A Way to check the info on recovery disks???

[Rusty]

A friend who has the same laptop as i do having the same issues was also instructed by HP Tech, to burn recovery disk and run a fresh clean install as opposed to f11.

Supposedly all his disk burned "successfully" as did mine according to windows. As it turns out he burned 2 recovery disks and 1 coaster. So he is battling with HP now??

So i am wondering since i (and i think we all have) burned coasters that we thought were good. Is there a way i can check the info on the recovery disks B4 i use them??

According to Hp i need to do this due to the fact that the HDD was degrading quickly and my user help files look like they were written in hyerogliphics. Acccording to HP Tech i may have had a virus attack them. Although i have reinstalled them from the recovery console. And scanned for viruses

But my real concern is getting half way into a recovery and not bieng able to finish.

Can a virus attack the recovery console? is it safe to scan that for viruses?

[Raymond]

After burning the recovery disc, did the recovery software verify the disc? Usually it can do that to make sure that you have a copy of working recovery disc.

Other than that, there is no way to test it unless you run it on a computer.

[prashanthpai]

Another question -
Is there any software that can compare and verify the contents of any CD/DVD with an ISO file present in HDD ?
Just like the "verify after burning" process in Nero.

[Rusty]

well Ray i thinkit verified i did not sit and watch the entire process. But i did get the message that the disks were successfully burned.

i am just leery due to the fact that i have burned disks befor and verified the info and Still got a coaster