dbminter

Got the CD-R's I ordered from 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 Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. So, these are the good stuff. Verbatim does make a good CD-R. Too bad they also release from CMC under their good name.

I'm not an expert, but these entries in the log similar to this one: W 10:06:19 Retry Failed - Reason: Read of Scrambled Sector Without Authentication indicate to me that you're trying to read a copy protected disc. Is this a DVD movie disc that you're trying to copy? If so and it's copy protected, ImgBurn won't read it. If it's not, then I'd blame the Samsung drive. Samsung is known for making lower quality drives.

Thanks! That worked. I somehow overlooked that option when I checked the shortcut properties before I posted this thread. I didn't even find it under Security, which makes the most sense, to me, probably, where it should be.

Is there a way I can edit the shortcut for Command Prompt so that it always open elevated, as an administrator? The way I do it now is I have to right click on the shortcut and choose Run as administrator. Idiotic fuckers at Microsoft! The ONLY time you ever run a Command Prompt is to ALWAYS run commands that you need elevated privileges for! So, Command Prompt should ALWAYS fun elevated by default!

And it's apparently not a fluke! I've come across 3 other of these CMC CD-RW's from the same time period 8 years ago. They were all readable! It sure looks more and more like CMC, in the distant past, made a decent product.

Yeah, my first inclination was to blame CMC Magnetics media, too.

If you can order from Amazon.com, these are the last Verbatim DVD-R's I bought that weren't Lightscribe. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OOWC8I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I haven't bought these in over 4 years. But, back then, they were MCC discs, which means Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation made them. MCC makes some of the best optical media out there. These are inkjet printable discs. So, you may not need that feature on your discs. I don't have an inkjet printer, so I just write on the surface with CD approved markers.

Well, I remembered to check the drive again because I had to be in that same section. I think my USB HDD is on its last legs. I had difficulties getting Windows to start with it turned on. Once turned off and Windows started, I turned it back on and after some time, the drive was recognized and data reads off of it. So, I decided to replace it and was in the HDD section. Turns out you were right, LUK. It IS an enclosure. So it says 0 TB because it does not contain an HDD in it. Just the enclosure. I'd, of course, say, they shouldn't say it has 0 TB on it because as an enclosure no one would expect it to have a drive in it! 0 TB just causes confusion, like it did with me.

I was wondering if DVD-RW discs are thicker than DVD-R's. The reason I ask is when I use my disc shredder to destroy DVD-RW, it does it slower and louder than it shreds DVD-R's. That seems to indicate to me the shredder does more work on DVD-RW than DVD-R. The only reason I can think of this might be the case is that DVD-RW's may be thicker than DVD-R. It may not be perceptible to the human eye, but it could be the case? Maybe a rewritable layer is thicker than a WORM dye layer?

All you're doing is disabling the warning ImgBurn puts in the log. The warning still persists, you just won't see it. There is no interference in the operation of Daemon Tools with ImgBurn returning that warning. And there may be no interference in ImgBurn with Daemon Tools running. You'd have to test and see if there's a detrimental performance to your drive with Daemon Tools installed. If there is, there will be detrimental performance in not just ImgBurn but any application that uses your optical drives.

Well, so far, I've written to this DVD+RW written once in the new LG 10 times total. Once in the LG and 9 times in the Pioneer. It's lasted longer, I think, than my past experience with the old LG. But, I'll still keep records. I'm kind of curious how long a DVD+RW actually lasts anyway. Inferring this one doesn't die an early death like the old LG burned ones do, they say a rewritable disc can be written to 1,000 times. My actual experience is it's more on a magnitude of 100.

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.