I'm backing up a DVD and have prepared an image using DVDShrink. I did this with another DVD yesterday, same kit, same procedure, same kind of blank media and it worked. I ran IMGBurn in test mode and it took less than an hour. I moved on to burning. Imgburn got stuck towards the end - about 93%. Write speed was zero and the DVD burner light was off. According to the log, Imgburn was engaged in "writing image". I was not using the PC for anything else at the time. So after about 75 minutes I gave up and tried to abort. My abort request was acknowledged. But 10 minutes later, nothing else had happened. So I unplugged the USB cable for the writer. Questions:
(i) Where might the problem be? If it's the media why doesn't it fail in test mode?
(ii) Does Imgburn not have a feature which makes it realise it's stuck after a while? Should it?
(iii) Why won't it respond properly to the abort command? Pulling the cable isn't the ideal exit route.
Here is the log
I 08:17:01 ImgBurn Version 1.2.0.0 started!
I 08:17:01 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 08:17:02 Initialising SPTI...
I 08:17:02 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 08:17:12 Found 1 DVD-RW and 1 DVD?RW!
I 08:17:37 Operation Started!
I 08:17:37 Source File: C:\disctobackup.MDS
I 08:17:37 Source File Sectors: 2,285,899 (MODE1/2048)
I 08:17:37 Source File Size: 4,681,521,152 bytes
I 08:17:37 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink
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I'm backing up a DVD and have prepared an image using DVDShrink. I did this with another DVD yesterday, same kit, same procedure, same kind of blank media and it worked. I ran IMGBurn in test mode and it took less than an hour. I moved on to burning. Imgburn got stuck towards the end - about 93%. Write speed was zero and the DVD burner light was off. According to the log, Imgburn was engaged in "writing image". I was not using the PC for anything else at the time. So after about 75 minutes I gave up and tried to abort. My abort request was acknowledged. But 10 minutes later, nothing else had happened. So I unplugged the USB cable for the writer. Questions:
(i) Where might the problem be? If it's the media why doesn't it fail in test mode?
(ii) Does Imgburn not have a feature which makes it realise it's stuck after a while? Should it?
(iii) Why won't it respond properly to the abort command? Pulling the cable isn't the ideal exit route.
Here is the log
I 08:17:01 ImgBurn Version 1.2.0.0 started!
I 08:17:01 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 08:17:02 Initialising SPTI...
I 08:17:02 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 08:17:12 Found 1 DVD-RW and 1 DVD?RW!
I 08:17:37 Operation Started!
I 08:17:37 Source File: C:\disctobackup.MDS
I 08:17:37 Source File Sectors: 2,285,899 (MODE1/2048)
I 08:17:37 Source File Size: 4,681,521,152 bytes
I 08:17:37 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink
I 08:17:37 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R6112 1030 (H:) (USB)
I 08:17:37 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: INFOSMART01) (Speeds: 1x, 2x)
I 08:17:37 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496
I 08:17:37 Write Mode: DVD
I 08:17:37 Write Type: DAO
I 08:17:37 Write Speed: MAX
I 08:17:37 Link Size: Auto
I 08:17:37 Test Mode: No
I 08:17:37 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 08:17:37 Filling Buffer...
I 08:17:38 Writing LeadIn...
I 08:18:58 Writing Image...
I 09:34:22 Abort Request Acknowledged
W 09:43:40 Failed to Write Sectors 2204800 - 2204831 - The semaphore timeout period has expired.
W 09:43:41 Retrying (1 of 20)...
I 09:43:41 Synchronising Cache...
E 09:43:41 Failed to Write Image!
E 09:43:43 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 01:26:04
I 09:43:43 Average Write Rate: 867 KB/s (0.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,407 KB/s (1.0x)
E 09:43:57 CreateFile Failed! - Device: '\\.\CdRom4'
E 09:43:57 Reason: The system cannot find the file specified.
I like Imgburner almost as much as I liked its predecessor!