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i had a pat on the back, but her old man came home early and almost caught us. mind you when i was jumping with Joy her old man was on nights, so we was safe

ImgBurn doesnt read copy protected discs

Aha , so its your fault most of my photos are missing when they come back from Jessops

the above message actually tells it all Unfortunately, your "A1` discs are NOT A1 quality . notice they show strange write speeds, like .5x and 4.2x and 5.2x the only speed you will normally see thats not a whole number is 2.4x for dual layer discs change to verbatim discs with the MKM-001 dye ( usually the 2.4x ones) .In fact, the ONLY dual layer discs to buy are Verbatim. this has been said many times in this forum in EVERY dual layer thread ever posted !. also check the FAQ forum for why your getting the following message in the log file to slow , must stop bothering with the spell checker

Its a very old drive from as far back as 2002 , whose specs only went to 2x for -R media DVD-R 2x DVD-RW 1x DVD-RAM (1x?) CD-R 12x CD-RW 8x

NO, the error you have now is to do with other software, not the disc Some other program has a handle on the drive , this is covered in the FAQ forum

and how long is "to long" a minute ? , an hour ?

its looking very much like the samsung just does'nt like the verbatims you could try setting the write speed to 2.4X . you have it set to 8X and the discs are only recognised by the drive as 2.4x or 4x ( slower is better with dual layer). you say your Bemq has no problems with PGCedit/Imgburn , BUT have you tried burning one of these verbatims from the same spindle on the benq in between the failed ones with the samsung , to eliminate faulty media ? I notice on both logs, that you specified the layer break position? , how may options did it offer you for the layer rbeak each time ?

Hi sunflowerzs i dont know about the counrty you live in, but in the majority of the world it IS illegal to make back up discs of ones you have bought. It certainly is illegal in the UK ( where this forum is from) and for that reason we cannot/willnot/wont discuss the copying of protected discs in this forum , sorry Just to add for your info, Imgburn can't copy protedted discs anyway

More of you should be as helpful and courteous as was "cheezy." I have gone to a number of Forums for assistance without ever running into folks like you, with the exception mentioned. Clarity of response is very important when giving advice or instructions. errrrm , ive just read back at the helpfull and courteous reply that you got from LIGHTNING_UK earlier on in this thread, and to be honest, it looks very polite to me and courteous with its advice and instructions ! bit baffled why you thought it was "curt remarks" , thats why i laughed Good Luck to you wanting to learn and try new stuff at your age

Floridahillbilly Google is your friend http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...earch&meta=

<volvo> just sits back and laughs

wondering why anyone would want the info requested showing in 2 different places even though i hear the "success" tune, i always look at the log file and check the operation time, that way i know wether there was any other related problems that need looking at

if your in the UK , try svp.co.uk for all your media needs

as Donta said, your drive is a multi drive and can write to all formats, so its down to your player as to wether it can play ( or recognises) the discs your using

try changing the write speed from auto to 4x and see if that cures it. post a log file of a burn in here as well

the ONLY disc worth using for dual layer is Verbatim made verbatims with the ID code of MKM - 001 , they are the only ones we recomend in here . can you post a log file of a burn that gives you this problem

if its hanging on "Device Not ready" then it means the disc is not being recognised, try cleaning the disc and try again . if the disc is scratched to pieces , thsi may stop it being recognised as well. does it recognise all other discs ok ? can you put a blank disc in the drive and select WRITE mode, then copy and paste the info from the information window on the right hand side of IB in here

have you got a blank disc in the drive ? is the drives tray closed ? if the answer to oth questions is YES, then its most likely the drive does not "see" or recognise the blank media , do you have the correct drive selected in the "destination box" in write/build mode

from your PM ( all contact goes intot he forums for all to read and help with) your trying to create an ISO file from your dvd disc to your hard drive ? yeah if thats the case, be aware that ImgBurn wont do this with copywrite protected discs otherwise, a glance in the GUIDES forum will sort you out GUIDES forum http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showforum=4

LOL, havent seen that one before, sounds like a clarkson ism

if you cant see the log window , Ctrl+Alt+L then FILE button > OPEN and find the necassary log file

errrm, if the disc is finalised, then you cant unless its a re-writeable disc ?? your post was a bit vague , more information about what your trying to do would help. like are we talking about files already on a disc, files on your hdd ect ect

2 systems , but its not a drive or disc problem , hmmm , why cant it be your disc's then ? you can burn audio cd still , so it could be your dvd discs thats the problem Ritek are not much good for DL , may be youve just found some slightly lower quality than ususal in your spindle. Does thsi happen with a verbatim disc ?

Guides forum maybe ? LINK TO GUIDES