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Found this link too... http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia/ Pretty good for the UK market, even has the Tesco home brand on there.

Managed to grab a spare DVD-R from my mum. ran it on imgburn and heres the report. Success. but im still non the wiser as im not able to ID a dvd until purchased it. Dont spose there is a website for UK that tell what makers/products are and who they make them for etc ?? no worries if not, itll be either hit n miss on the discs or a new drive if i seem to miss more than hit.

Same with 1034

The link I've posted has firmware 1034, did it not work for you? By the way, I didn't mean to say I've wasted time searching for the firmware for you. I simply tried to point out that searching might get you a faster answer than waiting for our replies. Anyway, I think it's time for a new burner for you, but don't worry, they're pretty cheap nowadays 1033 is for XP machines etc, from what i read the 1034 driver would possibly be for a diff operating system to mine.

I 22:54:30 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 22:54:30 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 22:54:30 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 652,072 KB I 22:54:30 Initialising SPTI... I 22:54:30 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:54:49 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD-RW! I 22:58:24 Operation Started! I 22:58:24 Source File: G:\wii games\ford of road.iso.iso I 22:58:24 Source File Sectors: 2,294,912 (MODE1/2048) I 22:58:24 Source File Size: 4,699,979,776 bytes I 22:58:24 Source File Volume Identifier: OFF ROAD I 22:58:24 Source File File System(s): None I 22:58:24 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5112 1033 (D:) (ATA) I 22:58:24 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: UME01) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x) I 22:58:24 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 22:58:24 Write Mode: DVD I 22:58:24 Write Type: DAO I 22:58:24 Write Speed: 4x I 22:58:24 Link Size: Auto I 22:58:25 Test Mode: No I 22:58:25 OPC: No I 22:58:25 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 22:58:25 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 22:58:27 Writing LeadIn... I 22:59:46 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2294911) I 22:59:46 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2294911) I 23:56:08 Synchronising Cache... I 23:57:20 Exporting Graph Data... I 23:57:21 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Foo\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TOSHIBA_DVD-ROM_SD-R5112_1033_14-JANUARY-2009_22-58_UME01_4x.ibg I 23:57:21 Export Successfully Completed! I 23:57:21 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:58:56 I 23:57:21 Average Write Rate: 1,357 KB/s (1.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,443 KB/s (1.0x) I 23:57:21 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:57:28 Waiting for device to become ready... W 23:57:42 Device Not Ready - Unable to Recover TOC W 23:57:42 Retrying (1 of 3)... I 23:57:42 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:57:49 Waiting for device to become ready... W 23:58:17 Retry Failed - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC W 23:58:17 Retrying (2 of 3)... I 23:58:17 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:58:24 Waiting for device to become ready... W 23:58:35 Retry Failed - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC W 23:58:35 Retrying (3 of 3)... I 23:58:35 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:58:42 Waiting for device to become ready... W 23:58:53 Retry Failed - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC W 23:59:03 Retrying (4)... I 23:59:03 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:59:10 Waiting for device to become ready... W 23:59:24 Retry Failed - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC E 23:59:25 Device Not Ready - Unable to Recover TOC E 23:59:25 Operation Aborted! No luck unfortunately. oh well no worries guys. thanks for your help anyway.

Took a whole minute to find the latest firmware for that burner Anyway, if you buy a new burner you'll get much better quality burns, even on that :& media you're using... well well hey, a whole minute of your life wasted trying to help someone. while ive been waiting for a reply ive already sourced 1033firmware and installed which only took me 5 minutes. so thats now a whole six minutes we've wasted between us at least. anyway back on topic, upgraded firmware to 1033 and am burning a disc as we speak. mmalves, thanks for the link, sometimes a whole forum can be quicker than a single searcher but in this instance it wasnt.

or possibly a link to updated drivers for 'Toshiba SD R5112'

i thought that was a log in my original post no? if not how do get to the log? and do you want the log from an errored burn? thanks.

The dye 'UME01' obvioulsy doesn't work in your drive. To be fair though it's about time you got yourself a new drive, your one isn't even capable of burning onto the DVD+ format discs. Thanks for reply, have inserted a burnt disc of the same brand from diff batch and heres the report: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5112 1031 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-ROM Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 2,294,912 Size: 4,699,979,776 bytes Time: 510:00:62 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0) -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2294911) -> LeadOut (LBA: 2294912) Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: UME01 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Book Type: DVD-R Part Version: 5 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: 10.08Mbps Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,519 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 --------------------------------- As you can see the good/burnt disc is the same DYE as the non-working DVD. so a batch of 25 (and i mean all 25) burnt and veryfied and work perfectly. same brand, diff batch, same DYE. Do not work. if i thought my drive couldnt do the job id upgrade but knowing its all good id rather sort the issue out rather than avoid it by purchasing equipment that could well give me the same problem. Any other ideas relative to the 'TOC' issue? thanks

Have been using imgburn to burn some images (ISO) Bought some discs a few months (3 different brands) to see which if any worked best. Woolworths DVD's didnt work (maybe that was a message from god) Kodak Discs - Worked perfecrtly Tesco DVD's - Worked perfectly all -R so couple of days ago decide to purchase the Kodak discs but on every single disc i burnt (4) i got the 'Unable to recover TOC' error message. not to worry i thought, so i took them back to the shop and explained they didnt work for what i purchased them for and got a refund. so to be sure i bought the Tesco discs again knowing that the 24 discs ive burnt previously worked great. 1st 3 discs i burnt from the new batch i got the same message!!! hmm, now baffled i wasnt sure what to do other google the issue. in the process of surfing for a solution i found the very last disc in my old pack of Tesco discs, popped that into my machine and burnt the image perfectly veryfied the disc and all is working great. so try a 4th disc of the same brand from the new pack again after getting success but no luck, i still get the 'Unable to recover TOC' knowing my drive is fine and burnt images perfectly before it cant be a driver issue with the drive. having a full pack of 25 discs that all burnt and now cant get a single disc to burn. strange one! heres my log anyway so if you got any ideas please let me know. Thanks. Thanks.