >> And what I am looking for is a stand alone utility to do just that --- >> Read in an ISO-Image file, and then compare it to the (CD/DVD) disc >> that is on a CD/DVD drive, directory by directory, file by file, byte >> by byte. >I believe you need DVDSig. Small, fast, easy. . . :) The OP hasn't been back, but I think that it was you that I read a post about a checksum utility like the one below that integrated into Windows Explorer: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/CheckSum-Calculator.shtml Do you recall that program? I tried it on a PC that I was working on and never made it back to install it on my PCs. Very nice right click shows 3 different checksums of whatever file you want. This utility is valuable for lots of different needs. |