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Yeah, I was going to say if you put the photos in VIDEO_TS, wouldn't ImgBurn be ignoring those files for input into the job? I don't see why you need advanced root settings. I just create a new folder in the job and put things like DVD cover art in them without having to change any settings.

I want to make video DVD to be able to play presentation of photos and videos made by Windows Movie Maker and converted to DVD video files, but I want also include some photos. I have already one DVD from my teacher, which has been done this fashion - DVD player plays the presentation and if I insert the DVD in my computer and select open directory, I can find HD photos inside DVD video TS_VIDEO folder in appreciate folder grouping the photos... However everytime I try to include both presentation and photos the same fashion to make ISO image (just to make sure it works as expected), ImgBurn discards the photos and include only the video. I need to make DVD boot as DVD video, but also want to include photos to maximize use of available space (the video has only 6 minutes while it's possible to have up to 2 hours of film included... I know it's possible, just don't know, how to make ImgBurn accept also the photos, not only video Any suggestions? I have about 300 photos in the addition to the video, but only 5 files for the DVD video play is being written in the ISO file, check out log: I 12:04:06 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 12:04:06 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 12:04:06 Total Physical Memory: 3 145 272 KiB - Available: 843 844 KiB I 12:04:06 Initialising SPTI... I 12:04:06 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:04:10 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS50 TL01-04 (D:) (ATA) I 12:04:10 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 12:07:34 Operation Started! I 12:07:34 Building Image Tree... W 12:07:34 Skipped Filtered Folder: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50\DVD\BILD_R15M05D01\AUDIO_TS\FOTKY\ I 12:07:34 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:07:34 Calculating Totals... I 12:07:34 Preparing Image... I 12:07:34 Checking Path Length... I 12:07:34 Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:07:34 Content Type: DVD Video I 12:07:34 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:07:34 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:07:34 Volume Label: PEPA_50 I 12:07:34 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 12:07:34 Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8 I 12:07:34 TV System: PAL I 12:07:34 Size: 204 232 704 bytes I 12:07:34 Sectors: 99 723 I 12:07:34 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:07:34 Image Sectors: 100 032 I 12:07:39 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:04 I 12:07:39 Operation Started! I 12:07:39 Image Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:07:39 Image Sectors: 100 032 (MODE1/2048) I 12:07:39 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:07:39 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD+R/RW (Media Capacity: 2 295 104) I 12:07:39 Image Volume Identifier: PEPA_50 I 12:07:39 Image Volume Set Identifier: 46A260A0000186AE I 12:07:39 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:07:39 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:07:39 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:07:39 Destination File: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50.ISO I 12:07:39 Destination Free Space: 62 123 102 208 Bytes (60 667 092,00 KiB) (59 245,21 MiB) (57,86 GiB) I 12:07:39 Destination File System: NTFS I 12:07:39 File Splitting: Auto I 12:07:39 Writing Image... I 12:07:48 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:09 I 12:07:48 Average Write Rate: 22 229 KiB/s (16.4x) - Maximum Write Rate: 25 397 KiB/s (18.8x) I 12:24:44 Operation Started! I 12:24:44 Corrected conflicting settings for DVD Video disc. I 12:24:44 Building Image Tree... W 12:24:44 Skipped Filtered Folder: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50\DVD\BILD_R15M05D01\VIDEO_TS\FOTKY\ I 12:24:44 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:24:44 Calculating Totals... I 12:24:44 Preparing Image... I 12:24:44 Checking Path Length... I 12:24:44 Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:24:44 Content Type: DVD Video I 12:24:44 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:24:44 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:24:44 Volume Label: PEPA_50 I 12:24:44 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 12:24:44 Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8 I 12:24:44 TV System: PAL I 12:24:44 Size: 204 232 704 bytes I 12:24:44 Sectors: 99 723 I 12:24:44 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:24:44 Image Sectors: 100 032 I 12:24:52 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:08 I 12:24:52 Operation Started! I 12:24:52 Image Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:24:52 Image Sectors: 100 032 (MODE1/2048) I 12:24:52 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:24:52 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD+R/RW (Media Capacity: 2 295 104) I 12:24:52 Image Volume Identifier: PEPA_50 I 12:24:52 Image Volume Set Identifier: 46A260A0000186AE I 12:24:52 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:24:52 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:24:52 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:24:52 Destination File: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50.ISO I 12:24:52 Destination Free Space: 62 145 183 744 Bytes (60 688 656,00 KiB) (59 266,27 MiB) (57,88 GiB) I 12:24:52 Destination File System: NTFS I 12:24:52 File Splitting: Auto I 12:24:52 Writing Image... I 12:25:03 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:11 I 12:25:03 Average Write Rate: 18 187 KiB/s (13.4x) - Maximum Write Rate: 23 735 KiB/s (17.5x) I 12:25:50 Operation Started! I 12:25:50 Corrected conflicting settings for DVD Video disc. I 12:25:50 Building Image Tree... W 12:25:50 Skipped Filtered Folder: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50\DVD\BILD_R15M05D01\VIDEO_TS\FOTKY\ I 12:25:50 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:25:51 Calculating Totals... I 12:25:51 Preparing Image... I 12:25:51 Checking Path Length... I 12:25:51 Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:25:51 Content Type: DVD Video I 12:25:51 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:25:51 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:25:51 Volume Label: PEPA_50 I 12:25:51 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 12:25:51 Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8 I 12:25:51 TV System: PAL I 12:25:51 Size: 204 232 704 bytes I 12:25:51 Sectors: 99 723 I 12:25:51 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:25:51 Image Sectors: 100 032 E 12:25:53 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:00:02 I 12:26:14 Operation Started! I 12:26:14 Corrected conflicting settings for DVD Video disc. I 12:26:14 Building Image Tree... W 12:26:14 Skipped Filtered Folder: C:\Users\Zbyněk\Videos\PEPA50\DVD\BILD_R15M05D01\VIDEO_TS\FOTKY\ I 12:26:14 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:26:14 Calculating Totals... I 12:26:14 Preparing Image... I 12:26:14 Checking Path Length... I 12:26:14 Contents: 5 Files, 2 Folders I 12:26:14 Content Type: DVD Video I 12:26:14 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:26:14 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:26:14 Volume Label: PEPA_50 I 12:26:14 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 12:26:14 Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8 I 12:26:14 TV System: PAL I 12:26:14 Size: 204 232 704 bytes I 12:26:14 Sectors: 99 723 I 12:26:14 Image Size: 204 865 536 bytes I 12:26:14 Image Sectors: 100 032 E 12:26:21 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:00:07

