Jewel Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hi all, heres my story lol Been burning dl hassle free up until a few days back, now im getting failed burn time after time. Some will burn up until the layer break (48%-50%) then stop, others will not burn at all and i get the error ive posted below. Thanks for readin, hope someone can shed light on this. I 18:37:04 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 18:37:04 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 18:37:04 Total Physical Memory: 1,039,536 KB - Available: 576,748 KB W 18:37:04 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 18:37:04 Initialising SPTI... I 18:37:04 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 18:37:04 Found 1 DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Have you always used that dye? (CMC MAG-D03-64) Try 4x and try cleaning the drive. Personally I'd read this though - http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 That's a slimline laptop drive yeah? They're not even that good when you're using the better quality media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Have you always used that dye? (CMC MAG-D03-64) Try 4x and try cleaning the drive. Personally I'd read this though - http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 That's a slimline laptop drive yeah? They're not even that good when you're using the better quality media. Yes ive always used them(Fortis) Ive always burnt at x2.4, will give x4 ago, please dont shoot me but how best do i clean my drive? Ive read that link, and do agree with what you are saying, but since ive been using these fortis discs with no problems(until now) you can understand my hesitance in using different media and me not wanting to belive that this is the problem lol. Yes it is a slimline drive in a toshiba satellit pro laptop and ive heard all the scare stories about them, which i think is the problem, i want to get an internal dl drive for my desktop, can you recommend one pls. Thanks again for your fast reply Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 You can clean the drive's lens with a cotton bud and some alcohol. Alternatively you can buy a lens cleaning disc kit that should be available at any stores that deal with CDs/DVDs/etc. As for a burner for your desktop computer I think the latest models from Pioneer or Optiarc should be great burners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 You know the brand name of the discs doesn't mean anything yeah? Everyone except Verbatim switches between the various DL dyes all the time. You can't ever be sure you're getting the same one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 After alot of begging, i mananged to borrow a friends external LG drive, to rule out media/drive problems, and the drive burned them without fault. So a new external drive has now been ordered. So my next problem is...... After burning a Xbox 360 game, i want to do a 1 on 1 copy i try nero copy disc option but get a failed burn as soon as i hit the copy button. So im guessing theres a knack to doing a dl to dl copy right?. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nope, no knack. Normally I'd ask to see the error but as you're not using ImgBurn, I won't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nope, no knack. Normally I'd ask to see the error but as you're not using ImgBurn, I won't bother. Is there an option in imgburn to copy dvd?, i dont see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 It's really difficult. In fact, we even had to write a guide for doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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