How to ensure recovery DVDs will work?

I just purchased an A505-S6005 and first thing, created the recovery DVDs. Is there a way to check the DVDs to make sure they will work if I should need them later? It makes me a little nervous to have to create them myself. Thanks!

Toshiba doesn't do much of anything right when it comes to supporting their systems. I agree that a better way of testing the disks would be good, but it's doubtful they will ever implement such a system. They sell way too many laptops and because of this they won't change their way of doing things because they don't think they need to. If they really cared about their users they would be prompted to create the disks as soon as the system fires up for the first time with an either make them now or remind me in two days (for those people who don't have blank disks ready to go).
In my case I had created a complete backup image of the hard drive to an external hard drive so I was covered i they didn't work.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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