jaydub101

D'oh. Many thanks, I can now format/erase by BD-RE DL discs. Why would the drive need a more current firmware, given that it was designed to work with said discs?

OK, I downloaded the GGW firmware YL07 and MCSE software, but I cannot find the DriveUpdater software anywhere on the net. Do you know of a link to download DriveUpdater? When using the MCSE software, it creates a file called "GGWH20L_YL07_speedpatched.exe" from the original firmware that I downloaded. Is that the file that gets loaded into DriveUpdater? Many thanks.

I 05:41:21 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 05:41:21 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 05:41:21 Total Physical Memory: 3,406,708 KiB - Available: 2,683,396 KiB I 05:41:21 Initialising SPTI... I 05:41:21 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 05:41:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H20L YG01-01 (F:) (SATA) I 05:41:23 -> Drive 2 - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q SB00 (G:) (SATA) I 05:41:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-RE! I 05:41:40 Operation Started! I 05:41:40 Device: [6:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H20L YG01 (F:) (SATA) I 05:41:40 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000) I 05:41:40 Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x I 05:41:40 Quick Erase: No I 05:41:40 Format Properly: Yes I 05:41:40 Format Size: Preferred I 05:41:40 Format With Full Certification: Yes I 05:41:40 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes I 05:41:40 Erasing Disc... W 05:41:48 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0%, 0/4) - Medium Format Corrupted E 05:41:50 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Medium Format Corrupted E 05:41:50 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:09

I am unable to format a 50G Verbatim BD-RE Double Layer disc with Imageburn. Prior to burning, the program says I need to format the disc. I try to do so by going in to Drive > Erase Disc > Full (and Quick as well). When I do so, I get the irritating "Ohhhh Nooooo" error announcement, without guidance on what might be the issue. I'm using a brand new disc in an LG GBW-H20L drive in Win7. I've verified that this drive is capable of reading/writing 50gb re-writeable double layer discs. I've used several discs from the same 5-pack, and I get the same results on all. For that matter, I cannot format using Win7 either. When Win7 asks "How do you want to use this disc" and I respond "Like a USB Flash Drive" (Live File System), Win7 responds "Windows Was Unable to Complete the Format". If I respond "Like a CD/DVD Player" (Mastered), Win7 responds by creating the file "desktop.ini" on the desktop whose contents consist of the following: "[.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815", with no instructions on how to proceed. This shouldn't be that hard. Any ideas, other than a bum discs?

I'm trying to create a .img files that are comprised of files that are compressed. I know how to make the .img file with imgburn. I know that imgburn doesn't use compression. I'm trying to create .img files that I can write to a floppy using rawrite, but where the files are compressed on the floppy. Anyone know how to do that? Lots of DOS program install disks are on floppies that hold compressed files, and I'm trying to create images that I can later write to floppies when necessary to install a program. If the original install disks totaled three, I want to use three disks to install it, not five.