jmone Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 ImgBurn is reporting a format failure at 99% when doing the initial full format on BD-RE 50 GB Discs, but subseqent "Quick Format" seems to work fine (see logs). This has happened on the first two of my TDKBLD-Wfa-00 disks (now testing the third). These discs now seem to be writable but: 1) are they safe to use? 2) are there other ImgBurn setting I should have used? 3) other hints? Thanks Nathan I 18:45:28 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 18:45:28 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 18:45:28 Total Physical Memory: 6,281,332 KB - Available: 3,840,828 KB W 18:45:28 AnyDVD can interfere with ImgBurn's ability to verify accurately, please ensure it's disabled! I 18:45:28 Initialising ElbyCDIO... I 18:45:28 ELBYCDIO.DLL - Elaborate Bytes CDRTools - ElbyCDIO DLL - Version 6.0.9.0 I 18:45:28 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 18:45:28 Found 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM and 1 HD DVD-ROM/BD-RE! I 18:45:43 Operation Started! I 18:45:43 Device: [6:1:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL05 (D:) (RAID) I 18:45:43 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: TDKBLD-Wfa-00) (Speeds: 2x) I 18:45:43 Quick Erase: No I 18:45:43 Format Properly: Yes I 18:45:43 Format Size: Preferred I 18:45:43 Format With Full Certification: Yes I 18:45:43 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes I 18:45:43 Erasing Disc... W 21:48:32 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/4) - Format Command Failed E 21:48:34 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Format Command Failed E 21:48:34 Operation Failed! - Duration: 03:02:51 I 21:49:40 Operation Started! I 21:49:40 Device: [6:1:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL05 (D:) (RAID) I 21:49:40 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: TDKBLD-Wfa-00) (Speeds: 2x) I 21:49:40 Quick Erase: Yes I 21:49:40 Erasing Disc... I 21:49:40 Synchronising Cache... I 21:49:40 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Burn one in Discovery mode and just check it writes+verifies everything ok. If it does, assume it's safe to use. The LG drives do seem to fail on media that's not Verbatim stuff quite often. It's a shame they don't make 50GB discs yet. Panasonic do a 50GB one though, maybe the drive will like that dye a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmone Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Burn one in Discovery mode and just check it writes+verifies everything ok. Thanks - will try and post back the details (but given the 3hrs just for the first format it will be awhile!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Thankfully you only have to format it just once: after that you can simply overwrite the data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmone Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 FYI - the final of the three Discs (TDKBLD-Wfa-00) formatted correctly. I've also now checked one of the "failed at 99%" discs by Burning in Discovery mode / verify and everything was ok. Thanks Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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