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Yes I have - Daemon Tools is on my comp at the moment. I've disabled its virtual drives and emulation for now though, although I'm not sure if it's entirely shut off.

That's cool, I just picked up the nearest DVD I could see and tested it out. Gonna pick up some discs some time and pray for the best. Thanks for making this program btw

Ugh.... Firmware updated, last disc was also a coaster. This time the log showed that the reason was again, "Retry Failed: The Requested Resource is in use.". No idea what this 'resource' is. Okay, them discs go in the bin, time to try the -RW variant. This time I tried a test run, which appeared to work like a charm, only to fail spectacularly on the real burn. Apparently it's an "incompatible format", and I'm pretty damn sure this here drive can burn everything available. The ID is OPTODISCW002, which I've checked to be decent through the digitalFAQ site. Still got 2 more discs to try before going to buy new ones And no, I can't read Japanese, unfortunately

Thanks for the reply! Am I correct in thinking that the discs are at fault, judging from that log? Guess I'll go buy some better quality ones from the site. Currently trying to repair the damage I've caused by (un)installing all types of rubbish in an attempt to fix this headache. I've found my LG disc has an auto firmware update program (doh...), using that now, updates fine, so that's one thing fixed The link you provided was the one I used btw, it gives a Japanese executable

Hello all, I've been trying to backup my music onto DVDs lately, but all attempts with whatever programs I can find (Nero, ImgBurn, etc) have been chucking out coasters (total: 8). This is only recently, as I've successfully burned a couple of movie DVDs before, using Nero Express. Anyway, I've used Nero to burn the backups at first, but then they failed, and the logs were confusing. so I've tried using ImgBurn, with not much luck either. The first time the errors started showing up I could record the log, but the 2nd time I tried burning the comp started to choke up, hanging whenever it was retrying to write. The error, IIRC, was along the lines of "Retry Failed: The Requested File(or Device, I forgot) is in Use". I could not record the log because as soon as the 20th retry failed my comp started to spazz out and hang. This was after I uninstalled InCD (thought it was useless). Device Information: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B DL12 (ATA) (LG brand DVD+RW player Retail) Current Profile: DVD+R Disc Information: Status: Incomplete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Free Sectors: 1,809,648 Free Space: 3,706,159,104 bytes Free Time: 402:10:48 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 4x Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: MJC-003-00 (This is a Mitsubishi Black Diamond branded DVD+R. It's one of them cheap ones from Poundland (if anyone lives in the UK)) Book Type: DVD+R Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Process Log is as follows: I 14:34:49 ImgBurn Version 2.0.0.0 started! I 14:34:49 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 14:34:49 Initialising SPTI... I 14:34:49 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:34:49 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW/RAM! I 14:37:57 Operation Started! I 14:37:57 Building Image Tree... I 14:37:58 Checking Directory Depth... I 14:37:58 Calculating Totals... I 14:37:58 Preparing Image... I 14:37:59 Checking Path Length... I 14:37:59 Image Size: 3,413,127,168 bytes I 14:37:59 Image Sectors: 1,666,566 I 14:38:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 14:38:00 Operation Started! I 14:38:00 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:38:00 Source File Sectors: 1,666,566 (MODE1/2048) I 14:38:00 Source File Size: 3,413,127,168 bytes I 14:38:00 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! ? 2006 LIGHTNING UK! I 14:38:00 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 14:38:00 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:38:00 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B DL12 (E:) (ATA) I 14:38:00 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: MJC-003-00) (Speeds: 4x) I 14:38:00 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 14:38:00 Write Mode: DVD I 14:38:00 Write Type: DAO I 14:38:00 Write Speed: 8x I 14:38:00 Link Size: Auto I 14:38:00 Test Mode: No I 14:38:00 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:38:01 Filling Buffer... I 14:38:03 Writing LeadIn... I 14:38:17 Writing Image... W 14:44:07 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 14:44:08 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 14:44:11 Writing Image... W 14:44:51 Failed to Write Sectors 1043360 - 1043391 - The device is not ready. W 14:44:51 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 14:44:51 Writing Image... W 14:44:51 Failed to Write Sectors 1043840 - 1043871 - Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (0x44, 0x8D) W 14:44:51 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (0x44, 0x8D) W 14:44:51 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 14:44:51 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:51 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 14:44:52 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:52 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 14:44:52 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:44:52 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 14:44:52 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:45:52 Retrying (21)... W 14:45:52 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 14:45:53 Retrying (22)... W 14:45:53 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write E 14:45:54 Failed to Write Sectors 1043840 - 1043871 - Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (0x44, 0x8D) I 14:45:54 Synchronising Cache... I 14:45:55 Closing Track... I 14:45:58 Finalising Disc... E 14:46:40 Failed to Write Image! E 14:46:40 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:08:39 I 14:46:40 Average Write Rate: 4,578 KB/s (3.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,569 KB/s (4.0x) Any ideas? I know the discs are cheap (?1 for 4) but I have used them before and they do work, although with 8 coasters made from them now I'm not sure what to think. I've also tried to upgrade my drive firmware but I've no idea how to do it - the Firmware download gave me a .exe which was in Japanese (...?). Also, a screenshot of the error window from the first burning session: http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2469/arghaq3.jpg