dbminter

So, I understand London's had it's worst snow storm in like 18 years recently? I, too, have had my share of troubles with ice. My power was off for 5 days after sheets of ice blanketed everything. It's been called the worst natural disaster in the history of the state. 250,000 people are still without power and some are not expected to get it back until mid month.

Thanks to you all for the well wishes!

I think that AnyDVD probably wouldn't interfere with a burn. A Verify, though, it might because of the aforementioned pointers changing. By that same token, a Build operation using VIDEO_TS compliant files might have an issue at some point. So, best to turn it off. As was said, it's easy to do, at least.

I would NEVER install a Microsoft beta. In fact, I usually keep my hands off of betas. ImgBurn is really the only thing I will beta test.

I ended up restoring an old system image and have been keeping an eye on it. For the last few days, no restarts. I still have 3 Windows Updates to install, which I will after say a week or so. That way, I can narrow it down to one of the updates if they are fault. Of course, I've yet to see a Windows Update that didn't damage something.

Hmmm, Lightning, I HAD that enabled on XP. I guess when I upgraded from XP to Vista, the Vista install turned that option on as a system default.

In Home Premium, it appears to be the Event Viewer. The icon in Control Panel doesn't do me too much good because it says reporting is turned off. I believe the Event Viewer is what I'm looking for, though... although I've been over the logs and I can't make heads or tails of what it's reporting to me. So, I'll just try restoring an older system image.

Event Viewer?

I've got a problem with Vista rebooting on me while I'm asleep. The prompt comes up to ask if I want to enter Safe Mode or load Windows normally so it's some kind of "incorrect" access that is causing the reboots. My problem is I have no idea how to begin looking through Windows logs to check and see what it might be. Like, where are the logs stored for a start. Do I need a special reader for them and is it included with Vista? Thanks!

I never used DVD+R after 2002, when they didn't have bit setting,or, at least, my HP drive didn't offer that.

Yeah, DVD-R is a personal choice for me. I tried DVD+R as my first burner actually. Didn't know there were even two different kinds of discs back then. But, I had to get a DVD-R drive because DVD+R wouldn't read in my DVD TV recorder. So, I've stuck with DVD-R's as they seemed more universal to me. DVD+R usually offers the faster speeds first, but, I don't particularly care for a faster speed if I can't get as much compatibility out of them.

Just received some Verbatim DVD-R's. Never purchased any before but I heard they were good and my experience with their DVD+R DL's has been good. Only 1 bad burn in 100, I think. Anyway was wondering if they were the good Verbatims if there is such a thing as not good Verbs. The Manufacturer ID is MCC 03RG20. Thanks!

Yeah, I also did a Google and came across a lot of different Liggy And Dee firmwares. I wasn't sure what was what so I've stuck with established firmware.

What is the latest firmware for this drive? I went over by RPC1 and did a search, coming across this page. http://www.sonynec-optiarc.eu/en/support-s...-ad-series.html According to it, my firmware is the latest, 1.06. Is 1.06 the latest for the Sony Optiarc 7200?

I have a nefarious reputation for drives dying on me. Both for reasons unknown and through years of use. Sometimes, it's just I need to replace a drive because I discover some flaw in it. Like the IOMega I had that was a rebadged Lite On. Ever since I discovered that drive produced movie discs that skipped on playback in the Playstation 2, I replaced it and put Lite On on my shit list. I think my last NEC last 2 or 3 years. A pretty good track record for me, actually.

That's what I did. Found both on Newegg and ordered the 7200.

I went over the CDFreaks link and they're saying the 7220 is a Lite-On. By the talk I construed from the rest of the replies, that the 7200 is not a Lite-On drive. By that, I think I'll get the 7200. I had issues with an IOMega rebaded Lite On drive where the video played back on the PS 2 skipped.

Well, looks like I've burned through another NEC drive with years of abuse and overuse and given my propensity to break drives, it seems, I appear to need a replacement for my NEC. It's no longer finalizing Verbatim DVD+R DL discs that it used to finalize. So, I ask, what is the latest model of NEC that is out there for me to search for? Thanks!

What I've seen in here might help me. After I installed Vista as an upgrade to XP, autoplay just quit on both of my drives.

Is this still the site for old series Doctor Who news? http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/news/ It hasn't been updated since April so that makes me wonder if they've moved to a new site. Can anyone enlighten me on this?

So, it is a constant area and what Musicmatch told me is the junk I've always expected it was.

After seeing the bit in ImgBurn about reading CD-Text, it got me to wondering about CD-Text again. Where exactly is CD-Text stored? In particular, is it always in the same place on a disc? I once asked why MusicMatch stopped reading CD-Text when it had at one time done so. Their answer was they could never be sure where the CD-Text was stored as it could be stored in different places. Personally, I think they just got lazy and stopped supporting it because CD-Text had been working in MusicMatch past versions.

I'd use it to call the BBC and claim I'm the representative of the Dalek union and no more Daleks will do a single bit of work for the Beeb until my, excuse me, our demands are met. Our demands being, of course, money for more Dalek voice changers.

Ah, I knew I'd discover some fault with the whole Copy To and Move To being removed from the context menus. It means you can't as easily move things from the Desktop to another location. You have to Cut and then open an Windows Explorer instance to Paste it into the desired location.

Okay, now that I've seen the two parter, I more than before stand by my initial impressions. It tries to work in too much yet somehow works as a whole. I think Davros was sadly underused, merely as a Dalek pet. Because, I have to ask: if Davros used his own cells to make new Daleks, why didn't he make them Davros loyal like the white and gold Daleks from Revelation Of The Daleks and Remembrance?