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I did not use verify. I'm going to use a friends computer for this short term need. I agree that it's potentially frustrating and a long shot to find media that is going to be good for this drive. Do you have a suggestion for a good external drive? I'm short on cash and don't have a good tower PC. Borrowing this laptop...

Spoke too soon. You're right. The last half of my video is all digital glitches studdering blocky skipping you name it... I'm going to try finding some 8x discs that are compatible with my ancient drive. Any suggestions? Your posted log used the 2x speed, so that it worked now can be one lucky time. I wouldn't trust it to work the next times.

Setting the speed to 2x did the trick! I had tried 1x and 4x and it failed, but 2x was the charm. Thanks! You're perspective helped me get it done. I know it's time to upgrade, but if I can get by without spending a bunch of money on a new system or a drive right now I'm all for it. Thanks again

I've burned a DVD recently with ImgBurn successfully with the same media and drive on this PC with no problem. I now have five coasters... Old Windows XP laptop Sony drive, Sony DVD-R media Writing from a USB external hard drive Have already tried rebooting, checked DMA (haven't deleted and rebooted), Only have 1.8 GB of C: drive free. Any help would be appreciated. Here's the log. I 12:25:12 Operation Started! I 12:25:12 Building Image Tree... I 12:25:22 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:25:22 Calculating Totals... I 12:25:22 Preparing Image... I 12:25:22 Checking Path Length... I 12:25:22 Contents: 6 Files, 2 Folders I 12:25:22 Content Type: DVD Video I 12:25:22 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:25:22 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:25:22 Volume Label: CS_SCOTT_SD_WS_DVD I 12:25:22 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 12:25:22 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 12:25:22 TV System: NTSC I 12:25:22 Size: 1,231,448,064 bytes I 12:25:22 Sectors: 601,293 I 12:25:22 Image Size: 1,232,076,800 bytes I 12:25:22 Image Sectors: 601,600 I 12:25:24 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:11 I 12:25:24 Operation Started! I 12:25:24 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 12:25:24 Source File Sectors: 601,600 (MODE1/2048) I 12:25:24 Source File Size: 1,232,076,800 bytes I 12:25:24 Source File Volume Identifier: CS_SCOTT_SD_WS_DVD I 12:25:24 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.1.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:25:24 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:25:24 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:25:24 Destination Device: [1:0:0] SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A PDS7 (D:) (ATA) I 12:25:24 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: SONY16D1) (Speeds: 2x) I 12:25:24 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 12:25:24 Write Mode: DVD I 12:25:24 Write Type: DAO I 12:25:24 Write Speed: 4x I 12:25:24 Link Size: Auto I 12:25:24 Lock Volume: Yes I 12:25:24 Test Mode: No I 12:25:24 OPC: No I 12:25:24 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 12:25:24 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 5,540 KB/s (4x), Got: 2,770 KB/s (2x) I 12:25:24 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 12:25:26 Writing LeadIn... I 12:25:50 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 601599) I 12:25:50 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 601599) W 12:31:23 Failed to Write Sectors 387744 - 387775 - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:23 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 12:31:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:53 Retrying (21)... W 12:31:53 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:55 Retrying (22)... W 12:31:56 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:57 Retrying (23)... W 12:31:57 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format W 12:31:57 Retrying (24)... W 12:31:57 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format E 12:31:58 Failed to Write Sectors 387744 - 387775 - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format I 12:31:58 Synchronising Cache... E 12:32:04 Failed to Write Image! I 12:32:04 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:32:04 Export Successfully Completed! E 12:32:04 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:06:40 I 12:32:04 Average Write Rate: 2,113 KB/s (1.5x) - Maximum Write Rate: 2,835 KB/s (2.0x)