spinningwheel Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 My drive is a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B DL12 from LG. OK Jason, checking the rpc1 site the latest firmware for your drive is DL13....that may help somewhat.
JasonFriday13 Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 (edited) Well, tried it again with the firmware update, and it still didn't work. I think it is a bug with the program (which is why I posted here in the first place). I think it is not explicitly erasing the disc before writing the image, because the verify errors start at sector 0 (zero). Like I said in an earlier post, if I manually erase the disc first, close down ImgBurn, then start ImgBurn and burn an image, it burns and verifies the image with no errors. [edit] Maybe you could add an option to explicitly 'Quick erase' the DVD+RW before writing the image.[/edit] [edit] Forgot to mention my disc is a MKM-A01- something, something, something...[/edit] [edit] The very first line of my first post stated that it was DVD+RW, but you already knew that, didn't you?[/edit] Edited August 21, 2006 by JasonFriday13
LIGHTNING UK! Posted August 20, 2006 Posted August 20, 2006 If it's a DVD+RW, you don't erase them. The DVD+RW technology allows for direct overwrite once the media has been formatted. Assuming you're doing a 'quick' erase, all that does is write a bunch of zeros to the first few sectors. Writing an image does exactly the same thing - only it writes real data and to more sectors.
JasonFriday13 Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Sorry, I forgot to add that I have added extra comments to the post above, which is why I haven't posted back. From earlier post: Maybe you could add an option to explicitly 'Quick erase' the DVD+RW before writing the image?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Like I said in another post, a quick erase is just writing zeroes to the first X (800 I think) sectors. A real burn still writes to those 800 sectors (and more) only it uses real data. As such, there is NO logical reason why this should ever be necessary. I cannot/will not add features to workaround a glitch on a particular system I'm afraid.
JasonFriday13 Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 Nah, that's alright. At least I tried. I will find a workaround myself.
polopony Posted August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 an easy fix may be to try different media ,I don use RW's myself so I dont know whats the best ones
jasp Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I was about to come ask why imgburn was insisting on formatting my DVD+RW when I'd never had to do it before.... ...well it turns out the program I had been using before (growisofs) does formatting on the fly and never does a complete format. So problem solved Anyway.. Thanks for a great program for burning (Vista) on Vista! If I continue to use it (ImgBurn or Vista ) I'll be sure to make a donation. Thanks you sexy guys!
spinningwheel Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 From a sexy guy .... I'm sure that makes jasp feel at ease.......
blutach Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Spinner, I just think it's rude not to acknowledge a "thank you" and since the "thank you" was clearly directed at me, well, I just had to respond Regards
spinningwheel Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 Spinner, I just think it's rude not to acknowledge a "thank you" and since the "thank you" was clearly directed at me, well, I just had to respond Regards
Yesallright Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 I use Nec and Optiarc drives (with recommended media) and I'm having this +RW 'issue' so I'll continue on this thread instead of a new one. To sum it up, full format (FF) is necessary for a new disc but when another application is used afterwards on that disc (say Nero or AShampoo, tried both), the +10min. ImgBurn FF is pretty much annulled/rendered useless and ImgBurn wants to FF it again. So I untick "Prefer properly formatted +RW". Am I correct on this? The question remains however, why is a FF format necessary? The other applications, will happily burn a brand new (unformatted?) +RW without asking for a FF, and the discs work fine. Could these discs present quality issues later? And even if I FF them with ImgBurn, most other programs will reset the disc's format status... But maybe, when ImgBurn writes all the data on the disc with FF, it does make it more reliable for future use? And is it important to do it on the disc's first usage? Confusing!
dontasciime Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 +RW always need formatting upon first use afaik
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 Correct, you at least have to issue the 'format' command before you can write anything to a brand new disc. I choose to let the format complete so the disc registers that fact in it's status. Some other programs don't care - each to their own and all that. I like my discs to remain in the properly formatted status - 'Formatted: Yes' rather than left in limbo at 'Formatted: No (Started)'. I have no issues with the format status getting mucked up because ImgBurn is used for everything I do - and it doesn't mess with it!
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