Disk Not Empty And Incompatible media

[hotboy2020]

Ok ive been burnibg with verbatims for quite a while on windows 7 but i went back to windows xp nd i tried to burn a verbatim dl 8.5gb nd my burner say disc not empty or incompatible media..these are new dics nd i bought more just incase of a bad batch but i still get the same message.....

 

 

I 21:28:05 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 21:28:05 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 21:28:05 Total Physical Memory: 523,252 KB - Available: 266,200 KB

I 21:28:05 Initialising SPTI...

I 21:28:05 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 21:28:33 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

W 21:59:03 I/O Interface 'SPTI - Device Enumeration Method' has been changed!

I 21:59:08 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 21:59:10 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

 

ASUS DRW-1608P3S 1.24 (ATA)

Current Profile: DVD+R DL

 

Disc Information:

Status: Unknown

Erasable: Unknown

Formatted: Unknown

Sessions: Unknown

 

Disc Not Empty

Edited January 2, 2010 by hotboy2020

[Cynthia]

If you select Read mode and put in a blanc disc - do you still see the 'Unknown' things?

[hotboy2020]

If you select Read mode and put in a blanc disc - do you still see the 'Unknown' things?

no i see the info and it says the disc is empty but when i switch to write mode it says dics is not empty

Edited January 5, 2010 by hotboy2020

[LIGHTNING UK!]

There's no reason for different info to be displayed in different modes.

 

If one says 'Unknown' for something then basically, the command failed to execute correctly and I'd expect that to happen again and again (assuming the drive is actually working correctly).

[hotboy2020]

There's no reason for different info to be displayed in different modes.

 

If one says 'Unknown' for something then basically, the command failed to execute correctly and I'd expect that to happen again and again (assuming the drive is actually working correctly).

 

 

So What should i do buy a new drive?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Well what I'd do first is get an I/O debug enabled log file (press F8 in the program) where you're in one mode and insert the disc, wait for it to show the 'unknown' stuff, then switch to the other mode where it's no longer 'unknown'. Press F8 to disable I/O debug mode again, save the log and then attach it in your next post.

 

You could also just try the drive in another PC if at all possible and try giving it a clean with a cleaning disc.

 

Does it play nicely if you put an original disc in it? i.e. does all the info show up properly when you do that?