But I have 12 Gb .. 4 Gb in use. ImgBurn (love the tool, kudos!) can't allocate ~ 250 Mb of FIFO. After a heavy day of use my PC's memory seems to be fragmented. Nothing I can do about it. I want to allocate even more than 500 Mb since I'm burning BluRays over the network ; the read-speed is not always consistent and I don't want to run 'out of files in the buffer'. You (developer) said you try to allocate one big chunk. Suggest as a fellow developer ; why don't you try to allocate first the big chunk and if that fails try to allocate half of that, twice. Keep allocating until you have the buffer that was 'desired. The speed of chunked memory isn't a problem (in terms of Gigabytes per second) so the only issue is the internal pointer list of where all the memory-chunks/blocks are. Is that (too) hard to build in? The thing is ; yes as a developer you are right that you do the right thing, but if people have say 2 Gb of free memory and a tool cannot allocate 25% of that (500 Mb) then you can't blame the user Would be great if you could look into this (besides the other dozens of points on your wishlist probably) ; if several peeps have reported this before then trust me ; hundreds of users will have seen that error and probably did not take the effort to 1) go to the forums 2) create an account 3) post a message about it. Tip 2 ; log those errors and report them back over http to your server so you can 'real-time' see what goes wrong out in the open. People can opt-out of that or something, perhaps helps you to improve this pretty nice product! Cheers!

