Test CDs and DVDs

High quality data CDs and dual layer DVDs for testing CD and DVD Drives.

Test CDs and DVDs can be used to help diagnose, troubleshoot and load test your PC. When used with the BurnInTest software package, it is possible to:

• Check that your CD or DVD drive can read data and seek between files.
• Benchmark the speed of your drive using a standardised disc.
• Check that your CD and DVD drive can read data at both extremities of the disc (the inner and outer edges).
• Check every bit of data read from the CD or DVD is 100% correct.
• Check that your DVD drive can correctly read both the top and bottom layers of a dual layer DVD.

The test DVD is a DVD-9 which means that it is a single-sided double-layered disc offering 8.5GB of storage. The CD contains 700MB of data. Both discs are manufactured by pressing (not burning) because pressed discs offer a higher level of reflectivity compared to burnt discs. Higher reflectivity leads to higher reliability and less read errors. It has also only just become possble to burn a dual layer DVD, which is why most burnt DVDs have a much lower capacity.

How do they work?

These test discs contain a number of files which completely fill each disc. Each file contains a pre-determined sequence of binary data. This same data sequence has been programmed into BurnInTest so that when the disc is read each byte can be checked to see if it is the correct value. If an incorrect value is read, BurnInTest flags this as an error.

Compatibility

• The discs are compatible with all PC CD and DVD drives.
• The discs can be used with both the standard and professional versions of BurnInTest. Version 3.0 or above is required
• The discs are compatible with all versions of windows (but you may also want to check the requirements for the BurnInTest software)
• These discs can also be used with PerformanceTest (version 4.0 or above) to do detailed CD and DVD drive benchmarking.

Pricing for a CD + DVD set (each set contains 1 CD and 1 DVD)

Quantity	Price ($US)	Ordering
1 - 4	$19.80	Order Online
5 - 10	$17.60
11+	$15.40

These prices do not include shipping and do not include the BurnInTest Professional software.
Please contact for more ordering details.

Other notes

The CD is a CD-ROM and does not contain music data. Thus it can not be played on a normal Hi-Fi music CD player (That is to say, it is only suitable for use with computer PC CD players).

The DVD is a DVD-ROM and but does not contain video. Thus it can not be played on a normal DVD player connected to a television. It can only be used on a PC DVD player.

Neither the CD nor the DVD contain the BurnInTest software. The software must be downloaded from the download page on this web site

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