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I figured it had something to do with DVD Decrypter's age and trying to write to Registry entries.

Yes, a duplicator is one of those machines you described. ImgBurn supports some models of duplicators for multiple copies.

It might make some sense that the AnyDVD and DVD Decrypter ISO's might be "different" than the ImgBurn one. Both those applications can remove the Macrovision copy protection analog flag. Thus, the ISO would be different contents because they've been processed. ImgBurn doesn't do anything with copy protection.

If you still need a viable installer, always get it directly from ImgBurn itself here: https://download.imgburn.com/SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe

As for the firmware update, you can check for yourself. In Write mode, right click on the drive letter and choose the last option in the context menu for checking for upgrades. Or check the LG web site for updates. However, there's no need in your case as 1.05 is the latest firmware released in the public by LG. Sometimes, LG releases firmware updates they only apply at the factory, like the 1.02 for the WH16NS60. They released patch updates for 1.01 and 1.03, but only applied 1.02 in the factory. It's not a lens issue as this particular problem has persisted across LG DVD drives in the past, too. Well, I guess it could be a lens issue, though. There are 2 different lasers in a BD burner: one for CD and DVD and the other for BD. However, I'd THINK there's only one lens, though. This problem has persisted for years, so, I suppose, despite my initial statement, now that I think about it, it could be a lens issue.

You might have better luck with a drive other than your LG one for reading. LG drives have a long history of failing reading discs that other drives have no problem with. The WH16NS series has been better than most LG drives, but there are the occasional ones it fails on. Try finding a USB drive (Easier to install and try/test with.) from someone other than LG and see if you have better luck.

I think the Wikipedia statement is a poor attempt to say that two different instances of ImgBurn can't access the same drive being used by one of the other instances. ImgBurn locks a drive for exclusive access when burning. However, I suppose it could be possible to be reading from one drive in one instance as an ISO of a disc and creating an ISO in Build mode with files from the same disc. Unless ImgBurn locks drives for exclusive access during ISO read operations; I don't know. You can't use a 2nd instance to create a 2nd image, either creating an ISO of a disc or accessing files in Build mode from that disc. Obviously, of course, you couldn't have one instance of ImgBurn burning a disc in a drive and then have a 2nd instance burn to that same drive or attempt to read files from it. Even if you could, ImgBurn wouldn't allow it because ImgBurn locks drives for exclusive access when burning.

System updates generally don't bork optical disc burners. Failed backups are usually the fault of either using cheap media or the drive itself. You're not using cheap media, as I initially thought, so that's not the cause. Therefore, the problem is most likely the drive. You say you've used it fine for a while and haven't changed media. So, I would say the drive probably needs replacing. And, yes, drives need replacing even after only a few months. Sometimes it's 3, sometimes 7, sometimes 9, sometimes a year. The longest I ever had a drive last was 2 and a half years, back when Pioneer made a high quality product, which they don't anymore. So, how long have you been burning with this drive?

Yes, I generally have a go to reply for various errors, but I need to see a Log first in order to see if it could be the case and before continuing.

Yes, the Disc Layout Editor. I had forgotten what it was called. And that is the X close I was talking about in Advanced Mode. It is after adding files and clicking the X button that triggers this. SOME series of steps triggers this, but I've never been able to determine what it is. The entire UDF label field is replaced when this happens. Usually, the beginning is blank and the trailing end of the string is a series of Chinese, maybe Japanese, characters.

In Verify mode, what is the difference between a Miscompare and a Read Error? I would guess the Miscompare means the data can be read from the disc, but the data is not the same compared to the same spot in the image file. A Read Error, I guess, would be there's no data at all since the disc couldn't be read at that point. Thanks!

A couple of possibilities: 1.) Your burner, the DU-8A5LH, is a slim model drive. Slim model drives are known to be very much junk in most cases. Try getting a half height drive and putting it in an external enclosure. 2.) Your DVD+R was made by Sony. Sony has made little but junk since 2002. Try using something like Verbatim DataLife Plus/AZO media or Taiyo Yuden discs. Do NOT get the Life Series Verbatim you find in brick and mortar stores; they're even worse than Sony media. 3.) You may have some luck with a firmware update, but generally they're either not available or don't help a situation like this; they can, though. In Write mode, right click on the drive and choose the last option in the context menu to check for a firmware update. 4.) You could try and see if you can burn at a rate slower than 6x. 4x and 3x are stated as supported write speeds, though it doesn't always work setting the write speed to something else as the drive will simply do whatever it wants to do.

No, I don't click Cancel. I X close the add window interface after adding files so I get back to the Volume field window. That's when ImgBurn "crashes." You probably won't be able to replicate it. It appears to be random, or, more likely, such an unusual set of circumstances to activate it that you don't encounter it normally. For instance, I'd say this happens maybe 1 in 100 times. This has happened on 3 different PC's over the years, so it seems highly unlikely to be an ImgBurn installation fault or bad RAM.

