<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="guide"
      id="tools-check-integrity">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#tools"/>
    <desc>You can test out a disc integrity after burning it.</desc>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Paulina Gonzalez</name>
      <email>pau.gonzalezbr@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

  <title>Check disc integrity</title>

  <p>After burning a CD/DVD by using <app>Burner</app>, you can check its integrity to make sure that the files in the disc are not corrupted.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Check Integrity...</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>You can select the option <gui>Use an MD5 file to check the disk.</gui> if you prefer it.</p>
	<note style="advanced">
	<list>
	<item><p>An MD5 (Message-Digest Algorithm 5) is a cryptographic hash function widely used for checking data integrity. </p></item>
	<item><p>If you choose this option, you will have to find the MD5 file by clicking in the folder icon placed below.</p></item>
	</list>
	</note>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press <gui>Check</gui> to continue or <gui>Close</gui> to cancel it.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>When the checking is finished you can either choose to <gui>Check Again</gui> or just <gui>Close</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>
