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[HaloMasta]

Wats up everyone... Im new at all this and just started using imgburn to back up my games. I have a hp dual layer light scribe dvd burner HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N ATA DEVICE. im using memorex dvd+r dl dvds. everytime i try to burn dvd it never goes passed 54 percent. always get errors. i have included the log. Please help

I 11:38:55 ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 started!

I 11:38:55 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 11:38:55 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,400 KB - Available: 1,387,996 KB

I 11:38:55 Initialising SPTI...

I 11:38:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 11:39:02 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD

[spinningwheel]

I 11:56:08 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RITEK-S04-66) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

 

Ritek media is crap, get some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim (made in Singapore) and try again.

 

W 12:19:20 Failed to Write Sectors 1861344 - 1861375 - Reason: Unknown (Internal Target Failure) (ASC: 0x44, ASCQ: 0x90)

 

Same as above.

I 11:56:08 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N KQ09 (E:) (ATA)

 

Your drive is 3 years old now and I would go to the manufacturerswebsite to look for a more recent firmware or replace the drive since they are really inexpensive now.

[HaloMasta]

thanx just went out and bought some verbatim dvds. will also look for a firmware update. going to try again will post if i succeed. thanx for the replies

[HaloMasta]

ok i burned a verbatim dvdr dl this time and it completed the writing 100 percent... when it was finalising it took about 20 min and i got another error... can anyone give me some more sdvice.. thanx

I 14:53:26 ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 started!

I 14:53:26 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 14:53:26 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,400 KB - Available: 1,283,116 KB

I 14:53:26 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:53:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:53:26 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You could have done with buying the 2.4x rated Verbatims (MKM-001-00 dye) rather than the 8x (MKM-003-00) ones.

 

Try cleaning your drive, that might fix it.

 

Failing that, invest in a new one (assuming you don't want to take the MKM-001-00 route).