Dante109

Sadly I dont have a pc but a laptop. Should I take an external one or an internal one for the laptop and if so please recommend a brand with model no.

My choices very narrowed down... Is it that the external drive will result in an unsuccessful burn or just a few unsuccessful one's? And i dont care if it stops working after 1 Year or so cuz i needed it kinda urgently..

Shall it work with an external DVD writer? Im thinking of buying this- Transcend Slim Portable CD/DVD Writer http://www.flipkart.com/computers/external-dvd-writers/itmczzca8dah3y5f?pid=accczzc9uzk9gzzs&_l=Mov%20fT84kmRKD0p%20AQJKyQ--&_r=QXBxpuU8TtlpPrW5x%20kUQQ--&ref=2fb77186-5499-4639-8abd-810cff3757d6

ok will try it on a different drive and let you know.

But i tried a single layer dvd, it burned perfectly

I'm using a toshiba laptop. Drive - HL-DT-ST DVDRAM gsa-T50N RR09 (ATA) Drive Firmware - RR09 (latest from firmwarehq.com) Disc - Verbatim DVD+R DL 8X (Made in India) Here is the log when i try to burn it with with ImgBurn First a command window pops up saying " Failed to set L0 data zone capacity REASON WRITE ERROR ". And then when i press continue.... I 22:46:02 ImgBurn Version 2.5.6.0 started! I 22:46:02 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1) I 22:46:02 Total Physical Memory: 1,961,220 KB - Available: 738,544 KB I 22:46:02 Initialising SPTI... I 22:46:02 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:46:03 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N RR09 (D:) (ATA) I 22:46:03 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 23:23:00 Operation Started! I 23:23:00 Source File: E:\xbox360\Assassins Creed Brotherhood\AsCrBro.dvd I 23:23:00 Source File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048) I 23:23:00 Source File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes I 23:23:00 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM I 23:23:00 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 1b018000MS UDFBridge I 23:23:00 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM) I 23:23:00 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 23:23:00 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50) I 23:23:00 Destination Device: [3:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N RR09 (D:) (ATA) I 23:23:00 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) I 23:23:00 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x I 23:23:00 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 23:23:00 Write Mode: DVD I 23:23:00 Write Type: DAO I 23:23:00 Write Speed: 2.4x I 23:23:00 Link Size: Auto I 23:23:00 Lock Volume: Yes I 23:23:00 Test Mode: No I 23:23:00 OPC: No I 23:23:00 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 23:23:00 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x) I 23:23:00 Book Type Setting: N/A (Reason: Invalid Command Operation Code) I 23:23:00 User Specified L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760 W 23:24:41 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Failed! - Reason: Write Error W 23:29:39 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Failed! - Reason: Write Error I 23:29:39 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 23:29:40 Writing LeadIn... W 23:30:13 Failed to Write Sectors 544 - 575 - Reason: Write Error W 23:30:13 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 23:30:13 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 23:30:13 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 23:30:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write Here is the snapshot of the I/O error I cannot understand what the problem is! I've tried it on different burning speeds (2.4X 4X 6X) none worked and gave the same error. Wasted 5 dvd's till now Please HELP!