[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

Cynthia and LIGHTNING UK!

 

Thank you. I am now better equipped to make suitable purchase decisions.

 

Regards

Alan

[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

Or replace the burner, as that one only supports DVD-R/DVD-RW at 2x max speed, while for many years burners support both -R and +R formats. If the laptop has USB 2.0 ports you could try and get an external burner

 

I have 4 off USB ports - all fully occupied,

and something important has to be disconnected to make way for the web-cam or printer.

I would prefer not to have additional juggling of USB devices.

 

This is the first time in two years that I wanted to write to any sort of DVD,

so for now I will be more careful with the media I buy.

 

Regards

Alan

[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

You're going to need to keep trying various rewritable dyes (don't go by the brand name!) until you find one that your drive supports properly.

 

Hi

 

How can I know what dye is used ?

 

The only information on the failed DVD-RW is a bar code for the cash desk,

plus ""High Quality Pure Silver Rewritable Technology".

 

Would you please quote an example of the sort of information I should look at,

preferably whilst still in a sealed box before I purchase and take home ?

 

Regards

Alan

[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

Thank you Cynthia.

 

I bought Verbatim CD's because I wanted a good chance that my system recovery Boot CD would work after years on a shelf.

 

The DVD-RW were for short term re-usable storage ( I was thinking of system snapshots ),

But this week I opened the pack to burn yet another Boot ISO image,

because all the CD's booted well, but did not give me the functions I wanted,

so rather than wasting a never ending sequence of single use CD's,

I decided to use a re-usable disc.

 

I had thought a cheap disc would not last so well,

and there was greater risk of data errors,

I had not realised the DVD player/recorder would immediately reject any brands.

 

Your reply encourages me not to give up, but to try different brands,

I had been wondering if the DVD laser had worn out after 5 years and all I could record was CD's

 

Is there a site that identifies suitable brands of DVD-RW for MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

 

Many thanks for feedback so far

Regards

Alan

[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

Please clarify.

 

Is it just this particular brand that is disliked, or would it object to any sort of rewritable media ?

 

My computer is a 5 year old Acer Laptop Travelmate 244LM with a DVD-RW.

 

Earlier today a friend told me it might need erasing before use.

 

I tried and the log below was the result.

I never got past "Unable to Recover TOC"

I tried to write to the "erased" disc, and still failed (but nothing more added to the log).

 

I also noticed today that trying to use this DVD-RW,

the Imgburn right hand half was greyed out with only the MATSHITA device type showing

but when a commercial pre-recorded music DVD was inserted the right hand half showed a lot of information.

 

Regards

Alan

 

I 14:51:18 Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

I 14:51:18 Media Type: DVD-RW (Speeds: 1x, 2x)

I 14:51:18 Quick Erase: Yes

I 14:51:18 Erasing Disc...

E 14:51:33 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC

E 14:51:33 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:15

I 14:52:19 Operation Started!

I 14:52:19 Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

I 14:52:19 Media Type: DVD-RW (Speeds: 1x, 2x)

I 14:52:19 Quick Erase: No

I 14:52:19 Erasing Disc...

E 14:52:27 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Unable to Recover TOC

E 14:52:27 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:07

[Unable to recover TOC - before it does anything !]

I have an ISO image to burn

 

Tried to burn a 4* speed DVD-RW

"Medium not present" - then I loaded and inserted.

"Logical unit is in process of becoming ready" - status held for 27 seconds whilst dvd flashed

"Unable to Recover TOC"

 

What is a TOC ?

Is it a Table of Contents ?

Why does Imgburn expect a table of contents on a blank unused DVD ?

Am I supposed to Erase an unused blank DVD before writing ?

Does Imgburn deliberately refuse to burn a DVD when the ISO can fit on a CD ?

Does a DVD have to be mounted upside down relative to a CD ! ! !

