Playstation TOC plus LBA plus CDMage checks list How to guide

**Zorlon** · 25th-September-2005, 12:47

Creating PSX CD Check list files for the Playstation TOC plus LBA plus CDMage checks list thread

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Progs used

Steps 4 creating check files/text

Surface Scan
List Tree-info
TOC list
Error scan

Steps 4 using files

Surface Scan
List Tree-info
TOC list
Error scan

Creating Check Files

1. Surface scan.

Why do it....
You are doing this to make sure you original is not going to have any problems being read, this is to ensure that the reports are correct as they may not be if the CD is not 100% readable (even scratched CD's can be 100% readable and what seem to be perfect CD's may still have reading problems so that why you check first)

How to do it....

Insert your PSX CD into a PC CD or DVD drive
Start up IsoBuster
Make sure IsoBuster is reading the CD or DVD drive your PSX CD is in
Right Click on CD then Click on Perform surface scan
Wait for results
If all is good you should be reading No physical errors encountered. Your disc is still in good shape.

Here is a quick Image showing the right click on CD menu

2. List Tree-info

Insert your PSX CD into a PC CD or DVD drive
Start up IsoBuster
Make sure IsoBuster is reading the CD or DVD drive your PSX CD is in
Rightclick on the little red iso icon
Move the mouse pointer to Folder tree and file information
Move the mouse pointer again to List tree-info (in txt file)
Now click on LBA, Relative Path

Here is a quick Image showing the right click on the little red iso icon menu

3. TOC list

Insert your PSX CD into a PC CD or DVD drive
Start up TOC Reader
Make sure TOC Reader is reading the CD or DVD drive your PSX CD is in
Click on Get TOC Info
Click on Save TOC Info

Here is a quick Image showing TOC Reader in action

4. Error scan

I will add this at a later date
I have a guide up though already that can be of help
The guide is the CD Image Repair guide and gives enough info to at least see the results of a scan

Using the Check Files

This is done exacly the same way if you are checking a burned CD

If you are checking a download CD Image you can use Daemon Tools

0. CDImage mounting to virtual drive with Daemon Tools

Download and install Daemon Tools (don't reset yet)
Run Daemon Tools from the desktop short cut
Once running an extra small icon will be shown next to your desktop clock
Right Click on the small Daemon tools icon
Move mouse to Virtual CD/DVD-Rom
Move mouse to Set number of devices...
Click 1 drive (Now reset)
Once windows has booted again right click on the small Daemon tools icon again
Move mouse to Virtual CD/DVD-Rom
Move mouse to Device 0: [?] No Media
Click on Mount Image
Select the CD Image you will be examining
If the CD Image has a descriptor file always choose that file to open by

Now you can follow the steps for Creating Check Files so you can compare them with the ones in the Playstation TOC plus LBA plus CDMage checks list thread.

Note:- descriptor files are very small files that tells software that reads them what files to open and what type of data is stored in them, common formats are ccd, cue and mdf, there will be others aswell just these are the common ones