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  1. The best option would be a normal-sized burner installed in an external enclosure that can be connected to your laptop: that way you get the burn quality of a decent burner and you can take it anywhere/plug to any computer.

     

    For the burner I'd use the latest Optiarc model (usually AD-7280S or AD-7260S) or maybe a Lite-On iHAS124 B (notice it's the B model not Y or some other). For the external enclosure you can use any model that can house the burner, but be sure you can return/exchange it in case it doesn't work well with your laptop (it's uncommon but not unheard of).

  2. That's called 'overburning' and it can't be done with DVD-R media (the burner refuses to even start burning). Technically it can be done with DVD+R media, but it's smaller to start with (2,295,104 sectors compared to up to 2,298,496 sectors of DVD-R media) and the burner can error out at any sector beyond 2,295,104, so your mileage may vary.

     

    As for not being able to reply, new users can only reply to topics they have started, so as to avoid thread hijacking. If an older thread can help the new user with a problem, we'll link to it or tell you which search terms to use in order to find those older threads :)

    1. ImgBurn uses the information provided by the burner, and in your case it's the burner that's changing the amount of free sectors available between 2,297,888 and 2,298,496 (each sector holds 2,048 bytes of data). We've seen this happen before with several burners and we don't know what causes this, but it only happens with DVD-R / DVD-RW media.
    2. It's the space shown in the media information text, but you have to take into account the filesystem(s) overhead and whatnot, so the usable space is slightly less than the full disc's capacity. That's why the Build mode has the Calculator button, as it takes all that into account and gives you the straight dope on the free usable space.
    3. You received that error because you tried to burn 2,298,144 sectors of data when the burner identified the disc as having 2,297,888 sectors free.
    4. You'll have to somehow change your compilation in order to fit that disc. That, or keep cycling the drive until it recognises the disc as 2,298,496 sectors, which or may not happen at all.

    By the way, update your burner's firmware to the latest version (remove any disc and close the tray before running the updater then reboot the computer after the updater has finished).

  3. I've seen that happen when the enclosure isn't able to provide enough power to the burner, and since it's a slimline burner, are you using one of those enclosures that plug to two USB ports? Are both USB connectors fully inserted?

     

    If it has an external power supply then such power supply may have developed a fault.

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