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If the drive adjusts the laser power as it goes along, yes.

This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

The threads aren't closed, you (as a 'new member') just can't reply to them. This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

The threads aren't closed, you (as a 'new member') just can't reply to them. This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

Something must be kicking into action in the background that's accessing the hdd. It's taking up to 8 seconds to fill the 20 MB buffer... that's VERY slow.

Are you quite sure it made an MDS file for that read?! With the default setting (Auto) for 'Create Image Layout File', it shouldn't have done. Go back and read the disc again. Just copy + paste everything from the log window once the read has finished.

Post a log of you reading a disc where you then end up with an ISO and MDS.

Well it shouldn't be making an MDS for a single layer DVD - unless it's less than 1GB in size or file splitting it being used.

It depends on how you use it. What do you do with the images you create by reading discs?

The MDS usually just stores that layer break info - but is also used when file splitting is enabled (automatically or manually). Other times it's used to allow the mounting of a small ISO in the likes of DAEMON Tools and have it emulate a DVDROM rather than a CDROM. If you don't want the program to make them, tell it not to.

There's something wrong with your hard drive. Run chkdsk on it (from the command prompt) and have it scan for bad sectors ('chkdsk c: /r') Put service pack 3 on for XP too.

The defaults are the best, that's why they're default. So leave it on DAO/SAO.

Does your player support the 'PAL' TV System - rather than your normal 'NTSC' ?

You'd need a proper set of DVD Video files to get a playable disc. Please post the log of the burn+verify so we can see what you did (as per the pink box up the top )

If you're loading the program with the intention of burning to a DVD-RW that already has data on it, yes, it's pointless to manually do a quick erase - because ImgBurn would do one automatically before it writes. If you're loading the program with the intention of erasing the contents of a DVD-RW (for use in/with something else), no, it's not pointless.

It could have been put on your machine by a codec pack or media player. It's causing DirectShow to freeze, not ImgBurn. The filter must be buggy.

If you verify the disc several times with the external drive, do the miscompares all end up being in the exact same place and with the same results (offset, number of differences etc) ? Maybe it doesn't like the media you're using or needs cleaning. Can it successfully verify a disc burnt in the WH08LS20 drive?

Sorry, no. There's only one version of the installer. Internet access shouldn't be required for the installer to work. It works ok on PCs with no actual internet connection. If your firewall blocks the ApnStub.exe in a weird way (not returning control to it properly) then that'll cause the installer to hang (because it's waiting for ApnStub to terminate) - that's out of my hands.

USB uses CPU cycles. If you're fully utilising your CPU (both cores by the sounds of it) with your sound editing then there won't be as much to go round and you'll get delays in the USB comms and it'll kill the transfer speed. It's taking about 6 seconds to read 40 MB from the drive and refill the buffer... but then it's only taking just over 2 seconds to write that 40 MB to the Blu-ray disc. Perhaps you'd have more luck if you limited your sound editing program to just using a single core.

Can you drag the error box out of the way so I can see what's written behind it please?

Surely you'd need to start with a real Vista installation CD if that's what you hope to end up with? The guide doesn't really cater for weird versions. Vista comes on a DVD and is much larger in size than your image appears to be.

This sounds like a USB 1.0 issue. You need the drive to be communicating via a USB 2.0 port to see anything over ~1MB/s (~0.7x DVD speed) Even so, your discs are only supported at a maximum speed of 8x by the drive's firmware.

You can't overburn DVD double layer discs without some sort of firmware modification. One does exist but it's only for a specific range of drives. You'll have to do some research.

You'd only manage 1 at a time from a usb 2 drive. They usually max out at around 25-30mb/s. With usb 3 and a decent hdd you might manage 4... but with that many non sequential reads you'd kill the actual transfer rate end up being better off with 2 or 3.