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Keep Googling, you have access to exactly the same info I do.

Why are you quoting yourself and including things you've never said before in the quote? Forums aren't that hard to use, just get to grips with how the BB code tags work. Stuff between the 'quote' and '/quote' tags goes into the grey quote block.

Ok well what I'd probably do to start with is use Discovery mode and burn in test mode so as to not waste any DVD-R. If it manages to burn those ok (without the buffers dropping and buffer recovery cutting in), burning to 3 drives at a time is fine and the problem lies with reading 3 image files off your hdd at the same time.

The BDXL discs are stupidly expensive... so personally, I wouldn't bother. You ask too many questions that you could find answers to yourself by using Google. Don't be so lazy. and I told you before about editing posts to combine sequential questions / answers. Use the 'Edit' button. There should be no reason for you to have 2 posts in a row like #31 and #32

The 207M *is* the new model.

Look at the disc info in the box on the right of the screen. In there you should see a line starting with 'Formatted:'. i.e. If what follows that isn't a 'Yes', ImgBurn will try to format the disc properly so that it does say 'Yes'. There should be no need to erase/format a disc again once it says 'Yes', ImgBurn will overwrite what's on it over and over again without a problem. If some other application burns to the disc and messes up the format, it may change back from 'Yes' to something else - and I expect that's where your problem is coming from.

To me, they look like 2 totally different discs. There's no way to change that info in the first place, let alone change it back.

Google the drive model and see what the manufacturer says? I think they pretty much all do though. Oh and the drives/media forums aren't for asking questions in

I said I've never seen a drive that couldn't write BD-RE but could write BD-R.

I don't really follow the external drive market, sorry. If I had to buy one, I wouldn't! Instead, I'd get a generic 5.25" USB 2.0/eSATA (or just USB 3.0) enclosure and stick a standard half height drive in it.

Yes, of course.

I've never seen one that couldn't also write to BD-RE, no. Yes, BD-ROM drives can (well, normally they can anyway) read burnt discs. If you thnk about it, every standlone Blu-ray player / PS3 has a BD-ROM drive in it.

No, it's because it can emulate a BD-ROM drive. A BD-ROM drive is one that can read BD (and CD/DVD) discs but can't write to them. Just as a DVD-ROM drive is one that can read DVD (and CD) discs but can't write to them.

That's *exactly* the same LBA it failed at last time (well, in your first log). Unless the whole spindle/batch has a defect in that position, it's probably your drive that's at fault.

No, nobody has a clue. I buy my discs online

I've no idea why they went from RW to RE with Blu-ray. Yes, RW and RE are both the rewritable versions of the discs for their respective formats.

Correct

No

Yes.

They're both writable. BD-RE is the rewritable one. BD-ROM isn't writable - in the same way CD-ROM and DVD-ROM aren't either.

I don't use it/them for anything, it/they just sits/sit there until I need it/them for something to do with ImgBurn. BDXL is the general name given to the TL and QL technology/discs.

What do you think I use it for?! That's a semi ridiculous question. Do I max it out 24/7... no. That doesn't mean I don't want or need decent CPU though.

You were meant to use a cleaning disc... then your 'ability' doesn't come into it Only what I said in post #3

You can't disable smarterase, it's a function of the drive that you ask it to do when you want it to do it. Maybe you're thinking of 'Smartburn' ? It's enabled by default, leave it that way.

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