User manual

Format screen
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Check boxes
Mount Rain-
ier (MRW)
Formats the disc in the Mount Rainier format.
Verify
Checks the file system on the disc. Depending on the disc, formatting with
verification can take between 30 and 45 minutes, and more in extreme
cases.
This check box is not available for MRW formatting.
Duplicate
Metadata
Offers extra protection for written data as the data information is saved
twice. If a sector on the disc is defective, the data can still be read on the
basis of the metadata.
This check box is only available if you are using a disc that you formatted
beforehand in the UDF 2.50 and higher file system.
If the Enable the advanced format options box has been checked on the General tab in
the InCD preferences, the File system drop-down list is displayed in the extended area at
the bottom margin of the screen. You can select the desired UDF format here.
The following formats are available:
1.00 for CD-ROM
1.01 first upgrade for DVD
1.02 standard format for DVD-Video
1.50 standard format for rewritrieable DVD files (DVD-RAM, DVD±RW)
2.00/2.01 standard format for video recording
2.50 for BD-RE
2.60 for BD-R
The length of time required to format a disc with InCD will vary depending on the disc:
CD-R
CD-RW
Ultra speed discs approx. 10 minutes.
High speed discs approx. 20 minutes.
Low speed discs approx. 40 minutes.
DVD-R
DVD-RW
Full formatting in 15 (8x DVD) to 90 (1x DVD) minutes.
Quick formatting in one to two minutes as long as you can write data
to the disc.
Full formatting of an already formatted disc takes only one to two
minutes.
DVD-RAM
CD+MRW
DVD+MRW
DVD+RW
DVD+R
The disc is ready to be written to after only one to two minutes of for-
matting, i.e. data can be saved to the disc while it is being formatted
in the background at the same time.
BD-R
BD-RE
HD-DVD
HD-DVD-R
Formatting in less than one minute.
If a disc has already been written to several times, errors may occur during reformatting,
which can cause the formatting process to abort. In this case you should fully erase the
disc before trying to format it again (see the chapter
Erasing discs).