Soft vs. hard errors?

When writing CD-Rs, what are soft errors as opposed to a hard errors?
What causes soft errors? Is CD Speed the best program for detecting
soft errors?

Depending on the drive, software with much more capabilities may be
available - for Lite-On drives, you can get the KProbe utility which will
allow you to measure the numbers of C1 and C2 errors. Newer Plextor drives
can do the same with Plextools..

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"Mike Richter" wrote in message
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La Parka wrote:
When writing CD-Rs, what are soft errors as opposed to a hard errors?
What causes soft errors? Is CD Speed the best program for detecting
soft errors?

An error is "soft" if rereading allows it to be corrected; it is "hard"
if repeated reading cannot determine the correct value.

The only programs which might be considered "better" are from Arrowkey
and are expensive. I like the plot from Inspector, but wouldn't spend
the price for it if CDSpeed had been what it is now at the time I bought
it.

Mike
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