Alan_B

Cynthia and LIGHTNING UK! Thank you. I am now better equipped to make suitable purchase decisions. Regards Alan

I have 4 off USB ports - all fully occupied, and something important has to be disconnected to make way for the web-cam or printer. I would prefer not to have additional juggling of USB devices. This is the first time in two years that I wanted to write to any sort of DVD, so for now I will be more careful with the media I buy. Regards Alan

Hi How can I know what dye is used ? The only information on the failed DVD-RW is a bar code for the cash desk, plus ""High Quality Pure Silver Rewritable Technology". Would you please quote an example of the sort of information I should look at, preferably whilst still in a sealed box before I purchase and take home ? Regards Alan

Thank you Cynthia. I bought Verbatim CD's because I wanted a good chance that my system recovery Boot CD would work after years on a shelf. The DVD-RW were for short term re-usable storage ( I was thinking of system snapshots ), But this week I opened the pack to burn yet another Boot ISO image, because all the CD's booted well, but did not give me the functions I wanted, so rather than wasting a never ending sequence of single use CD's, I decided to use a re-usable disc. I had thought a cheap disc would not last so well, and there was greater risk of data errors, I had not realised the DVD player/recorder would immediately reject any brands. Your reply encourages me not to give up, but to try different brands, I had been wondering if the DVD laser had worn out after 5 years and all I could record was CD's Is there a site that identifies suitable brands of DVD-RW for MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) Many thanks for feedback so far Regards Alan

Please clarify. Is it just this particular brand that is disliked, or would it object to any sort of rewritable media ? My computer is a 5 year old Acer Laptop Travelmate 244LM with a DVD-RW. Earlier today a friend told me it might need erasing before use. I tried and the log below was the result. I never got past "Unable to Recover TOC" I tried to write to the "erased" disc, and still failed (but nothing more added to the log). I also noticed today that trying to use this DVD-RW, the Imgburn right hand half was greyed out with only the MATSHITA device type showing but when a commercial pre-recorded music DVD was inserted the right hand half showed a lot of information. Regards Alan I 14:51:18 Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) I 14:51:18 Media Type: DVD-RW (Speeds: 1x, 2x) I 14:51:18 Quick Erase: Yes I 14:51:18 Erasing Disc... E 14:51:33 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC E 14:51:33 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:15 I 14:52:19 Operation Started! I 14:52:19 Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) I 14:52:19 Media Type: DVD-RW (Speeds: 1x, 2x) I 14:52:19 Quick Erase: No I 14:52:19 Erasing Disc... E 14:52:27 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC E 14:52:27 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:07

I have an ISO image to burn Tried to burn a 4* speed DVD-RW "Medium not present" - then I loaded and inserted. "Logical unit is in process of becoming ready" - status held for 27 seconds whilst dvd flashed "Unable to Recover TOC" What is a TOC ? Is it a Table of Contents ? Why does Imgburn expect a table of contents on a blank unused DVD ? Am I supposed to Erase an unused blank DVD before writing ? Does Imgburn deliberately refuse to burn a DVD when the ISO can fit on a CD ? Does a DVD have to be mounted upside down relative to a CD ! ! ! After many failed attempts with a cheap Tevion DVD-RW (from ALDI), I had perfect success with a cheap Verbatim 52* speed CD-R (from NETTO) with the same ISO. I made further failed attempts with the DVD-RW. After which I copied the log and pasted it below. This log shows what happened when I burnt the CD-R, You will also see that nothing was appended to the log by the failed attempts with the DVD-RW. In my life I have burnt 3 off CD's as Boot CD's from ISO images, and have no experience of burning any sort of DVD, nor any CD-RW, so please be gentle as you explore my ignorance. Incidentally, I have just tried a Video Music DVD. It holds 3.63 Gb, and, and the music and live action are perfect on VLC. Regards Alan I 20:17:49 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 20:17:49 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 20:17:49 Total Physical Memory: 1,292,720 KB - Available: 664,536 KB W 20:17:49 Drive G:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 20:17:49 Drive H:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 20:17:49 Drive I:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 20:17:49 Drive J:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 20:17:49 Drive V:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 20:17:50 Initialising SPTI... I 20:17:50 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:17:50 Found 1 DVD-RAM/RW! I 20:21:17 Operation Started! I 20:21:17 Source File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso I 20:21:17 Source File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048) I 20:21:17 Source File Size: 120,672,256 bytes I 20:21:17 Source File Volume Identifier: UBCD410 I 20:21:17 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:21:17 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 20:21:17 Destination Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) I 20:21:17 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m17s06f) (Speeds: 4x, 8x) I 20:21:17 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 20:21:17 Write Mode: CD I 20:21:17 Write Type: SAO I 20:21:17 Write Speed: MAX I 20:21:17 Test Mode: No I 20:21:17 OPC: No I 20:21:17 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:21:18 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 20:21:18 Writing LeadIn... I 20:21:49 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:21:49 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:23:26 Synchronising Cache... I 20:23:41 Exporting Graph Data... I 20:23:42 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-21_97m17s06f_MAX.ibg I 20:23:42 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:23:42 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:23 I 20:23:42 Average Write Rate: 1,227 KB/s (8.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,248 KB/s (8.3x) I 20:23:42 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 20:28:22 Waiting for device to become ready... I 20:28:32 Device Ready! I 20:28:33 Operation Started! I 20:28:33 Source Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) I 20:28:33 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 8x) I 20:28:33 Image File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso I 20:28:33 Image File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048) I 20:28:33 Image File Size: 120,672,256 bytes I 20:28:33 Image File Volume Identifier: UBCD410 I 20:28:33 Image File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:28:33 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 20:28:33 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 20:28:34 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:28:34 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:29:36 Exporting Graph Data... I 20:29:36 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-21_97m17s06f_MAX.ibg I 20:29:36 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:29:36 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:02 I 20:29:36 Average Verify Rate: 1,900 KB/s (12.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 2,125 KB/s (14.2x) I 20:35:13 Operation Started! I 20:35:13 Source Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA) I 20:35:13 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 8x) I 20:35:13 Image File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso I 20:35:13 Image File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048) I 20:35:13 Image File Size: 120,672,256 bytes I 20:35:13 Image File Volume Identifier: UBCD410 I 20:35:13 Image File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:35:13 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 20:35:13 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 20:35:13 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:35:13 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921) I 20:36:16 Exporting Graph Data... I 20:36:16 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-35_N-A.ibg I 20:36:16 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:36:16 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:03 I 20:36:16 Average Verify Rate: 1,900 KB/s (12.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 2,125 KB/s (14.2x)