dbminter

I believe CDForum's opinion of Samsung drives is that they're near the bottom of the quality list, along with Panasonic. Of course, the quality here could be because of the CMC medium. They do make the worst optical media out there.

The Interfering Programs option you uncheck per LUK's instructions are in ImgBurn.

I came across a TDK CD-RW that I burned contents to 8 years ago. Turns out CMC made it. So, thinking its contents wouldn't be readable, I used ImgBurn to try and read the disc to an image file. To my complete surprise, it was still readable after 8 years! So, maybe, at one point, CMC made a decent CD-RW. It sure sets my universe on edge!

Then, you must remove Daemon Tools. The pass through support layer is what is causing that message and it is necessary for the operation of Daemon Tools. As far as I know. If you want a virtual drive software that doesn't generate such a message, try SlySoft's Virtual CloneDrive. It does the same thing and it's free.

You most likely have Alcohol virtual drive software installed. The only way to "solve" the issue is to uninstall Alcohol. Maybe Daemon Tools causes the same message? However, you can generally ignore that message. Unless it actually does have a detrimental effect on your drive. Which only you can determine if that is the case.

Actually, more that I think about it now, what you said about it maybe being just an enclosure is making more sense. 0 TB because there's actually no drive included with the package. Just an enclosure to store one. It would be the first time I can ever recall seeing just an enclosure at this Office Depot. Though, it's not outside the realm of being the case.

Maybe it's an NAS setup? I Googled the term "0 TB" and found 2 links on Amazon.com. They're for Lacie products. http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-TB-Diskless-Network-2000385/dp/B007RI143K http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZM88MS/ref=psdc_13436301_t1_B007RI143K

BTW, if it makes you feel any better, you're not the first person to be burned by CMC. I have a story to tell you! I was out $1,000 because of those fuckers! I used to use Optodisc DVD-R because they used to make a quality product at a good price. Then, they went cheap and switched to CMC. I didn't know it about CMC at the time so when my burns started failing, I first replaced my PC burner. Then, I got another stack of discs back when they were $250 for 100 of them. Then, they started failing in my standalone DVD recorder. I replaced it since it was a few years old. Still had the problem so I took the issue to the forum that preceded ImgBurn's. That's when I started seeing posts about CMC causing the problem. So, I checked my discs that were failing and sure enough, Optodisc had switched to CMC. So, after all that trouble and money, I put Optodisc and CMC on my list. I've never bought another Optodisc product and I return most (Sometimes you have no choice, like everyone seems to use CMC for BD-RE now! ) CMC products. CMC is simply not worth the money. Believe it or not, sometimes, CMC made a decent product! Their DVD+R and CD-R were alright back when I had some before I learned about CMC and replaced them. And I've not had an issue with their BD-RE yet. However, that being said, I still don't trust CMC as far as I can throw their corporate headquarters! I wouldn't trust CMC for long term storage because of their history of low quality product. If their DVD-R media won't even finish a burn, how can I trust their media will be readable a year from now? The old Optodisc I have from 12 years ago are still playable today. Optodisc from CMC wouldn't even finish burns or if they did wouldn't finish verifies.

Unfortunately, you won't find a way to do so in a brick and mortar store. Companies won't put the Manufacturer/Disc ID on the package because if you knew CMC made them, you wouldn't buy them! If you go with store bought media, the only way is to open the package, insert a disc into a drive on a PC, open ImgBurn in Write mode, and check the right pane of info for the MID/DID. Buying them online is the way to go. However, a lot of sites don't list the MID/DID either! Your best bet is to read the reviews on sites to see if a reviewer lists the MID/DID. Like I do on Amazon.com. Kind guys like me will point out when a Verbatim media is crap CMC or good MCC/MKM (e.g. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) If you live in the United States, I can forward links to past purchases I made on Amazon.com on quality DVD-R. UNLESS, of course, older media like inkjet printable I haven't bought in years have changed to CMC. My DVD-R's are only Lightscribe MCC's. However, they no longer make Lightscribe drives so paying extra for the Lightscribe label surface may not be your cup of tea, since you will be able to write to them but not print on the Lightscribe label side.

I don't recall checking the price. I doubt it was just an enclosure. It was with the USB HD's and I don't think my Office Depot carries such a specified type of product. And I doubt it was 2 drives making 10 TB as it would say 10 TB instead of just 0. I have to return those Verbatim Life DVD-R's Thursday so I'll try to remember to check out the box itself more thoroughly and see if I can glean any information on its actual size.

I decided to try out some Verbatim Life Series Printable DVD-R's from Office Depot. I naturally check all of my store bought media for CMC discs. Sure enough! Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG. AM3 So, they're going back to Office Depot for a refund, as I return all CMC media bought unknowingly from Office Depot. WHY does Verbatim tarnish their good name by getting into bed with the CMC fuckers?