ImgBurn can create a .CCD file when it reads a CD to an image file. If you needed a .CCD for Virtual CloneDrive, you'd have to burn the BIN/CUE/IMG file to a disc and then read that disc to an image. There's a Tool command for creating CUE, DVD, and MDS files but not one for CCD. So, can we get one?

You'd be better off building a new image using the 'create image file from files/folders' option and pointing it at the virtual drive. So basically, remount the original ISO, rip it using the "Create Image File From Files/Folders" option, then burn the newly created ISO using the newly created MDS? EDIT: Does it matter if I point the source to just the virtual drive or the VIDEO_TS folder specifically in the virtual drive?

Why not just use the Create MDS File option under Tools? It will ask you for the location of the ISO file or if it is split into multiple parts, just arrange the parts in order.

No, DT wouldn't have mounted the ISO correctly without the MDS either, it's probably just halved the image size and called that the layer break position... which is then what ImgBurn would have recorded in your new MDS file. You'd be better off building a new image using the 'create image file from files/folders' option and pointing it at the virtual drive.

Hello all, I have a DVD9 ISO file that is missing the MDS file. I mounted the ISO with Daemon Tools Lite, then used IMGburns "Create Image File From Disc" option to create a new ISO file with a MDS file. I want to store this MDS file with the original ISO file I used to create the new ISO file, so I won't have to go through this process again. Will I be able to make a proper burn on DVD9 media if I use the MDS file from the newly created rip on the ISO file from the old rip?

I have burnt several audio cd's using windows media player but wanted to create a CD with a custom .cue file for cd text. Each time the burn starts successfully but somewhere during the burn process write rate drops to 0, time remaining becomes unknown. No messages/errors.

The transcoding phase may not actually be that long in terms of what I can compare it to. I can compare it to transcoding DVD with ConvertXToDVD. It takes about 30 or 40 minutes to create an full DVD of contents with that application. That's about 5 GB. So, 30 minutes for 5 GB would translate to about 150 minutes for 25 GB. That's 2 and a half hours. Of course, I've not idea how fast or slow this transcoding application is you're using for Blu-Ray. Or if there's an option for 2 pass encoding like in ConvertXToDVD. As was said before, your best bet is to find a support forum for this application you're using and ask if 5 hours is exceptionally long for transcoding 25 GB.

It depends on a few things. In terms of time, are you saying it's taking 4 hours to burn the disc or 4 hours to create the folder containing the Blu-Ray playable contents? If you're just talking about burning time, 2 or 4 hours is definitely longer than it should be. My internal Pioneer Blu-Ray burner writes a single layer BD-RE in about 47 minutes writing every single sector. A BD-R is about 15 minutes. Plus, are these 2 programs writing the contents to Blu-Ray at the same time they are creating them? If that's the case, I can see it taking significantly longer. I've never created any pure Blu-Ray contents for burning, so I can't say how long it should take to create the folder contents on an HDD, let alone to a BD.

I think I found what I was looking for. I can click the 'Show Track Listing' icon at the bottom left of the Create CUE page. Thanks!

When I create a CD, is there some way to save the list of the files that I put on the disc (in the order they were placed on the disc). I envision some sort of 'log' that will list the track number, the file name and the length of the file that I can save as a txt or word document. That way I can copy this information and create a song list for the CD case, etc. Sorry if I am just missing this information.... Thanks!

You're right. I do create CCD files for use with Virtual CloneDrive. I came across some BIN/CUE files from 7 to 8 years ago of an Audio CD that I am pretty sure I made with ImgBurn. Since then, I switched from Alcohol to Virtual CloneDrive. So, I would have changed the ImgBurn settings to create CCD files since then. I should still load the .CUE file in ImgBurn, right? Not the CCD, if ImgBurn even supports reading CCD files?

Yes, that would be what 'Build' mode is for. On the main screen ('Ez-Mode Picker' scree), the shortcut to 'Build' mode is the 'Write files / folders to disc' or the 'Create image from files / folders', depending on if you want to burn the files directly to disc or create a disc image file (ISO file) of them.

I have an ISO from a bootable DVD. I want to unpack the ISO, replace a few files, and make a new DVD. Can I get Imgburn to create an IBB file from the current ISO that I can use to recreate the ISO or burn a DVD?

