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Ok Im also confused on the 4.7 of the Media, it says 2hrs so am i to assume that there is a space limit even though it states 2hrs and if so how do I figure out what will fit or am I to always use Compression rather then Automatic? Smiley

What is the MID of the new media? (I'm betting they are still CMC MAG's) If so, you wasted your money. Ok were do I find the MID and what does that mean?? Can we have a log from the failed burn with the new media? Log of last Un-Successful burn is in the post above this 1 with New Media. Did take up corny's suggestion and lower your burn speed to 4x? Yes, I tried at 4x Is your USB connection USB2? Im not sure, when looking in Device Manager, it doesn't say one way or the other-May need Help finding it. What make is the external inclosure of your optical drive? Were do I find that info? Have you checked for firmware updates for your inclosure? Yes ive updated the Firmware for my External Burner. That will do for now. Please answer as many as you can from the list above.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok I did MsConfig and turned everything Off in the background and was offline and it ripped fine as usual with Dvd Shrink then when I started to burn with IMG Burn, I got an error almost immediately. I had 4x selected.... Here is the Log I 16:56:04 ImgBurn Version 1.3.0.0 started! I 16:56:04 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 16:56:04 Initialising SPTI... I 16:56:04 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 16:56:05 Found 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 16:57:45 Operation Started! I 16:57:45 Source File: C:\CHEAPER_BY_THE_DOZEN_2.ISO I 16:57:45 Source File Sectors: 2,085,204 (MODE1/2048) I 16:57:45 Source File Size: 4,270,497,792 bytes I 16:57:45 Source File Volume Identifier: CHEAPER_BY_THE_DOZEN_2 I 16:57:45 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 16:57:45 Source File UDF Revision: 1.02 I 16:57:45 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TOSHIBA CD/DVDW SD-R5372 TU56 (G (USB) I 16:57:45 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: RITEK-004-48) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 16:57:45 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 16:57:45 Write Mode: DVD I 16:57:45 Write Type: DAO I 16:57:45 Write Speed: 4x I 16:57:45 Link Size: Auto I 16:57:45 Test Mode: No I 16:57:45 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 16:57:45 Filling Buffer... I 16:57:46 Writing LeadIn... W 16:57:47 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 16:57:47 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:47 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 16:57:48 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:48 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 16:57:49 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:49 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 16:57:49 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:49 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 16:57:49 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:49 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 16:57:49 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:57:49 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 16:57:49 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted W 16:59:40 Retrying (21)... W 16:59:40 Retry Failed - Medium Not Formatted E 16:59:42 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Medium Not Formatted I 16:59:42 Synchronising Cache... I 16:59:43 Closing Session... E 16:59:44 Failed to Write Image! E 16:59:44 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:01:58 I 16:59:44 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A

Ok, I went and bought some new Media....I bought Maxell Dvd+RW 4.7 this time. Ok the Semaphore Timeout thingy, I saw someplace about Adaptec, DO I need to downoad that and if so what is it for etc?? I searched Google and found lots of info but have no idea which info is the most accurate. I sure wish I could get this problem solved. By the way Nice humor

Im 1 step ahead, decided to do that after they stated: semaphore timeout...Seems its always somethng

Ok so what does that mean and what can I do to get it right?

Ok it stopped Burning at 7% and here is the log file... I 20:22:27 ImgBurn Version 1.3.0.0 started! I 20:22:28 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 20:22:28 Initialising SPTI... I 20:22:28 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:22:28 Found 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 20:30:50 Operation Started! I 20:30:50 Source File: C:\CHEAPER_BY_THE_DOZEN_2.ISO I 20:30:50 Source File Sectors: 2,085,204 (MODE1/2048) I 20:30:50 Source File Size: 4,270,497,792 bytes I 20:30:50 Source File Volume Identifier: CHEAPER_BY_THE_DOZEN_2 I 20:30:50 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 20:30:50 Source File UDF Revision: 1.02 I 20:30:50 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TOSHIBA CD/DVDW SD-R5372 TU56 (G:) (USB) I 20:30:50 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: CMC MAG-M01-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 20:30:50 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 20:30:50 Write Mode: DVD I 20:30:50 Write Type: DAO I 20:30:50 Write Speed: 8x I 20:30:50 Link Size: Auto I 20:30:50 Test Mode: No I 20:30:50 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:30:50 Filling Buffer... I 20:30:51 Writing LeadIn... I 20:30:58 Writing Image... W 20:36:49 Failed to Write Sectors 161792 - 161823 - The semaphore timeout period has expired. W 20:36:49 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Write Error W 20:36:50 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 20:36:50 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:50 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 20:36:51 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:51 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 20:36:52 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:52 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 20:36:52 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:52 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 20:36:52 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:52 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 20:36:52 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 20:36:52 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 20:36:52 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 20:37:29 Failed to Write Sectors 161792 - 161823 - The semaphore timeout period has expired. I 20:37:29 Synchronising Cache... I 20:37:30 Closing Track... E 20:37:36 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 20:37:36 Finalising Disc... E 20:37:37 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 20:37:37 Failed to Write Image! E 20:37:37 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:06:47 I 20:37:37 Average Write Rate: 827 KB/s (0.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 962 KB/s (0.7x) Can anyone tell me what all of this means and what I need to do to fix the problem? HELP!!!

Ok ive used Dvd Shrink and now I have NO idea what I did or didn't do Right WHen I opened up IMGBurn and I was asked to pick the folder with the files I got a message that said "ISO Write Mode is for Burning disc images NOT Video_Ts files..... WHat did I do or Not do?

Ok when using Dvd Shrinker with Dvd+R Media how do we know if we need to use Automatic Compression or no Compression? Im doing this myself and don't know which option to select? Thanks for the media Info

Ok, What type of Media should I be using for this? At the moment im using HP LightScribe Dvd+R 16x? Does it make a diffrenece when it says 16x on the box and when buying media what should I be using to get the best quality?

Hi, Im wanting to make copies of my Owned Dvd's and I don't know were to start. Does ImgBurn burn Dvd's and if so were do I begin? Im not familiar with the Programs and what they are capable of doing. Any help is appreciated.

Hello, Im very confused by all this stuff!! Ive read alot of the topics etc and I did the folder name change thing as well. I have Img Burn, Dvd Decryptor and Dvd Shrink. I want to Back up my Dvd's and with these programs I am unsure how to do that step by step. I have an External Dvd Burner made by Toshiba that Ive just bought recently and Ive went through almost an entire pack of 10 HP Dvd+R Media. Can anyone provide the "How TO" step by step so I can Burn my Dvd's Please?? Thank You