DAJulin

I need clarification of Section 3.3.2.3.4 Bootable Disk settings. First and foremost I want to say that, in general, the documentation, tutorials, and guides are exceptional. There does seem to be a tendency to assume the audience is of direct peer quality, or close. On many occasions it taxes the critical thinking and comprehension, even those of us with IQ’s in the 99 percentile. This subject matter is not my forte, therefore I dabble, and sometimes dribble due to this, all from necessity. A few things that are not explained in the guides or found in the forums (at least I haven’t found relevance after looking for days). The article and related articles: How to create a Windows Vista / 7 / 8 installation disc (bootable) using ImgBurn, are the only things I have to go on. They don’t cover my needs or questions sufficiently. When creating a bootable disk the Platform ID is not explained. I understand what 80x86 means, and Power PC is, well, they might still be out there, and UEFI is the new-new ride. My question comes from trying to create a bootable OS DVD that contains multiple operating systems in both X86 and X64 versions. How do you make something like that – or does it matter from a BIOS or UEFI standpoint? I guess here, since there are no multiple options – you use the base machine “type”. Is this true? The “Patch Boot Information Table” is not explained anywhere except in the most vague of terms and only superficially. Only something about boot files larger than 1 MB. Under what condition would a boot table become larger than 1 MB? Is this to enable chain loading of the MBR into BIO’s? The “Extract Boot Image” is also not explained. I am guessing it copies the image from an existing image like the one already used on your C: drive, or one you were able to copy from another system. A little more detail would be nice. Is the boot image different between 32 and 64 bit machines? I would think not – not for an OS install disk, even with X86 and X64 options, but what does an oilseed engineer know? “Load Segment” is not discussed, there is only, “I get mine from the ImgBurn log”. Really vague. What is the significance of this value? Granted – you’re not here to give massive lectures on the finer points of computer science or software engineering. I’d like to be able to follow directions on using a complicated piece of software and learn along the way – not be given a complicated tool with part of the instructions, and told to fix the reactor (I think they did that with Fukushima) –Ops… Crap! You get my point… – Thank you.

It worked![/size] I read through your instructions for burning a DL and it burned perfectly when Studio 15 and Nero had so many errors they quit! You've got a convert. It will be a good challenge/learning curve - a way to begin to understand the finer nuances’, structures, and nomenclature. Thanks so much. "I had one disk left and It did not go to waste. I do have a question. When I was at "create layer break position" screen, when trying to preview, the preview window showed a static image. I thought it may have been an install problem or a bad file, but when I moved the preview window out of the way the video played normally. Any time I stopped moving the preview window the image went static again. Audio would continue without a problem. I'm wondering if this might also be related to my problem with the A/D capture device acting as though it requires buffering every 2 seconds. Hard to tell - but thought you should know. Maybe you have heard of something like this happening. If so please let me know. I'd like to find out why I can't capture from tape. Been that way for two weeks now. Off Topic I took the liberty of reformatting and condensing the users manual in MSWord 2007. Mainly for my own use as it had 167+ pages, but without loosing a word of text or loosing image clarity got it to 87 single sided pages. That should reduce the file size considerably. I'll whittle it down more once the table of contents is properly linked. Anyway, If you'd like to see it and perhaps offer it as a download to forum member just let me know - I know - I have way too much time on my hands... In any case, again thank you. I shall continue to read ImgBurn articles, tutorials, and at some point, in the far future, be able to participate/contribute more actively with the Forum.

