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lfcrule1972---- I took your advice and tried using better disc's. I still had the same results. Since this is a new PC, I called the customer support line and managed to have them send me a replacement NEC drive. This drive works great, I don't have any problems. Seems the Sony drive was the problem after all. ImgBurn is working great...

Sorry about that. This should be the full log. I 11:35:20 ImgBurn Version 1.2.0.0 started! I 11:35:20 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 11:35:20 Initialising SPTI... I 11:35:20 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:35:20 Found 1 DVD?RW! I 11:35:58 Operation Started! I 11:35:58 Source File: C:\MARK_MESSIER.ISO I 11:35:58 Source File Sectors: 1,150,977 (MODE1/2048) I 11:35:58 Source File Size: 2,357,200,896 bytes I 11:35:58 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 11:35:58 Destination Device: [0:1:0] SONY DVD+-RW DW-Q58A UDS1 (D:) (ATA) I 11:35:58 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TTH02) (Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x) I 11:35:58 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 11:35:58 Write Mode: DVD I 11:35:58 Write Type: DAO I 11:35:58 Write Speed: MAX I 11:35:58 Link Size: Auto I 11:35:58 Test Mode: No I 11:35:58 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 11:35:59 Filling Buffer... I 11:36:00 Writing LeadIn... I 11:37:17 Writing Image... W 11:44:07 Failed to Write Sectors 4160 - 4191 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:07 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 11:44:08 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 11:44:08 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 11:44:37 Failed to Write Sectors 4160 - 4191 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 11:44:37 Synchronising Cache... E 11:44:38 Failed to Write Image! E 11:44:38 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:08:39 I 11:44:38 Average Write Rate: 18 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,466 KB/s (1.1x)

I get this error when I use ImgBurn I'm using this Sony drive ---Sony DVD+-RW DW Q58A I 00:25:42 Link Size: Auto I 00:25:42 Test Mode: No I 00:25:42 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 00:25:42 Filling Buffer... I 00:25:43 Writing LeadIn... I 00:26:50 Writing Image... W 00:33:40 Failed to Write Sectors 2944 - 2975 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 00:33:40 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:40 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 00:33:41 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 00:33:41 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 00:34:00 Failed to Write Sectors 2944 - 2975 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 00:34:00 Synchronising Cache... E 00:34:01 Failed to Write Image! E 00:34:01 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:08:19 I 00:34:01 Average Write Rate: 13 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,049 KB/s (0.8x)

I get an I/O error "cannot write medium-Incompatable format when I use ImgBurn on my laptop. See the log below. W 17:24:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 17:24:51 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 17:24:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 17:24:51 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 17:24:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 17:56:23 Failed to Write Sectors 3104 - 3135 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 17:56:23 Synchronising Cache... E 17:56:24 Failed to Write Image! E 17:56:24 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:39:24 I 17:56:24 Average Write Rate: 2 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 874 KB/s (0.6x)