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I'd never buy just 1 drive If you can't get the LG drives, go for a Pioneer - or maybe you should have gone for a Pioneer first anyway.

What built the ISO in the first place? If you burn to a DVD+R, the size could change as the drive will burn a multiple of 16 sectors.

Nope, not if that's a requirement of yours.

Again, this is a drive thing - and I said as much in that thread you just linked to.

Yes Yes No

Try burning at 8x. Try with some other (better) discs. Try cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc

That error is from Windows rather than the drive, so it's probably due to the controller you've attached the drive to and/or the drivers the controller is using. There's an updated firmware available for your drive - http://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/BH10LS30/files.html

Not really, no. Debug mode doesn't change program flow, it just makes it write out the I/O commands being sent to the drive in the Log window. I can't tell you why your drive/machine is getting stuck trying to process that command, it just is.

You do realise that whatever you've burnt there is just over 1MB is size yeah? It would fit on a floppy disc, let alone a DVD+R DL disc! Anyway... read this: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 Oh and the first error returned by the drive is the real one...

I really don't know. I was working with dbminter to work around some weird things his drive was reporting for discs and found that where his returned bogus info, mine (exactly the same model of drive) was fine. So just when you think you've found the problem, you find something that makes you think otherwise! I'm sure some of the problems come from the firmware. Others may come from the drive's chipset, IDE/SATA controllers, drivers, 3rd party software running in the background etc.

I assume you've tried burning at 8x too? As you've already tried cleaning the drive, you're pretty much left with trying different media (some Taiyo Yuden / Victor JVC discs perhaps). If the drive still refuses to burn anything, consider it dead and get yourself another one.

As scuzzy said, burn to CD-RW and read it back or invest in a virtual recorder program and get your image that way.

If the discs burn and verify ok, there's nothing wrong with them where your burner is concerned. Problems after that point are beyond the scope of ImgBurn. Slim drives are rubbish and you make no mention of the media you're using. You didn't even post a log - which the pink box up the top very clearly tells you to do.

You have to buy a drive that supports it. Google for more info.

Sorry, can you try and burn again for me please.... but this time, press the F8 key before hitting the 'Write' button. Then save the contents of the log window to a file (File -> Save As) and upload it here on the forum. Use the 'More Reply Options' button to do that.

Have you tried unplugging the drive and plugging it back in again? Maybe replace the SATA cable? What controller is the drive attached to? Right click the drive selection box in ImgBurn and pick 'Family Tree'. Close the prompt and then copy + paste the info from the log window.

1. Sometimes it's useful for things and sometimes it isn't. ImgBurn makes one (or doesn't) based on a set of rules. 2. BIN/CUE is for CD only. BIN files typically contain a RAW sector dump (2352 bytes per sector) rather than just the user data (known as 'cooked') sector dump (2048 bytes per sector) that makes up an ISO. Edit 2: Changing the extension of a file doesn't make it a different file. Edit 3: See Edit 2 Edit 4: If it's region free and the correct TV system type (NTSC or whatever), it sounds like your player has the problem. Does it play your original disc ok?

There's a firmware update available for your drive. http://www.firmwarehq.com/Samsung/SH-222AB/files.html Nobody could tell you that cleaning the drive WILL fix the problem, you'd just have to try it and see. If you can undo a screw and plug in a cable, you don't need a repair shop for replacing an optical drive. Get one from somewhere online and fit it yourself.

When it happens again, just remember to make a note of exactly what's displayed in the status bar when your drive/machine gets stuck processing the I/O commands.

It isn't really a case of fixing my current code.... it works fine when the drive returns what's asked of it. When I make changes, it's only ever to introduce some sort of work around based on what I've seen in debug logs. The old code was flat out flawed, the new one is much more accurate in determining the track gaps.

What's written in the status bar of the main window at the point where your machine freezes?

What error do you get when it loses power? It sounds like a hardware problem to me. Either the drive itself or your power supply.

Your only option with ImgBurn is to do what it says. Start the program, click the 'Create image file from files/folders' button. Make sure the 'Input' mode is set to 'Standard' (menu at the top) Add the drive letter of your optical drive to the 'Source' box (i.e. 'D:\' - but without the quotes) Pick a file name for the 'Destination' image file. Click the big 'Build' button. Once it has finished creating the image, burn it using Write mode.

Sorry, no.

Files in the VIDEO_TS folder are supposed to have certain names If some don't, they're filtered out