ImgBurn Support Forum: formatting problem Imgburg > 1.1.0.0 - ImgBurn Support Forum

Jump to content

Forum Tips

Read the Guides forum if you don't know how to do something. Posted Image
If you have a question or a problem, check the FAQ and use the Search to see if you can find the answer for yourself. Posted Image
If you're having trouble burning double layer media, read Here.
Still stuck? Create a new thread and describe your issue in detail. Make sure you include a copy of the program's log in your post. No log = Posted Image
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

formatting problem Imgburg > 1.1.0.0

#1 User is offline   Crest 

  • ISF Newbie
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 7
  • Joined: 12-August 06

Posted 12 August 2006 - 10:25 PM

When using a used cdrw every version of Imgburn above 1.1.0.0 formats the cdrw while trying to burn a new movie.
So I use 1.1.0.0. This one quick formats. The newer versions do a full format. So it takes a lot longer tot burn. And not needed.
Is this a bug?
0

#2 User is offline   cornholio7 

  • ISF Holio
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Beta Team Members
  • Posts: 2,876
  • Joined: 09-September 05
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Jylland
  • Interests:Mrs. corny

Posted 12 August 2006 - 10:34 PM

not for me, i just inserted a rw with data on it , imgburn told me it needed to be formatted before it could write to the disc

I 00:33:49 Device: [0:1:0] BENQ DVD DD DW1640 BSRB (E:) (ATA)
I 00:33:49 Media Type: CD-RW
I 00:33:49 Quick Erase: Yes
I 00:33:49 Erasing Disc...
I 00:34:13 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:23
0

#3 User is offline   LIGHTNING UK! 

  • Author of ImgBurn
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Admin
  • Posts: 18,170
  • Joined: 19-August 05
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:United Kingdom

Posted 13 August 2006 - 10:33 AM

Do you really mean CDRW?

It will only format brand new DVD+RW (or those that haven't been fully formatted), nothing else.

All others are erased or simply overwritten.
Please don't PM me with questions that should be posted in the forum. I won't reply - Especially if you have post count of 0!!!

Replies to posts belong in the forum where everyone can read them. Please don't PM them.

In fact, don't PM me at all unless it's something I've asked to be told about!

Before asking questions, search the forum to see if someone else already has.

Use the FAQ and Guides forums to your advantage. I don't want to have to tell you to read them!
0

#4 User is offline   Crest 

  • ISF Newbie
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 7
  • Joined: 12-August 06

Posted 16 August 2006 - 08:35 PM

View PostLIGHTNING UK!, on Aug 13 2006, 12:33 PM, said:

Do you really mean CDRW?

It will only format brand new DVD+RW (or those that haven't been fully formatted), nothing else.

All others are erased or simply overwritten.

Yes, I use CDRW's. 1.1.0.0 works fine. All higher relaeses do a full format (20 min.). So I use 1.1.0.0
0

#5 User is offline   LIGHTNING UK! 

  • Author of ImgBurn
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Admin
  • Posts: 18,170
  • Joined: 19-August 05
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:United Kingdom

Posted 16 August 2006 - 08:46 PM

I don't recall changing anything for CDRW. It's not a format of media I do *anything* with these days!

Here I am trying to reproduce whatever the problem is you're having....

Put disc in drive...

This is what the program says in the box on the right:

Quote

PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (ATA)
Current Profile: CD-RW

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: Yes
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 136,612
Size: 279,781,376 bytes
Time: 30:23:37 (MM:SS:FF)
The status bar reads:

Quote

Ready (Disc Needs Erasing)


I then select an image to burn and hit the 'Write' button.

Now this pops up:

Quote

---------------------------
ImgBurn
---------------------------
This disc needs to be erased before you can write to it.

Would you like to erase it now?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------
I click 'Yes'.

It then begins to erase the disc.