Can two instances of ImgBurn be running simultaneously? For instance, can one invokation of ImgBurn be building an ISO from files and folders while a 2nd instance of ImgBurn is reading a disc to an ISO file, so long as the disc is not being used to add files to the Build mode ISO? Thanks!

Yes, there. In the UDF field. I'll have a label already defined in the UDF field, then go into the interface to add files or folders. When I exit out, sometimes, randomly, ImgBurn crashes and when I choose to continue, ImgBurn goes on, but it has removed my UDF field entry and replaced it with apparently Chinese characters.

I think it depends on whatever file systems are present on the disc. I would guess UDF is preferred over ISO9660 since ImgBurn seems to display the label from UDF, if it's present, whereas Windows will display the ISO9960? I don't know that for sure, though.

I wasn't entirely sure. Then, it's either Daemon Tools or AnyDVD (Despite its name, I thought it had a copy protected CD reading feature, but that may be for audio CD's,. if such things existed.) that had a feature that could read protected game CD's. Or maybe CloneCD instead of Game Jackal.

I've encountered this a few times in the past, but it seems to be random and I haven't been able to isolate the circumstances that triggers it. Sometimes, when exiting the interface where you add files and folders in Advanced mode, ImgBurn will return an error that it "crashed" and offer to close the program, continue, or maybe send a bug report; I forget. I've always just continued and ImgBurn goes on, but it does change the UDF Volume Label of the disc to apparently random Chinese characters. Next time this happens, I'll see if it's possible to send a bug report. I don't remember.

Alcohol probably won't help in this case. I was thinking it was a PS1 Sims game CD, which that would matter. I said it may be copy protection because, at first, I thought it was a Sims PC game disc, which it is. And The Sims is a very popular series, which could mean they copy protected it. But, why you'd be able to copy the contents with File/Windows Explorer if it was protected doesn't make sense, though. Unless you need the original physical disc to start the game each time. I think there used to be something called Game Jackal that was designed to copy copy protected PC game discs.

Oh, wait, this Sims is a PS1 game disc and not a PC game disc? Then, it's not copy protection. What you're most likely encountering is a hardware incompatibility. There are known issues with ImgBurn attempting to read some PS1 discs in some optical drives. For instance, my Mega Man 8 will not read to an image file with ImgBurn. However, Alcohol 120% will read it. So, try using Alcohol 120%. I believe there's a free version.

Given it's a game CD of a popular series, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some kind of protection on it. Yet, if there were, you wouldn't be able to copy over the contents with File/Windows Explorer, I would think. Unless you need the disc to run the game and the software checks for some kind of unreadable sectors as copy protection like the PS1 did.

Technically, I believe there's no difference between USB 3.1 and USB 3.0 other than a name change. I believe they operate at both the same speed. And Type A or Type C also doesn't make a speed difference. They just created Type C ports to save on materials and thus cost to manufacture but can claim to charge MORE because it's named something different, thus "must" be different and justify the price.

There may be a Windows setting that displays file sizes with commas that can be disabled. I don't know. Or, it may be down to the different drives. Are you getting the same results regardless of what drive you're using on each computer? One drive may be returning commas in its results but another isn't.

LG drives are basically the best BD's out there, even though they have their problems. However, they have the least problems of all the BD drives out there. LG also has a very good replacement policy. I just recently had a replacement done on my WH16NS60 because it was improperly writing 8x Imation Ritek DVD+RW discs. I just had to pay to ship the drive to LG and they paid to ship me a refurbished drive. They've done that for me for years. Even when I've had refurbished drives sent to me, they have many times replaced the refurbished drives with refurbished drives. LG drives generally will fail before the one year warranty period has expired, but most BD drives do that, too. That's one of the LG drawbacks. As I previously mentioned, LG DVD drives were known to be picky readers in the past. The first LG DVD burner I had was a clunker. It burned discs that played with skips on playback, even on quality media. BTW, there may be something you can try on that drive that won't image the disc properly. You could try changing the Interface. Tools --> Settings --> I/O --> Page 1 --> Interface It's probably set at SPTI - Microsoft. Try Elby CDIO or the other Interfaces. You may have better luck with one of those.

That's quite unusual. Usually, it's a case of LG's being unable to read discs that other drives will read. I've been using LG's for a long time now and I've found they're not the best readers, sometimes refusing to read discs other drives do. My LG WH16NS60 BD burner appears to be much better in the reading aspect. Very few optical products whose name is on the package were actually made by them. Most companies farm out the production to a select few manufacturers and just slap their name on them.