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Verifying a disc after burning, is it necessary?
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I've never done it but I've heard of a few people stopping it during verification and their discs have been fine. In theory, I don't see how it could hurt. 
yea i hardly ever verify, cept wen im doing it in native osx... with programs like toast i couldnt give...
also it depends on the quality of the disk... like a POC compared to a TDK disk..i spose its what u wanna do tho, if u cant wait then dont do it.. if u can then by all means do it, itl be more safe for your data
CDAILEY only if you use disk utility..
CDAILEY only if you use disk utility..
It's a coaster and I burn a new disc....But what do you do once it has failed verification?
Exactly. There's no real benefit finding this out from your computer versus finding it out the first time you use it other than the fact you may be relying on the disc. If it's taking a long time to verify but you are relying on the disc working first time, then 'verify' it yourself by cancelling the process and reinstalling the disc into your Mac to check it manually. It most likely will be immediately ejected if it failed during the burn process.
Then again I use a 20x external to burn my discs...Exactly. There's no real benefit finding this out from your computer versus finding it out the first time you use it other than the fact you may be relying on the disc. If it's taking a long time to verify but you are relying on the disc working first time, then 'verify' it yourself by cancelling the process and reinstalling the disc into your Mac to check it manually. It most likely will be immediately ejected if it failed during the burn process.
I've had individual file corruption on "successful" discs on other operating systems.
on important backups you would want to wouldnt you... work files etcetc. but with small things nah.
I only do it when I care about the data, otherwise no.
If it turned out to be a coaster anyway, wouldn't you want to reburn ASAP? Usually I know it's a coaster before it even reaches verification.
If it turned out to be a coaster anyway, wouldn't you want to reburn ASAP? Usually I know it's a coaster before it even reaches verification.