Quote

I 21:45:03 Operation Started!
I 21:45:03 Device: [1:0:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (G:) (ATA)
I 21:45:03 Media Type: CD-RW
I 21:45:03 Quick Erase: Yes
I 21:45:03 Erasing Disc...
I 21:45:30 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:26


Hmmm... no problem there!

Do you actually have a full log handy of you doing what I've just done?
Please don't PM me with questions that should be posted in the forum. I won't reply - Especially if you have post count of 0!!!

Replies to posts belong in the forum where everyone can read them. Please don't PM them.

In fact, don't PM me at all unless it's something I've asked to be told about!

Before asking questions, search the forum to see if someone else already has.

Use the FAQ and Guides forums to your advantage. I don't want to have to tell you to read them!
0

#6 User is offline   Crest 

  • ISF Newbie
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 7
  • Joined: 12-August 06

Posted 26 August 2006 - 07:05 PM

View PostLIGHTNING UK!, on Aug 16 2006, 10:46 PM, said:

I don't recall changing anything for CDRW. It's not a format of media I do *anything* with these days!

Here I am trying to reproduce whatever the problem is you're having....

Put disc in drive...

This is what the program says in the box on the right:

Quote

PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (ATA)
Current Profile: CD-RW

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: Yes
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 136,612
Size: 279,781,376 bytes
Time: 30:23:37 (MM:SS:FF)


The status bar reads:

Quote

Ready (Disc Needs Erasing)
I then select an image to burn and hit the 'Write' button.

Now this pops up:

Quote

---------------------------
ImgBurn
---------------------------
This disc needs to be erased before you can write to it.

Would you like to erase it now?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------


I click 'Yes'.

It then begins to erase the disc.

Quote

I 21:45:03 Operation Started!
I 21:45:03 Device: [1:0:0]PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (G:) (ATA)
I 21:45:03 Media Type: CD-RW
I 21:45:03 Quick Erase: Yes
I 21:45:03 Erasing Disc...
I 21:45:30 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:26


Hmmm... no problem there!

Do you actually have a full log handy of you doing what I've just done?

Today again. I use a CDRW which has already a film burned on it. I put in the disk. I want to burn a new film on it. It is a .img file. So I click right and choose "burn with ImgBurn".
Then ImgBurn says:
"The disk needs to be formatted before you ca write to it. Whould you like to format it now?"

I click "yes".

Then:
I 20:53:33 ImgBurn Version 2.0.0.0 started!
I 20:53:33 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 20:53:34 Initialising SPTI...
I 20:53:34 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 20:53:34 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD?RW!
I 20:55:26 Operation Started!
I 20:55:26 Device: [3:0:0] LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S KS0B (G:) (ATA)
I 20:55:26 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 4x)
I 20:55:26 Quick Erase: No
I 20:55:26 Erasing Disc...

Quick erase is NO. With 1.1.0.0 it says YES. So formatting takes 20 minutes. With 1.1.0.0 about 30 seconds. Thats the problem.
Can you help me out please?
0

#7 User is offline   Kenadjian 

  • Duty First
  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Beta Team Members
  • Posts: 935
  • Joined: 10-September 05
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:The Land Down Under

Posted 26 August 2006 - 07:41 PM

Quote

I 20:55:26 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 4x)

I thought you said you were using CDRW's?
0

#8 User is offline   Defenestration 

  • ISF Advanced Member
  • PipPipPip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 260
  • Joined: 13-December 05

Posted 26 August 2006 - 08:00 PM

Crest - Try unchecking the "Prefer Properly Formatted +RW" option on the Write tab of the Settings dialog. This should cause IB to do a quick erase with DVD+RW media.
0

#9 User is offline   Crest 

  • ISF Newbie
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 7
  • Joined: 12-August 06

Posted 26 August 2006 - 10:02 PM

View PostCrest, on Aug 26 2006, 09:05 PM, said:

View PostLIGHTNING UK!, on Aug 16 2006, 10:46 PM, said:

I don't recall changing anything for CDRW. It's not a format of media I do *anything* with these days!

