I was directed to IMGBURN by your chums at NEOSMART who sent me an iso for MS Vista. I'm using a brand new Panasonic DVD-RAM disc, my laptop is a Lenovo Z51, here is the log. As you see, I started the burn at 11pm yesterday evening. After initial tyre kicking, it seems the burn got underway at 23:15:15 so I turned in for the night. This morning I discover the operation is still underway spewing out what I assume are error conditions ("Failed to Write Sectors xxxxx - yyyyy - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available") which began after the first 20 minutes of burning. There hadn't appeared to be any indication of media incompatibility with the DVD drive, but is it a safe bet that this is the problem? Where the log says "Retrying...", has this been successful? I would have thought if not, then the whole burn operation would have stopped?
I 23:07:46 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 23:07:46 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200)
I 23:07:46 Total Physical Memory: 16,688,992 KiB - Available: 13,572,520 KiB
I 23:07:46 Initialising SPTI...
I 23:07:46 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 23:07:46 -> Drive 1 - Info: PLDS DVD-RW DA8A6SH GL61 (E:) (SATA)
I 23:07:46 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 23:11:33 Operation Started!
I 23:11:33 Source File: F:\en_windows_vista_with_sp2_x86_dvd_342266.iso
I 23:11:33 Source File Sectors: 1,583,698 (MODE1/2048)
I 23:11:33 Source File Size: 3,243,413,504 bytes
I 23:11:33 Source File Volume Identifier: FRTMCFRE_EN_DVD
I 23:11:33 Source File Volume Set Identifier: b689f800MS UDFBridge
I 23:11:33 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.54 (01/01/2005 TM)
I 23:11:33 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF
I 23:11:33 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02)
I 23:11:33 Destination Device: [0:0:0] PLDS DVD-RW DA8A6SH GL61 (E:) (SATA)
I 23:11:33 Destination Media Type: DVD-RAM (Disc ID: Matsushita Electric Industrial CO.,LTD. M01J3004)
I 23:11:33 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 3x
I 23:11:33 Destination Media Sectors: 2,236,704
I 23:11:33 Write Mode: DVD
I 23:11:33 Write Type: DAO
I 23:11:33 Write Speed: 3x
I 23:11:34 Hardware Defect Management Active: Yes
I 23:11:34 DVD-RAM FastWrite: No
I 23:11:34 Link Size: Auto
I 23:11:34 Lock Volume: Yes
I 23:11:34 Test Mode: No
I 23:11:34 OPC: No
I 23:11:34 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 23:11:54 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 4,155 KB/s (3x)
I 23:11:54 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB)
I 23:11:59 Writing LeadIn...
I 23:15:15 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1583697)
I 23:15:15 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1583697)
W 23:57:24 Failed to Write Sectors 15680 - 15711 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:57:24 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:57:24 Writing Sectors...
W 23:57:38 Failed to Write Sectors 15840 - 15871 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:57:38 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:57:38 Writing Sectors...
W 23:57:46 Failed to Write Sectors 16000 - 16031 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:57:46 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:57:46 Writing Sectors...
W 23:57:55 Failed to Write Sectors 16160 - 16191 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:57:55 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:57:55 Writing Sectors...
W 23:58:03 Failed to Write Sectors 16320 - 16351 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:58:03 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:58:03 Writing Sectors...
W 23:58:11 Failed to Write Sectors 16480 - 16511 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:58:11 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:58:11 Writing Sectors...
W 23:58:19 Failed to Write Sectors 16640 - 16671 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:58:19 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:58:19 Writing Sectors...
W 23:58:27 Failed to Write Sectors 16800 - 16831 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:58:27 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 23:58:27 Writing Sectors...
W 23:58:35 Failed to Write Sectors 16960 - 16991 - Reason: No Defect Spare Location Available
W 23:58:35 Retrying (1 of 20)...
[These messages are still being produced as I write, up to sector 830000 by now and the burn is 50% complete]
