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moiraesfate
01-04-2009, 09:29 AM
I bought a Vista 64 OEM disk. It looks like there is a pretty heavy scratch on the edge of it. Thing is, I don't have all the pieces to my new system just yet so I cant check its install ability ( I'm scared to try on this computer. I'm already having troubles with it. If I try to install Vista, I think it will screw me over).

The guy said he'd replace it but I'd rather be sure before I go through the headache.

Is there a way to test if the DVD is good without installing it? Sometimes scratches don't actually mean anything and they install just fine (I have a sims 2 disk thats like that).

enteon
01-04-2009, 10:47 AM
if you know german, or your way around with a dictionary: h2cdimage (http://www.heise.de/software/download/h2cdimage/39056) seems what you're searching for.

anyway a lot of such programs exist, just search for 'dvd check', maybe with 'crc'.

moiraesfate
01-04-2009, 02:32 PM
Thanks