It sounds like you may have, in fact, bought some Verbatim Life Series DVD-R's from a store. I just bought some Verbatim Life Printable DVD-R's from Office Depot to see if they're quality MCC's or cheap CMC's. The Disc ID? Guess what: Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG. AM3. As I said, even Verbatim uses CMC. Unfortunately, Verbatim chooses to tarnish their good name by getting in bed with CMC. In fact, the only quality Verbatim medium when it comes to DVD is their DataLife Plus line. Anyway, so, naturally, these discs are going back to Office Depot for a refund as I return all CMC media to the store I bought it from. And most of the time I do it with online purchases, too.

I was at Office Depot tonight and saw one of the store's empty boxes for an external hard drive. On its cover, like the other companies, this one had various labels that described its attributes. The label for the size of the drive was a little confusing: 0 TB! I know they don't make 10 plus TB drives so what does a 0 TB hard drive mean? It has NO space? What use is that?! My guess is it means it's less than 1 TB as I've seen, still in this day and age, external HD's that are like 500 MB.

CMC is short hand for CMC Magnetics, the actual manufacturer of the DVD-R you were trying to burn to. If you check out this line from your log: I 15:47:33 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) The Disc ID reveals (Unless it's faked.) who actually made the disc. CMC MAG. is, of course, CMC Magnetics. CMC Magnetics is the worst optical disc manufacturer out there. Their media is constantly known to fail in various stages of creating discs. Sometimes at the LeadIn right at the very beginning. Sometimes randomly during the burn. Sometimes burns will complete but fail during Verify. Sometimes burns and Verifies complete but the discs aren't recognized by stand alone DVD players or play back pixelated/with errors, or simply don't play at all. In other words, CMC is responsible for well over 50 percent of the problems we see on this board.

I, too, would recommend you try something other than CMC media. CMC media is such a common cause of problems that it's basically in the FAQ about causing problems. Especially with DVD+R DL's. Although your problem is with DVD-R. Still, people find their problems generally miraculously disappear when they don't use CMC media. Unfortunately, with brick and mortar store discs, you pretty much will only find CMC media on shelves. Try Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden. However, be aware that even Verbatim uses CMC on some of their products, like some of their CD-R's, some of their BD-R's, and they switched their BD-RE's to CMC. I use Lightscribe Verbatim DVD-R's. They're MCC discs. (Notice how CMC tries to fool you into thinking they're quality product by rearranging the letters of a known good disc ID string?) However, I order my media from Amazon.com because you can't find quality media in stores. Although locally Office Depot has started offering Verbatim DVD-R's. I've wanted to get some and see if they're quality MCC or cheap CMC.

Of course, one wants to initially point the finger of blame at the use of CMC media, the worst optical disc manufacturer out there.

Oh, great! Verbatim is now using CMC for their BD-R's! I wonder how long it will be before ALL you can get from Verbatim is CMC

Firefox 33.0.2. I don't believe I tried a copy and paste of a URL since updating Firefox to the latest version. I use the interface where the buttons are selectable in the toolbar. I used that upper left button to see and when I selected it, the only button in the toolbar still usable was that upper left button. I was able to get a URL pasted by using the Link button. But, I didn't have to do that before. Before I just copy and pasted URL's.

I can't seem to copy and paste URL's into posts. I had a problem once a few days ago with pasting a URL in a Chat post. The URL shows up in my post, but when I post the message, the URL isn't there. Last time, I edited the post, pasted the URL in again, and saved the changes. The URL showed up. Today, I tried pasting a URL into a message and then trying to paste it again after choosing to edit the post twice in a row. The URL is still not in the message.

These are the ones I have my eye on. They say DataLife Plus on the label, which is usually good. And the item description mentions they are AZO dye. Hm, there appears to be something wrong with the board. This is the 3rd time now that my copy and pasted URL's don't show up. Last time, I just edited the post and repasted the URL. This time, it didn't post. So, I tried editing and repasting twice. Still no URL pasted. http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DataLifePlus-Printable-Recordable-94755/dp/B0001LS35W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1414625442&sr=8-3&keywords=verbatim+cd-r+azo+inkjet There. The Link command did the trick. In the past, though, I just copied and pasted the URL's into messages.

You know? I, too, have wondered for a while now what the bloody Hell's the difference between a file's "Size" and its "Size on disk."

I'm not paying for something that I don't know works. Even then, I probably won't pay for it! In other words, as I said preferably freeware.

I scanned over that PDF of Verbatim products. It lists their 20 pack of BD-RE's. These are made by CMC. I know from experience as I got them off of Amazon.com and posted here in Chat not to get them.

These are the ones I tried in 2010: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XK0E7E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 No longer available after all this time, but that's not surprising. Anyway, those were CMC's.

Let me know how those Verbatim AZO CD-R's go. Forward their MID. I'm curious to see if they're actually Verbatim or CMC. AZO is supposedly a proprietary formula developed by Verbatim. But, who's to say they don't just farm it out to CMC to do the actual manufacture. If they're good, I will try some AZO inkjet Verbatim CD-R's I found on Amazon.com after you posted this.