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Making Data Discs Using DirectCD
Use ScanDisc when any of the following happens with a CD-R,
CD-RW, or DVD-Recordable disc when it is in a CD-Recorder:
■ You cannot see some, or any, of the files on the CD using
Windows Explorer.
■ You cannot open a file on the CD with the software that you
used to create the file.
■ The process of writing files to the CD was interrupted by a
system or power failure.
■ DirectCD reports a CD status of Unrecognized Data.
Starting ScanDisc
To start ScanDisc:
1 Insert the CD into your CD-Recorder.
2 From the DirectCD main window, click CD Utilities. The
Utilities dialog box appears.
3 Click ScanDisc. The ScanDisc dialog box appears.
4 Click Scan to start the ScanDisc process. ScanDisc starts
checking the CD and the ScanDisc Progress dialog box appears.
If ScanDisc finds problems on the CD, it asks if you want to
scan the CD for the information needed to recover files and
repair the CD.
5 Click Yes.
ScanDisc starts scanning the CD and the ScanDisc Progress
dialog box appears. For information about the Status, refer to
the Online Help.
If ScanDisc finds files on the CD that you can recover, it asks if
you want to recover them. See Recovering Files on page 70.
If ScanDisc does not find files to recover, it continues with the
scanning process.
Understanding the ScanDisc Process
After you start ScanDisc, it reads your CD and looks for specific
problems and shows its progress for each of the following steps in
the process: