Invisible Problems of Burning a Windows 7 OS into a DVD+RW

[Blackranger]

Hi guys, it's me again. You may have already seen the question I asked in:

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=12744

 

Actually, that was only "part A". There was the "part B" question:

 

The story happened BEFORE Cynthia reply and AFTER I posted the "part A" question.

 

I gave up burning Win7 OS into my empty "DVD-R (120min 4.7GB 1-8X)".

I changed my DVD-R into another disc: MAXELL DVD+RW. It was noticed that the major difference between R and RW was only rewritable and non-rewritable.

Then I did the same steps listed in "part A".

 

Hopefully, there was no any error detected. The disc was then burnt and a window pop up and said "operating system XXX(something like 'built successfully')".

What I expected was that an error would be detected once again but it didn't. This was the first "strange point (1/2)".

 

Next, I restarted my computer. The END of the SECOND PAGE of the STARTUP process AFTER RESTARTING wrote:

 

"searching for Boot record from CDROM..."

(within 5 to 10 seconds, a new notice was created BELOW this notice)

"CDBOOT: cannot boot from CD - code: 5"

 

WHAT DOES IT MEAN??? WHY CAN'T MY DISC BE BOOTABLE??? I HAD FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTION ABOUT "BURNING A BOOTABLE WIN7 OS DISC" ALREADY.

 

The next action I did was finding my old XP CD disc and Vista DVD disc which had been given by my firends (not OEM / not bought from the shop).

 

The notice wrote at the same place when I restarted with my XP CD disc was:

"searching for Boot record from CDROM..."

"Pres any key to boot from CD..."

 

The notice wrote at the same place when I restarted with my Vista DVD disc was:

"searching for Boot record from CDROM..."

"Pres any key to boot from CD or DVD..."

 

Later, I put a programme disc: Ulead VideoStudio SE Basic.

The notice wrote at the same place when I restarted with this programme disc was:

"searching for Boot record from CDROM..."

"searching for Boot record from IE-8 . OK" (something seemed to be like this)

This was the second "strange point (2/2)".

 

Why only the bootable OS installation disc I made was not BOOTABLE???

OR, was the ImgBurn programme treating me and it seemed that burning a bootable disc is so easy? (it's just my hypothesis!)

Any other factors? (my computer's problem / my disc's problem / my file's problem)

 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANY INFORMATIVE REPLY!!!

 

Oops... I'm so sorry for the absence of the log, here it is:

 

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I 08:47:16 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 08:47:16 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 08:47:16 Total Physical Memory: 1,564,144 KB - Available: 1,100,864 KB

W 08:47:16 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 08:47:16 Initialising SPTI...

I 08:47:16 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 08:47:16 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM!

I 08:48:34 Operation Started!

I 08:48:34 Building Image Tree...

I 08:49:33 Checking Directory Depth...

I 08:49:33 Calculating Totals...

I 08:49:33 Preparing Image...

I 08:49:37 Checking Path Length...

I 08:49:37 Contents: 1,179 Files, 362 Folders

I 08:49:37 Content Type: Operating System Installation

I 08:49:37 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 08:49:37 File System(s): UDF (1.02) (Bootable)

I 08:49:37 Volume Label: WINDOWS7_TW_DVD

I 08:49:37 Size: 2,623,785,181 bytes

I 08:49:37 Sectors: 1,281,673

I 08:49:37 Image Size: 2,629,402,624 bytes

I 08:49:37 Image Sectors: 1,283,888

I 08:49:39 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:04

I 08:49:39 Operation Started!

I 08:49:39 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 08:49:39 Source File Sectors: 1,283,888 (MODE1/2048)

I 08:49:39 Source File Size: 2,629,402,624 bytes

I 08:49:39 Source File Volume Identifier: WINDOWS7_TW_DVD

I 08:49:39 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 08:49:39 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 08:49:39 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02)

I 08:49:39 Destination Device: [1:0:0] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P GL0J (F:) (ATA)

I 08:49:39 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: RITEK-004-48) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 08:49:39 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104

I 08:49:39 Write Mode: DVD

I 08:49:39 Write Type: DAO

I 08:49:39 Write Speed: MAX

I 08:49:39 Link Size: Auto

I 08:49:39 Lock Volume: Yes

I 08:49:39 Test Mode: No

I 08:49:39 OPC: No

I 08:49:39 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 08:49:39 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM

I 08:49:39 Advanced Settings - Force HT: No, Online HT: No, OverSpeed: No, SmartBurn: Yes

I 08:49:39 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 08:49:41 Writing LeadIn...

I 08:49:45 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1283887)

I 08:49:45 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1283887)

I 08:57:46 Synchronising Cache...

I 08:57:47 Closing Session...

I 08:57:48 Exporting Graph Data...

I 08:57:48 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\LITE-ON_DVDRW_LH-18A1P_GL0J_2009年11月21日_上午_08-49_RITEK-004-48_MAX.ibg

I 08:57:48 Export Successfully Completed!

I 08:57:48 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:09

I 08:57:48 Average Write Rate: 5,349 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,566 KB/s (4.0x)

I 08:57:48 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 08:57:54 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 08:58:10 Device Ready!

I 08:58:10 Operation Started!

I 08:58:10 Source Device: [1:0:0] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P GL0J (F:) (ATA)

I 08:58:10 Source Media Type: DVD+RW (Book Type: DVD+RW) (Disc ID: RITEK-004-48) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 08:58:10 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 08:58:10 Image File Sectors: 1,283,888 (MODE1/2048)

I 08:58:10 Image File Size: 2,629,402,624 bytes

I 08:58:10 Image File Volume Identifier: WINDOWS7_TW_DVD

I 08:58:10 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 08:58:10 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 08:58:10 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02)

I 08:58:10 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 08:58:10 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1283887)

I 08:58:11 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1283887)

I 09:02:38 Exporting Graph Data...

I 09:02:38 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\LITE-ON_DVDRW_LH-18A1P_GL0J_2009年11月21日_上午_08-49_RITEK-004-48_MAX.ibg

I 09:02:38 Export Successfully Completed!

I 09:02:38 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:27

I 09:02:38 Average Verify Rate: 9,617 KB/s (6.9x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 14,195 KB/s (10.2x)

 

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Edited November 21, 2009 by Blackranger

[mmalves]

Post the log of the DVD+RW burn.