Shamus_McFartfinger

The guides are fairly simple if you take your time. We encourage people to learn for themselves rather than spoon-feeding them answers they can find with a little effort because you will learn more from actually doing it. Read and experiment and then ask your questions. Not the other way around.

I remember you and your avatar. It's gotta be 3 years at least. Maybe closer to 4 years. Welcome. Long time, no thingy.

You can't if the CD has been closed/finalised. Packet writing software like InCD allows you to do this. ImgBurn won't. You're better off organising your files before you think about commiting them to disk.

Sorry. You'll have to ask elsewhere. We can't help you.

I'd have been here earlier but I got distracted by the boobies. Mmm.... Boobies. Happy Birthday.

That drive ain't real flash either from the reading I've been doing. Many, many problems with any number of firmware versions. The technical term would be "piece'o'shit". Lots of people returning this drive and getting something else.

Very true. But the log file doesn't indicate any real problem which is why I didn't include it. I just had a slow read rate with a particular disc otherwise it reads other discs of the same make just fine. FWIW, the logfile helps us alot. Even if your burn fails, the log shows the model of your drive, the firmware version and the media you are using. These three things are the root of most of the problems we see here. The more we know, the better equipped we are to help by dismissing the obvious and finding the heart of the problem alot faster. Alot like IT really.

Interesting link. A couple of things from their blog: Heavy use? Straight out of the box mine was unusable for CDs. As for "environmental conditions", this sounds like another way to say "we f*cked up". It would also seem that unless you live in the USA or Canada, you're shit out of luck. Just typical. I've been a fan of Pioneer drives for years but this time they can use my 112D as a 5 1/4" suppository. I won't be buying another one. That's right, shoppers. They can belt it up their crack.

Honestly? These are garbage. Very bad. Sub-standard. Crap. A bit "how's your father". Verging on shite. Could do better. Needs improvement. Not worth the time. Below average. Left wanting. Decidedly ordinary. As handy as a wooden leg in a bushfire. As useful as tits on a bull. As useful as a third testicle. Do you see a pattern here? Don't bother using the rest of them. Just toss them into the bin and grab some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim media. They are all we use. InfoDisc media just isn't worth the trouble.

Logfile please. Help Menu > Logs. Also, be wary if buying a Pioneer 112. Mine refuses to burn CDs - even with the latest firmware update.

Be evil. The thought of you prancing around in a cape and red underpants (albeit invisibly) doesn't do anything for me at all. The bad guys always have the best outfits.

A log of the burn would also help. Help Menu > Logs

Perhaps a "tagline" text file? Y'know, the taglines we used to add to FidoNet messages as padding when the XModem protocol randomly chopped off pieces from the bottom of our messages? I used to use a tagline program with my mail tosser (Spot) years ago. There's probably shitloads of them on AmiNet.

As an IT admin, you should know that it would help if you gave us all the available info you have, such as a logfile. It might not fix the problem but it wouldn't hurt.

Jesus christ! It looks like a rotary engine from a Mazda.

While you're at it, ditch the Ritek media. They truly are garbage. Grab some Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden and save yourself alot of grief. yea i used to use verbatims but decided to switch to memorex disks because of the price. they haven't given me any issues/coasters so far, just slower burn speeds compared to the verbatim disks. Do a scan with DVDInfoPro and have another look. There's a good reason why we don't use them here.

While you're at it, ditch the Ritek media. They truly are garbage. Grab some Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden and save yourself alot of grief.

Well, slap me down and call me Susan. I never knew standby was in there too. Looks like I'm wrong for the first time since 1976. <enter Bart Simpson> "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a public forum" "I will not suck in a publ

I thought we were talking about standby?

Next version.

Get some good media like Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. Your drive doesn't even recognise the ones you are using.

OR............. your HD has slipped back into PIO mode making it work harder and slower than it should and making it unable to send data fast enough to your burner.

Just so you know, please don't edit the log if you have problems. What may seem inconsequential to you can actually provide us with information about your system, which helps us help you.

To save us playing a virtual guessing game, would you please post the log of the burn? Help Menu > Logs