Here I am trying to reproduce whatever the problem is you're having....

Put disc in drive...

This is what the program says in the box on the right:

Quote

PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (ATA)
Current Profile: CD-RW

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: Yes
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 136,612
Size: 279,781,376 bytes
Time: 30:23:37 (MM:SS:FF)


The status bar reads:

Quote

Ready (Disc Needs Erasing)
I then select an image to burn and hit the 'Write' button.

Now this pops up:

Quote

---------------------------
ImgBurn
---------------------------
This disc needs to be erased before you can write to it.

Would you like to erase it now?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------


I click 'Yes'.

It then begins to erase the disc.

Quote

I 21:45:03 Operation Started!
I 21:45:03 Device: [1:0:0]PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A 1.04 (G:) (ATA)
I 21:45:03 Media Type: CD-RW
I 21:45:03 Quick Erase: Yes
I 21:45:03 Erasing Disc...
I 21:45:30 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:26


Hmmm... no problem there!

Do you actually have a full log handy of you doing what I've just done?

Today again. I use a CDRW which has already a film burned on it. I put in the disk. I want to burn a new film on it. It is a .img file. So I click right and choose "burn with ImgBurn".
Then ImgBurn says:
"The disk needs to be formatted before you ca write to it. Whould you like to format it now?"

I click "yes".

Then:
I 20:53:33 ImgBurn Version 2.0.0.0 started!
I 20:53:33 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 20:53:34 Initialising SPTI...
I 20:53:34 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 20:53:34 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD?RW!
I 20:55:26 Operation Started!
I 20:55:26 Device: [3:0:0] LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S KS0B (G:) (ATA)
I 20:55:26 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 4x)
I 20:55:26 Quick Erase: No
I 20:55:26 Erasing Disc...

Quick erase is NO. With 1.1.0.0 it says YES. So formatting takes 20 minutes. With 1.1.0.0 about 30 seconds. Thats the problem.
Can you help me out please?

Correst: I meant DVDRW's
0

#10 User is offline   LIGHTNING UK! 

  • Author of ImgBurn
  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Admin
  • Posts: 18,170
  • Joined: 19-August 05
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:United Kingdom

Posted 27 August 2006 - 09:30 AM

That was the very first thing I asked/checked with you and you've repeatedly called it 'CDRW' ! It does help if you provide us with correct info otherwise we'll just bark up the wrong tree for hours on end and waste time.

This DVD+RW formatting thing has been covered many many times. It will only do a full format if the disc hasn't been properly formatted.
You 'should' be able to do it once and then not worry about it again. If that's not happening, either your drive just plain can't format properly or some other program is then mucking up the format later on - that's it's problem, not ImgBurn's.
Please don't PM me with questions that should be posted in the forum. I won't reply - Especially if you have post count of 0!!!

Replies to posts belong in the forum where everyone can read them. Please don't PM them.

In fact, don't PM me at all unless it's something I've asked to be told about!

Before asking questions, search the forum to see if someone else already has.

Use the FAQ and Guides forums to your advantage. I don't want to have to tell you to read them!
0

#11 User is offline   Crest 

  • ISF Newbie
  • Pip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 7
  • Joined: 12-August 06

Posted 03 September 2006 - 02:50 PM

View PostLIGHTNING UK!, on Aug 27 2006, 11:30 AM, said:

That was the very first thing I asked/checked with you and you've repeatedly called it 'CDRW' ! It does help if you provide us with correct info otherwise we'll just bark up the wrong tree for hours on end and waste time.

This DVD+RW formatting thing has been covered many many times. It will only do a full format if the disc hasn't been properly formatted.
You 'should' be able to do it once and then not worry about it again. If that's not happening, either your drive just plain can't format properly or some other program is then mucking up the format later on - that's it's problem, not ImgBurn's.

Sorry. It is a DVD+RW. You are right. My mistake. Thank you.
0

Share this topic:


Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users