I have Windows7 on a bootable USB but I need to put Windows 7 on an older computer that will not boot from USB. Can I use ImgBurn to create a bootable DVD from my bootable USB? If so, how?

I get the "There does not seem to be enough space on the dis to burn this image." message. I made an ISO image of the Dell Window 7 64-bit re-installation DVD, which has a capacity of 5.74 GB. I then tried to copy the image to a DVD+R also with 5.74 GB capacity.I get the message below. This also happens when I try to create the image by copying the disk folder to the hard drive and then using ImgBurn to select the source folder, making bootable, etc. Both ways give the message. When I select write to end of disc, the process runs till it fails with out of space error. Thanks.

I am new to creating DVDs so please be gentle with me! I have managed to create a movie from clips from my camcorder and photographs from my camera using Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8.1). I have used DVDStyler to convert the movie but was unable to burn the video to DVD. Advice from DVDStyler support was to convert the file to an ISO then use ImgBurn to burn that file to DVD. I'm still unable to burn the ISO file to DVD - this is the error message from the ImgBurn log "W 20:23:17 Failed to Write Sectors 360768 - 360799 - Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format". Please excuse me if I am doing something fundamentally wrong.

Hi Folks, Long time casual imgburn user, first time poster. I am having an issue I've never experienced before. I was attempting to copy a video DVD of a church service for a friend, but when I attempt to create an .iso file for burning to DVD, I end up with a 33.2 GB .iso file from the 3.49 GB DVD. The only error reported is "LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS OUT OF RANGE". I'll go ahead and throw out again that I am a casual user of imgburn (maybe a dozen times a year, maybe), so I have no idea what the issue may be. I thought it might some type of bizarre copy protection, though I don't know of anything like this out there. Perhaps I'm missing a setting I never had to mess with before? If this is a common issue, and covered elsewhere in the forums, I apologize in advance, but I did try to search for the topic prior to posting. Any suggestions would be appreciated... Imgburn log copied below: ..... I 22:29:22 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 22:29:22 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 22:29:22 Total Physical Memory: 33,503,364 KiB - Available: 27,001,576 KiB W 22:29:22 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 22:29:22 Initialising SPTI... I 22:29:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:29:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI iHAS222 8 4L05 (D:) (RAID) I 22:29:23 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (G:) (SCSI) I 22:29:23 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (H:) (SCSI) I 22:29:23 -> Drive 4 - Info: LEFCV 9MNW5Q7CD 3.5Z (E:) (SCSI) I 22:29:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM and 2 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROMs! I 22:30:09 Operation Started! I 22:30:09 Source Device: [0:0:0] ATAPI iHAS222 8 4L05 (D:) (RAID) I 22:30:09 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD+R) (Disc ID: RITEK-F16-01) I 22:30:09 Source Media Supported Read Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x I 22:30:10 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x I 22:30:10 Source Media Sectors: 1,708,960 (Track Path: PTP) I 22:30:10 Source Media Size: 3,499,950,080 bytes I 22:30:10 Source Media File System(s): None I 22:30:10 Read Speed (Data/Audio): 4x / 8x I 22:30:10 Destination File: C:\AJBennet_Funeral-120814.iso I 22:30:10 Destination Free Space: 60,738,445,312 Bytes (59,314,888.00 KiB) (57,924.70 MiB) (56.57 GiB) I 22:30:10 Destination File System: NTFS I 22:30:10 File Splitting: Auto I 22:30:11 Read Speed - Effective: 4x I 22:30:11 Reading Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 