Ok... do you mean to say that there is a tool within your tool menu that will remove those drivers? I only use Nero for the DVD burn anyway - it came with the drive unit install disk so once I got the hang of ImgBurn there will be no need for it at all. I don't know it the progran is working correctly or if the settings are correct for my needs. There are a lot of settings - more than I've seen is any program in my life. Is there a "this does that...that does this" guide for all the settings? Sorry, I am new to the file structure terminology and tech for that matter. I do know that it installed quickly with no errors and my burner was recognized. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with my video editing software and my system so project work has slowed conciderably. I have one DVD DL disk left - waiting on stock delivery. I'll read through the tutorials and see what I can do with the TS files I have ready. I tend to burn quite a few DVD DL disks for school plays, Band compititon and the like. A bit more then what can fit on a DVD5and still keep quality above 70%. This one I'm working on now is 127 minutes - a documentary. It loses a lot compressing to DVD5. I know you must be busy. I've been reviewing you Drive/media testing logs. A Graph is worth a thousand words. If you like, I will let you know if it worked for me. Again, Thank you.

---------------------------------------------------------- I don't know how to tell what exact controller I have attached to the drive. There is also a firmware update I've been putting off for the LG burner in question. Load the firmware first then uninstall the drivers and reboot. I'll get back to this thread with the result. Thanks for the help.

Just downloaded the program and haven't been able to use it as yet. Each time I start it I get an I/O error where it hangs at "Searching for SCSI / ATAPT Devices" until I "OK" the error dialog box. This happens twice in succesion before telling me my drive will not be visable. The drive is about two years old (LG). It shows up within Device Mgr and within Explorer and otherwise operates fine. The transfer rate is set to manual/32mb. No other settings have been touched. After reviewing the FAQ's and searching posts I followed suggestion of using the debug. I 20:19:12 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 20:19:12 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2) I 20:19:12 Total Physical Memory: 3,143,436 KB - Available: 1,942,028 KB W 20:19:13 I/O Interface 'Debug Mode' Enabled! I 20:19:13 Initialising SPTI... I 20:19:13 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:19:13 Initialising Device (\\?\ide#cdromhl-dt-st_dvdram_gh22ls40________________ll00____#4&2d40dc40&0&0.1.0#{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b})... I 20:19:13 Device Address: [1:1:0] I 20:19:13 Drive Letter: (E:) I 20:19:13 Device Maximum Transfer Length: 131,072 I 20:19:13 Device Maximum Physical Pages: 33 I 20:19:13 Device Alignment Mask: 1 I 20:19:13 Device Bus Type (Adapter/Device): ATAPI / ATAPI I 20:19:13 [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) I 20:19:13 CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00 I 20:19:13 CDB Interpretation: Inquiry E 20:19:13 SENSE: 00 00 00 57 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF E 20:19:13 SENSE Interpretation: The parameter is incorrect. I 20:19:13 [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) I 20:19:13 CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00 I 20:19:13 CDB Interpretation: Inquiry E 20:19:20 SENSE: 00 00 00 57 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF E 20:19:20 SENSE Interpretation: The parameter is incorrect. E 20:19:20 Device->Initialise() Failed! E 20:19:20 Device: [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) E 20:19:20 This drive will not be visible in the program. I 20:19:20 Initialising Device (\\.\E:)... I 20:19:20 Device Address: [1:1:0] I 20:19:20 Drive Letter: (E:) I 20:19:20 Device Maximum Transfer Length: 131,072 I 20:19:20 Device Maximum Physical Pages: 33 I 20:19:20 Device Alignment Mask: 1 I 20:19:20 Device Bus Type (Adapter/Device): ATAPI / ATAPI I 20:19:20 [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) I 20:19:20 CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00 I 20:19:20 CDB Interpretation: Inquiry E 20:19:20 SENSE: 00 00 00 57 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF E 20:19:20 SENSE Interpretation: The parameter is incorrect. I 20:19:20 [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) I 20:19:20 CDB: 12 00 00 00 60 00 I 20:19:20 CDB Interpretation: Inquiry E 20:19:22 SENSE: 00 00 00 57 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF E 20:19:22 SENSE Interpretation: The parameter is incorrect. E 20:19:22 Device->Initialise() Failed! E 20:19:22 Device: [1:1:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 LL00 (E:) (ATAPI) E 20:19:22 This drive will not be visible in the program. W 20:19:23 No devices detected!