Instructions for Windows
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Handling DVD-RAM media
DVD media is sensitive to dust and fingerprints. Carefully handle media by its edges only. If a DVD movie skips or hangs during playback, clean the media. Most DVD video playback issues are
Cleaning Media
Try to avoid touching the read area (underside) of the disc as dirt and smears will degrade the disc accessing speed.
If the disc becomes dirty, wipe it with a damp soft cloth. Avoid cleaning in a circular motion, but rather from the inner side outward.
Formatting media
There are two levels of formatting that are available when formatting
Quick formatting
Quick formatting is a rapid format - usually about 1 minute per disc. This prepares the media for writing, but does not check the integrity of the media.
Certified formatting
Certified formatting is a low level, more comprehensive formatting. With Certified formatting, each sector on the disc is checked, and any sectors that are found to be unwritable are indexed. When a Certified disc is written to, those sectors are then automatically skipped. This greatly increases the writing speed to these 'Certified' discs, since the sector checking and indexing does not have to be done during the write process.
PowerFile highly recommends that all discs be formatted with the certified format before writing.
Note that formatting of media (Quick or Certified) will permanently erase all data on that media.
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