 

After many failed attempts with a cheap Tevion DVD-RW (from ALDI),

I had perfect success with a cheap Verbatim 52* speed CD-R (from NETTO) with the same ISO.

 

I made further failed attempts with the DVD-RW.

 

After which I copied the log and pasted it below.

This log shows what happened when I burnt the CD-R,

You will also see that nothing was appended to the log by the failed attempts with the DVD-RW.

 

In my life I have burnt 3 off CD's as Boot CD's from ISO images,

and have no experience of burning any sort of DVD, nor any CD-RW,

so please be gentle as you explore my ignorance.

 

Incidentally, I have just tried a Video Music DVD.

It holds 3.63 Gb, and, and the music and live action are perfect on VLC.

 

Regards

Alan

 

I 20:17:49 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 20:17:49 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 20:17:49 Total Physical Memory: 1,292,720 KB - Available: 664,536 KB

W 20:17:49 Drive G:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 20:17:49 Drive H:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 20:17:49 Drive I:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 20:17:49 Drive J:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 20:17:49 Drive V:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

I 20:17:50 Initialising SPTI...

I 20:17:50 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 20:17:50 Found 1 DVD-RAM/RW!

I 20:21:17 Operation Started!

I 20:21:17 Source File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso

I 20:21:17 Source File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:21:17 Source File Size: 120,672,256 bytes

I 20:21:17 Source File Volume Identifier: UBCD410

I 20:21:17 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING

I 20:21:17 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet

I 20:21:17 Destination Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

I 20:21:17 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m17s06f) (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 20:21:17 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847

I 20:21:17 Write Mode: CD

I 20:21:17 Write Type: SAO

I 20:21:17 Write Speed: MAX

I 20:21:17 Test Mode: No

I 20:21:17 OPC: No

I 20:21:17 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 20:21:18 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 20:21:18 Writing LeadIn...

I 20:21:49 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:21:49 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:23:26 Synchronising Cache...

I 20:23:41 Exporting Graph Data...

I 20:23:42 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-21_97m17s06f_MAX.ibg

I 20:23:42 Export Successfully Completed!

I 20:23:42 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:23

I 20:23:42 Average Write Rate: 1,227 KB/s (8.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,248 KB/s (8.3x)

I 20:23:42 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 20:28:22 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 20:28:32 Device Ready!

I 20:28:33 Operation Started!

I 20:28:33 Source Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

I 20:28:33 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 20:28:33 Image File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso

I 20:28:33 Image File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:28:33 Image File Size: 120,672,256 bytes

I 20:28:33 Image File Volume Identifier: UBCD410

I 20:28:33 Image File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING

I 20:28:33 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet

I 20:28:33 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 20:28:34 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:28:34 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:29:36 Exporting Graph Data...

I 20:29:36 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-21_97m17s06f_MAX.ibg

I 20:29:36 Export Successfully Completed!

I 20:29:36 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:02

I 20:29:36 Average Verify Rate: 1,900 KB/s (12.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 2,125 KB/s (14.2x)

I 20:35:13 Operation Started!

I 20:35:13 Source Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-811 H100 (E:) (ATA)

I 20:35:13 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 20:35:13 Image File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\ubcd411.iso

I 20:35:13 Image File Sectors: 58,922 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:35:13 Image File Size: 120,672,256 bytes

I 20:35:13 Image File Volume Identifier: UBCD410

I 20:35:13 Image File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING

I 20:35:13 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet

I 20:35:13 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 20:35:13 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:35:13 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 58921)

I 20:36:16 Exporting Graph Data...

I 20:36:16 Graph Data File: H:\Utilits_H\DVD_Burn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITA_DVD-RAM_UJ-811_H100_31-JANUARY-2009_20-35_N-A.ibg

I 20:36:16 Export Successfully Completed!

I 20:36:16 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:03

I 20:36:16 Average Verify Rate: 1,900 KB/s (12.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 2,125 KB/s (14.2x)