chemicalNova

Thanks for the information chem

Update: The Sony DVD+R works! Can anyone explain the reasoning behind that? I'm definitely not an expert. chem

Thanks for your reply. As I said, this laptop was pulled from the box just over a week ago.. so I don't think its the drive. My old laptop never had any troubles.. and I had burnt a whole heap of stuff with it! I've tried various writing speeds.. still producing a "blank" disc I've just gone to the shop and bought some Sony DVD+R discs to see if these work. Its after-hours so this was really my only option for now. I'll try some Verbatim discs tomorrow.. are all Verbatim's reliable or should I be looking for a specific (single-layer) type? Regards, chem

Hi there, I've recently been given a new laptop at work and have used ImgBurn in the past with zero issues. This new laptop has never closed a disc properly.. and its literally a week old. Heres the log: I 12:33:22 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 12:33:22 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 12:33:22 Total Physical Memory: 4,053,788 KB - Available: 2,077,052 KB I 12:33:22 Initialising SPTI... I 12:33:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:33:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7585H KX04 (D:) (ATAPI) I 12:33:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 12:40:57 Operation Started! I 12:40:57 Building Image Tree... I 12:40:58 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:40:59 Calculating Totals... I 12:40:59 Preparing Image... I 12:40:59 Checking Path Length... I 12:40:59 Contents: 1 File, 0 Folders I 12:40:59 Content Type: DivX Video I 12:40:59 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:40:59 File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet I 12:40:59 Volume Label: i-lmtlss I 12:40:59 Size: 731,115,520 bytes I 12:40:59 Sectors: 356,990 I 12:40:59 Image Size: 731,185,152 bytes I 12:40:59 Image Sectors: 357,024 I 12:41:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 12:41:01 Operation Started! I 12:41:01 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 12:41:01 Source File Sectors: 357,024 (MODE1/2048) I 12:41:01 Source File Size: 731,185,152 bytes I 12:41:01 Source File Volume Identifier: i-lmtlss I 12:41:01 Source File Volume Set Identifier: UNDEFINED I 12:41:01 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.5.0 - The Ultimate Image Burner! I 12:41:01 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.5.0 I 12:41:01 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet I 12:41:01 Destination Device: [0:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7585H KX04 (D:) (ATAPI) I 12:41:01 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKF1) (Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x) I 12:41:01 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 12:41:01 Write Mode: DVD I 12:41:01 Write Type: DAO I 12:41:01 Write Speed: 4x I 12:41:01 Link Size: Auto I 12:41:01 Lock Volume: Yes I 12:41:01 Test Mode: No I 12:41:01 OPC: No I 12:41:01 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 12:41:01 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x) I 12:41:02 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 12:41:02 Writing LeadIn... I 12:42:11 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 357023) I 12:42:11 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 357023) I 12:48:13 Synchronising Cache... I 12:51:31 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:51:31 Graph Data File: C:\Users\swhitehead\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7585H_KX04_SATURDAY-21-MAY-2011_12-41_PM_RITEKF1_4x.ibg I 12:51:31 Export Successfully Completed! I 12:51:31 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:10:30 I 12:51:31 Average Write Rate: 1,977 KB/s (1.4x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,566 KB/s (4.0x) I 12:51:31 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 12:51:46 Waiting for device to become ready... I 12:52:41 Device Ready! E 12:52:41 CompareImageFileLayouts Failed! - Session Count Not Equal (1/0) E 12:52:41 Verify Failed! - Reason: Layouts do not match. I tried not verifying and nothing will read the disc. Theres clearly data burned there, but everything thinks its blank I've searched all over this forum, and as far as I can tell, have tried everything to no avail. Could it just be that my old drive supported this type of disc and my new one doesn't? Thanks in advance, chem