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?
Full Version: formatting problem Imgburg > 1.1.0.0
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
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
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.
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.
QUOTE (LIGHTNING UK! @ Aug 13 2006, 12:33 PM) 
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.
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
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:
I then select an image to burn and hit the 'Write' button.
Now this pops up:
It then begins to erase the disc.
Hmmm... no problem there!
Do you actually have a full log handy of you doing what I've just done?
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: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)
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'.ImgBurn
---------------------------
This disc needs to be erased before you can write to it.
Would you like to erase it now?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------
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
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?
QUOTE (LIGHTNING UK! @ Aug 16 2006, 10:46 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:
The status bar reads:
Now this pops up:
I click 'Yes'.
It then begins to erase the disc.
Hmmm... no problem there!
Do you actually have a full log handy of you doing what I've just done?
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)
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
---------------------------
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
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?
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?
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.
QUOTE (Crest @ Aug 26 2006, 09:05 PM)
QUOTE (LIGHTNING UK! @ Aug 16 2006, 10:46 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)
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
---------------------------
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
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
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.
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.
QUOTE (LIGHTNING UK! @ Aug 27 2006, 11:30 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.
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.
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