16580611 - 16580637) I 22:30:11 Reading Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 16580611 - 16580637) W 22:30:12 Failed to Read Sectors 16580611 - 16580637 - Reason: Logical Block Address out of Range W 22:32:25 Found end of Disc! - Sector: 16580611 I 22:32:27 Exporting Graph Data... I 22:32:27 Graph Data File: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\ATAPI_iHAS222_8_4L05_FRIDAY-MARCH-20-2015_10-30_PM_RITEK-F16-01.ibg I 22:32:27 Export Successfully Completed! I 22:32:27 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:16 I 22:32:27 Average Read Rate: 25,131 KiB/s (18.6x) - Maximum Read Rate: 1,340,608 KiB/s (991.2x) ..... Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to make my windows 98 retail floppy bootable for use in VMs. I have the full (legal) retail box of Windows 98 SE. This is the method I use to create the startup img file: - I copy all the files from the original retail startup disc to a directory (Including IO.sys and MSDOS.sys, so in total 20 files). - I drag & drop all the files into imgburn - I have checked "Include Hidden Files" and "Include System Files", then I give the ISO 9660 and UDF labels.I have "Make Image bootable" ticked. I set "Emulation Type" to Floppy 1.44MB and I extract the boot image from the original floppy, then I apply the boot image to the "Boot Image" line. Everything else is left default. I build the image as a img file. The floppy image won't boot up in either VMware Player or VirtualBox. I know I am doing something wrong in the image creation, but I'm not sure what. Suffice to say, my knowledge of image creation is quite limited. If anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated. IMGBURN LOG ============ I 12:14:20 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 12:14:20 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 12:14:20 Total Physical Memory: 1,039,344 KiB - Available: 768,916 KiB I 12:14:20 Initialising SPTI... I 12:14:20 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:14:20 -> Drive 1 - Info: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL07 (D:) (ATA) I 12:14:20 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! W 12:28:27 Device Arrival Detected! I 12:28:27 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:28:27 -> Drive 1 - Info: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL07 (D:) (ATA) I 12:28:28 -> Drive 2 - Info: SanDisk SanDisk Cruzer 8.02 (I:) (USB) I 12:28:28 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 Unknown! I 12:31:30 Operation Started! I 12:31:30 Building Image Tree... I 12:31:30 Checking Directory Depth... I 12:31:30 Calculating Totals... I 12:31:30 Preparing Image... I 12:31:30 Checking Path Length... I 12:31:30 Contents: 20 Files, 0 Folders I 12:31:30 Content Type: Data I 12:31:30 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 12:31:30 File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 12:31:30 Volume Label: Win98_StartupDisk I 12:31:30 Size: 1,129,966 bytes I 12:31:30 Sectors: 563 I 12:31:30 Image Size: 3,276,800 bytes I 12:31:30 Image Sectors: 1,600 I 12:31:34 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:04 I 12:31:34 Operation Started! I 12:31:34 Image Contents: 20 Files, 0 Folders I 12:31:34 Image Sectors: 1,600 (MODE1/2048) I 12:31:34 Image Size: 3,276,800 bytes I 12:31:34 Image Volume Identifier: Win98_StartupDisk I 12:31:34 Image Volume Set Identifier: 466463EF00000620 I 12:31:34 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:31:34 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:31:34 Image File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 12:31:34 Destination File: C:\Documents and Settings\Jamison\Desktop\Win98_StartupDisk.img I 12:31:34 Destination Free Space: 31,879,041,024 Bytes (31,131,876.00 KiB) (30,402.22 MiB) (29.69 GiB) I 12:31:34 Destination File System: NTFS I 12:31:34 File Splitting: Auto I 12:31:34 Writing Image... I 12:31:35 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 12:31:35 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A

