Hi Gerald, Double / dual layered & double sided disks are 2 different animals! The double / dual layered can burn data on 2 different layers that are both on the same side of a disk.
Double sided disks burn data to both sides of a disk! Therefore, you need to flip over the doubled sided disk to burn to both sides. Whereas the double / dual layered disks burn everything to 1 side. In this computer age it just doesn't seem like anything lasts for 4 or 5 years anyways. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my ILazyBoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Levy To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 6:17 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program As I mentioned a few days ago, I had begun experiencing trouble with the DVD drive built into my five-year-old Dell workstation. So yesterday, it was replaced by a Dell technician. He asked me if I had ever used double-layer disks for recording in the origial drive, because he claimed that they could sometimes cause tracking problems with the laser mechanism. I told him that I had only used single-layer, single-sided CD-R's for recording in the faulty drive, so it must have gone bad for some other reason such as dirt accumulation on the laser lens or just old age. He told me that it is not uncommon for a DVD drive to start experiencing tracking problems when it is four or five years old. Apparently, DVD drive reliability declines with age, so there is no guarantee that an image backup created on a DVD drive that is a few years old will be later recognized or read successfully by that drive , especially if double-layer disks are used. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program > Setting up a new laptop, and the recovery media creator requires 5 DVD's > using double-sided disks, I can get it done with 3. > Double-sided disks are a great space-saver. > > Rick Justice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 7:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program > > > Simple really, I used maximum compression from with in the program itself. > It offers several options from no compression at all, as such creating the > image quite quickly to the max which is much slower. I used two single > sided > DVDs available at your local electronic store. > > Note the version I used when I created tutorial one can't perform this > trick. That was 2.03 if memory serves. They are up to around 2.73 by now. > I > have been receiving free upgrades for over 4.5 years now. > David Ferrin > Compromise is never good if it means sacrificing a principle. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 7:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program > > > > You claim that you were able to squeeze 29 gb of data onto two DVD's. How > did you accomplish this amazing feat? A standard single-layer, > single-sided > DVD can store approximately 4.7 gb of data, while a single-layer, > double-sided DVD can store 9.4 gb of data. So assuming you used two > single-layer, double-sided DVD's, you could only store a total of about 19 > gb of data. Did you use some hard-to-find double-layer, double-sided > DVD's, > which can hold about 18.5 gb each? Or did you perhaps use blue ray disks, > which have a much higher storage capacity than standard DVD's, but are > much > more expensive and thus not really practical for frequent image backups? > Or > is there some magical technique for cramming more data onto a DVD than it > can physically store? Just curious. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program > > >> If memory serves I did the first tutorial almost four and a half years >> ago. >> The program has changed slightly with some new features but it is still >> completely usable with a screen reader. >> >> I like using maximum compression for my images. They take a bit longer >> but >> it minimizes the amount of DVDs you end up using. I just did an image the >> other day and 29 GB fit on two disks, now that's an improvement. >> David Ferrin >> Compromise is never good if it means sacrificing a principle. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "MWB" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:11 AM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program >> >> >> Hi Juan, >> >> The owner of this list & the Jaws-Users list did a 3 part tutorial on >> using >> Image for Windows. Below are the direct download links to all 3 parts; >> >> Part#1: >> >> http://www.jaws-users.com/audio/Utilities/ImageForWindows1.mp3 >> >> Part #2: >> >> http://www.jaws-users.com/audio/Utilities/ImageForWindows2.mp3 >> >> Part #3: >> >> http://www.jaws-users.com/audio/Utilities/ImageForWindows3.mp3 >> >> This 3 part tutorial shows how to create an image and restore it using >> speech the whole way from start to finish >> >> Hope this helps. Take care. >> Mike >> This email was sent from my ILazyBoy. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Juan's Netbook >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:16 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] the image for windows program >> >> >> Hello everyone: >> i am interested in knowing if has anyone ever used the program image for >> windows? >> I am interested in knowing how to make an image of a hard drive then >> re-store it? >> I would greatly appreciate some tips ideas or perhaps a tutorial >> thanks very much >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
