bloomcounty

I'm paranoid in general! Since the process is irreversible, and I don't plant on burning ISOs for dual-layer or single-layer (I'm burning the files directly, as my research has shown me there's not reason not to nowadays), and I'm not really a "computer person" per se (meaning I don't have a bunch of crazy stuff going on with my computer -- i.e. I just mainly rip/burn dvds, use MS Word/Excel, convert music to mp3s, burn cds/dvds, and use Photoshop and Dreamweaver, it doesn't sound like I even need to consider this until it actually pops up for some reason. Does that seem a logical plan? I tried looking up the motherboard, but couldn't find anything... My laptop says it's a Presario V5000, but it's supposed to be a V5310us (something I need to verify with HP). The DVD-ROM thing: It won't let me change anything, but under the device tab, it says DVD-ROM in ImgBurn, so is that all set already? Thanks for the help!

I'm using Windows XP, so why wouldn't my default be this NTFS? Is there any reason that the FAT32 file system (if that is, indeed, what I've got) isn't good enough to back-up discs? Are there generally any single files on a movie dvd that are larger than 4GB? How can I tell what MB my laptop has? And how do I ensure I download the correct update/driver? Will doing so mess up any other programs or potentially cause any other problems? Do I need to have a blank in the drive to do this? And what does doing this change exactly? Will it have any effect on how my drive operates when not using ImgBurn (like watching dvds, or burnig data, etc.). Or is it only specific to ImgBurn. Do I want to set it for both SL and DL? Thanks for the help!

Hi, I just did my first dual-layer burn and I have a couple questions: 1. I noticed that both the Buffer and Device Buffer were at 100% the whole time the burn was happening. Is this normal? Or is there some setting I need to adjust? Here is the log: I 18:24:42 ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 started! I 18:24:42 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 18:24:42 Total Physical Memory: 522,416 KB - Available: 228,848 KB W 18:24:42 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 18:24:42 Initialising SPTI... I 18:24:42 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 18:24:42 Found 1 DVD?RW/RAM! I 18:29:00 Operation Started! I 18:29:00 Building Image Tree... I 18:29:00 Checking Directory Depth... I 18:29:00 Calculating Totals... I 18:29:01 Preparing Image... I 18:30:29 Using Layer Break LBA: 1688124 -> 1688128 (VTS_06, PGC: 1, Chapter: 11, Cell: 23, Vob/Cell ID: 2/1, Time: 00:53:10, SPLIP: No) I 18:30:29 Checking Path Length... I 18:30:29 Image Size: 6,706,790,400 bytes I 18:30:29 Image Sectors: 3,274,800 I 18:30:29 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:28 I 18:30:36 Operation Started! I 18:30:36 Building Image Tree... I 18:30:36 Checking Directory Depth... I 18:30:36 Calculating Totals... I 18:30:36 Preparing Image... I 18:30:47 Using Layer Break LBA: 1688124 -> 1688128 (VTS_06, PGC: 1, Chapter: 11, Cell: 23, Vob/Cell ID: 2/1, Time: 00:53:10, SPLIP: No) I 18:30:47 Checking Path Length... I 18:30:47 Image Size: 6,706,790,400 bytes I 18:30:47 Image Sectors: 3,274,800 I 18:30:47 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:11 I 18:33:49 Operation Started! I 18:33:49 Building Image Tree... I 18:33:49 Checking Directory Depth... I 18:33:49 Calculating Totals... I 18:33:49 Preparing Image... I 18:34:21 Using Layer Break LBA: 1688124 -> 1688128 (VTS_06, PGC: 1, Chapter: 11, Cell: 23, Vob/Cell ID: 2/1, Time: 00:53:10, SPLIP: No) I 18:34:21 Checking Path Length... I 18:34:21 Image Size: 6,706,790,400 bytes I 18:34:21 Image Sectors: 3,274,800 I 18:35:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:16 I 18:35:06 Operation Started! I 18:35:06 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 18:35:06 Source File Sectors: 3,274,800 (MODE1/2048) I 18:35:06 Source File Size: 6,706,790,400 bytes I 18:35:06 Source File Volume Identifier: X3 I 18:35:06 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.2.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 18:35:06 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 18:35:06 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 18:35:06 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N KQ09 (E:) (ATA) I 18:35:06 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 18:35:06 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 18:35:06 Write Mode: DVD I 18:35:06 Write Type: DAO I 18:35:06 Write Speed: 2.4x I 18:35:06 Link Size: Auto I 18:35:06 Test Mode: No I 18:35:06 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 18:35:06 DeviceIoControl(FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME) Not Supported! - Update your motherboard / IDE drivers!!! I 18:35:06 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,688,128 I 18:35:06 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary, 'SPLIP' Flag Not Set I 18:36:06 Filling Buffer... (20 MB) I 18:36:07 Writing LeadIn... I 18:36:12 Writing Image... I 18:36:12 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1688127) I 18:53:43 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1688128 - 3274799) I 19:10:14 Synchronising Cache... I 19:10:15 Closing Track... I 19:10:21 Finalising Disc... I 19:12:39 Image MD5: db7a5d4093e2109411d2c29613b93dc6 I 19:12:39 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:37:33 I 19:12:39 Average Write Rate: 3,209 KB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,387 KB/s (2.4x) I 19:12:39 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 19:12:45 Waiting for device to become ready... 2. What does this warning mean? W 18:24:42 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. 3. What does this warning mean? W 18:35:06 DeviceIoControl(FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME) Not Supported! - Update your motherboard / IDE drivers!!! 4. And should my burn have turned out okay despite these warnings and/or my question in #1? Thanks!