According to the following thread, the reason reading from multi-track discs is blocked is as follows: However, this check is implemented incorrectly -- instead of blocking multi-session discs, it blocks all multi-track discs, even when the disc holds only a single session. This design flaw has been in place since v2.5.6, released back in 2012. The fix was also hinted at in the same forum thread: Hardware DVD recorders finalize in a multi-track format even when they are used to record only a single session on a disc (generating a menu that is included even for the one session). Here is another example of the ImgBurn disc info box for this type of disc: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ACS JD11 (SATA) Current Profile: DVD-R Disc Information: Status: Complete State of Last Session: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 1,949,584 Size: 3,992,748,032 bytes Time: 433:16:34 (MM:SS:FF) MID: MCC 02RG20 Supported Read Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x Current Read Speed: 6x TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0) -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1949583) -> LeadOut (LBA: 1949584) Track Information: Session 1... -> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 16128, LRA: 767) -> Track 02 (LTSA: 16144, LTS: 224, LRA: 16367) -> Track 03 (LTSA: 16384, LTS: 1933168, LRA: 1949551) -> Track 04 (LTSA: 1949568, LTS: 16, LRA: 1949583) Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: MCC 02RG20 Recording Management Area Information: FUNAI L61A9030907BOK+- DVD-RW DD-DRA Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Book Type: DVD-R Part Version: 5 Disc Size: 120 mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,146,191 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 I have used IsoBuster to read an image from this disc, but ImgBurn fails to open it with the following error dialog: --------------------------- ImgBurn --------------------------- Minutes out of range! --------------------------- OK --------------------------- The .CUE IsoBuster created for the 3,992,748,032-byte binary dvd image file (no extension?) is: FILE "20150301-original" BINARY REM ORIGINAL MEDIA-TYPE: DVD-R REM SESSION 01 ; Not supported by other applications (*) TRACK 01 MODE1/2048 INDEX 01 00:00:00 REM MSF: 00:00:00 = LBA: 0 TRACK 02 MODE1/2048 INDEX 00 03:35:03 REM MSF: 03:35:03 = LBA: 16128 INDEX 01 03:35:19 REM MSF: 03:35:19 = LBA: 16144 TRACK 03 MODE1/2048 INDEX 00 03:38:18 REM MSF: 03:38:18 = LBA: 16368 INDEX 01 03:38:34 REM MSF: 03:38:34 = LBA: 16384 TRACK 04 MODE1/2048 INDEX 00 433:14:02 REM MSF: 433:14:02 = LBA: 1949552 INDEX 01 433:14:18 REM MSF: 433:14:18 = LBA: 1949568 REM (*) SESSION directives are unfortunately not properly supported REM 'out there'. IsoBuster however supports them ! Due to my unfamiliarity with ImgBurn features, a visit to the forums was necessary to find other threads giving the work-around to add the DVD drive root in build mode. The error message currently reads: --------------------------- ImgBurn --------------------------- Sorry, using Read mode to create an image file from a multi-track DVD-R disc is not currently supported. Instead, use Build mode to create a new 'clean' image based on the contents of the disc. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I propose changing this to act like the helpful auto-volume-label popup, offering to switch modes and add the source: Sorry, using Read mode to create an image file from a multi-track DVD-R disc could cause data loss. Would you like to use Build mode to create an image including only the most recent session?

Wow! Thanks for the really quick reply and that sure makes it easy for me--appreciate it. I still think it would be a great topic for a guide...on how to create the staging folder. Maybe one day I wont have the disks and need to resort to doing it as shown once the staging folder is ready! Thx again and GREAT product!!!

