cantgetcdrwtoburn

Controller? It is an IDE drive. I don't know if you want some other kinds of details.

Okay first log is on a never before used CD-RW, it fails to burn. In the below, it failed once with a cryptic error message like screenshot above and then in the example below I hit retry once and it came back again with the same error. ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 - Log ; Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 01:05:16 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 01:02:42 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 01:02:42 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 01:02:42 Total Physical Memory: 523,808 KB - Available: 178,276 KB W 01:02:42 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 01:02:43 Initialising SPTI... I 01:02:43 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:02:43 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 CD-RW! I 01:03:39 Operation Started! I 01:03:39 Source File: C:\Program Files\gparted-live-0.3.9-4.iso I 01:03:39 Source File Sectors: 48,021 (MODE1/2048) I 01:03:39 Source File Size: 98,347,008 bytes I 01:03:39 Source File Volume Identifier: GParted-live I 01:03:39 Source File Application Identifier: GParted Live CD I 01:03:39 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 01:03:39 Destination Device: [1:1:0] SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Q002 (E:) (ATA) I 01:03:39 Destination Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m10s00f) I 01:03:39 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 01:03:39 Write Mode: CD I 01:03:39 Write Type: SAO I 01:03:39 Write Speed: MAX I 01:03:39 Test Mode: No I 01:03:39 OPC: No I 01:03:39 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 01:03:39 Filling Buffer... (20 MB) I 01:03:40 Writing LeadIn... E 01:05:10 Failed to Write Sectors -150 - -119 - Reason: Unknown (0x64, 0xC0) I 01:05:10 Writing Sectors... I 01:05:10 Synchronising Cache... E 01:05:14 Failed to Write Image! E 01:05:14 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:01:34 I 01:05:14 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 01:05:16 Close Request Acknowledged I 01:05:16 Closing Down... I 01:05:16 Shutting down SPTI... I 01:05:16 ImgBurn closed! Another example is on a used one where it erases and then fails to write. I did not hit retry here. ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 - Log ; Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 01:10:43 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 01:07:55 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 01:07:55 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 01:07:55 Total Physical Memory: 523,808 KB - Available: 177,724 KB W 01:07:55 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 01:07:55 Initialising SPTI... I 01:07:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:07:55 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 CD-RW! I 01:08:04 Operation Started! I 01:08:04 Device: [1:1:0] SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Q002 (E:) (ATA) I 01:08:04 Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m10s00f) I 01:08:04 Quick Erase: Yes I 01:08:04 Erasing Disc... I 01:08:34 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:29 I 01:08:34 Operation Started! I 01:08:34 Source File: C:\Program Files\gparted-live-0.3.9-4.iso I 01:08:34 Source File Sectors: 48,021 (MODE1/2048) I 01:08:34 Source File Size: 98,347,008 bytes I 01:08:34 Source File Volume Identifier: GParted-live I 01:08:34 Source File Application Identifier: GParted Live CD I 01:08:34 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 01:08:34 Destination Device: [1:1:0] SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Q002 (E:) (ATA) I 01:08:34 Destination Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m10s00f) I 01:08:34 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 01:08:34 Write Mode: CD I 01:08:34 Write Type: SAO I 01:08:34 Write Speed: MAX I 01:08:34 Test Mode: No I 01:08:34 OPC: No I 01:08:34 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 01:08:34 Filling Buffer... (20 MB) I 01:08:35 Writing LeadIn... E 01:10:01 Failed to Write Sectors -150 - -119 - Reason: Unknown (0x64, 0xC0) I 01:10:01 Writing Sectors... I 01:10:02 Synchronising Cache... W 01:10:07 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 01:10:07 Failed to Write Image! E 01:10:07 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:01:32 I 01:10:07 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 01:10:43 Close Request Acknowledged I 01:10:43 Closing Down... I 01:10:43 Shutting down SPTI... I 01:10:43 ImgBurn closed! Third and fourth logs is that on some of my CD-RWs, it cannot erase them ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 - Log ; Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 01:12:04 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 01:11:35 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 01:11:35 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 01:11:35 Total Physical Memory: 523,808 KB - Available: 177,216 KB W 01:11:35 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 01:11:35 Initialising SPTI... I 01:11:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:11:35 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 CD-RW! I 01:11:45 Operation Started! I 01:11:45 Device: [1:1:0] SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Q002 (E:) (ATA) I 01:11:45 Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m10s00f) I 01:11:45 Quick Erase: Yes I 01:11:45 Erasing Disc... W 01:11:56 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0%, 0/2) - Unknown (0x91, 0xAA) E 01:11:56 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unknown (0x91, 0xAA) E 01:11:56 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:10 I 01:12:03 Close Request Acknowledged I 01:12:03 Closing Down... I 01:12:03 Shutting down SPTI... I 01:12:03 ImgBurn closed! ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 - Log ; Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 01:06:58 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 01:06:26 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 01:06:26 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 01:06:26 Total Physical Memory: 523,808 KB - Available: 176,732 KB W 01:06:26 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 01:06:26 Initialising SPTI... I 01:06:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:06:26 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 CD-RW! I 01:06:39 Operation Started! I 01:06:39 Device: [1:1:0] SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Q002 (E:) (ATA) I 01:06:39 Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m10s00f) I 01:06:39 Quick Erase: Yes I 01:06:39 Erasing Disc... W 01:06:48 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0%, 0/2) - Unknown (0x91, 0xAA) E 01:06:48 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unknown (0x91, 0xAA) E 01:06:48 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:09 I 01:06:58 Close Request Acknowledged I 01:06:58 Closing Down... I 01:06:58 Shutting down SPTI... I 01:06:58 ImgBurn closed! I made my original post early in the day where it was noisy in my apartment due to the road nearby and I had earplugs in + acoustic earmuffs. I have them out now and when I tried to erase the disks it could not erase, my drive made a faint rumbling sound sometimes with the disks in, but did not make the sound for the disks that could be erased or any other CDs. So I'm just updating that since I did not know of it when I made my first post

Image burn will not burn CD-RWs for me. On some CD-RW disks it can only erase them and some, it can't even erase them and just mysteriously stops erasing them. I have tried on CD-RW disks both used and ones that have never been written to before. They're about 6-7 years old so I don't know if that's why or not or if it's a hardware issue or something else. I am attaching a screenshot with the cryptic error message it always gives. What I try to burn works on test mode, but not when it really tries to work and it is about 150 megabytes and the ISO itself is freeware, open source so it's not some copyright issue.