In short, I'm using my windows 8.1 laptop to try to make a single backup copy of Windows 7 Home Premium using an official copy I purchased when my HD crashed on my Win 7 laptop and it died. I just recently switched to ImgBurn and have used it successfully to create ISO's of other collections of data backups, etc with no problem. I have read the guide on copying DVDs which I don't think would be relevant to a bootable Windows disk (wouldn't it just write the ISO file over to the new disk without any boot info/files?). I have also read the guide for creating a bootable copy of Windows listing "the steps in burning a pre-prepared Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 installation source directory to a disc" (great step-by-step guide, btw). This is where my question comes in; How to create that pre-prepared source directory using the Original DVD's. I haven't been able to find information by searching the forums or anywhere else on the web that tells me specifically how to create the pre-prepared source directory by using the original purchased retail DVDs (although I'm running the 64bit version on my other laptop, I'd like to make a backup copy of both the 32 and 64 bit disks, just for my personal backup--which I know I'm allowed to make one copy of for personal use as per MS licensing). I can successfully create an ISO image from the DVD to a folder on my 8.1 laptop. Here is the log file for successfully doing that: I 09:22:57 Initialising SPTI... I 09:22:57 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 09:22:57 -> Drive 1 - Info: MATSHITADVD-RAM (D:) (SATA) I 09:22:57 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 09:52:22 Operation Started! I 09:52:22 Source Device: [0:0:0] MATSHITADVD-RAM (D:) (SATA) I 09:52:22 Source Media Type: DVD-ROM (Book Type: DVD-ROM) I 09:52:22 Source Media Supported Read Speeds: 2.2x, 3.5x, 5.2x, 7x I 09:52:22 Source Media Sectors: 1,621,696 (Track Path: PTP) I 09:52:22 Source Media Size: 3,321,233,408 bytes I 09:52:22 Source Media Volume Identifier: GSP1RMCHPXFRER_EN_DVD I 09:52:22 Source Media Volume Set Identifier: 7263a500MS UDFBridge I 09:52:22 Source Media Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.54 (01/01/2005 TM) I 09:52:22 Source Media Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 09:52:22 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 09:52:22 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / 8x I 09:52:22 Destination File: C:\Users\Ted\Desktop\windows 7 home premium DVD 64 bit version ISO file created with imgburn\GSP1RMCHPXFRER_EN_DVD.ISO I 09:52:22 Destination Free Space: 3,959,062,528 Bytes (3,866,272.00 KiB) (3,775.66 MiB) (3.69 GiB) I 09:52:22 Destination File System: NTFS I 09:52:22 File Splitting: Auto I 09:52:23 Read Speed - Effective: 3.3x - 7x I 09:52:29 Reading Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1621695) I 09:52:29 Reading Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1621695) I 10:00:15 Exporting Graph Data... I 10:00:15 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Ted\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\MATSHITADVD-RAM_SUNDAY-MARCH-1-2015_9-52_AM_N-A.ibg I 10:00:15 Export Successfully Completed! I 10:00:15 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:52 I 10:00:15 Average Read Rate: 6,871 KiB/s (5.1x) - Maximum Read Rate: 12,652 KiB/s (9.4x) So I now have an ISO of the Windows 7 DVD on my laptop that can be written now to another DVD, but I'm not certain how to finish putting the rest of the files into this pre-prepared source folder (I think a step-by-step guide on this topic, like your others, would really be helpful on the ImgBurn website as well). Do I just use explorer to physically copy some or all the files from the original Win 7 DVD to that folder? If so, do I need to copy all of them or just certain ones? Or, are all the files I need currently in that folder inside the ISO file and I now need to extract them from the ISO file somehow? There are several youtube videos on how to make bootable copies of DVD's using ImgBurn, but most have different ways of getting that folder prepared to write to a DVD (some fairly complicated); some use third party utilities to mount the ISO, some extract them from somewhere, some download certain files from authorized MS sites, etc. I am yet to find detailed instructions on how to fully create and prepare that folder if you already physically have the DVDs in hand. I found a couple entries in the forum where they were trying to modify files in the directory after creating the folder with the ISO in it from souce DVDs, but I just want exactly what is on the original DVD and for it to be bootable on the new disks just like the originals. Sorry if this is re-covering old ground, but I couldn't find anything that didn't either miss some steps in the folder's preparation or make alterations I don't need. Am I missing something terribly obvious somewhere? I also have an external DVD RW drive, plus the internal one, is there an easier way to do this than what I am trying. Lastly, thanks for all the work on such a GREAT utility!! And a shout out--albeit against today's trend of everybody wanting everything for free--for everyone that uses what has become such a de facto standard utility for so many to MAKE A DONATION! If Richard has been able to create, distribute, and support such a great tool with hardly any user funding, imagine what he could do if everyone that used it threw in just a couple bucks! I made my $5 contribution and it's a steal at that! Thanks in advance.

Yes, it doesn't make any difference with these particular discs. Didn't think about it on this particular attempt. Used another computer and it worked on most of the discs I was having trouble with. Laser issue maybe? Now the only ones I am left with are DL BD-R's. When I try to use ImgBurn, I get a multi-track error. I am directed to use 'Build Mode' but I cannot find how to use Build Mode to create a backup from a BD disc. When i try to add the folder, it just doesn't appear. Can you provide a link for this? I've had no luck searching