Windows 7 Freeze

[Garv]

I 16:59:35 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!

I 16:59:35 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (6.1, Build 7600)

I 16:59:35 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,440 KB - Available: 1,027,260 KB

I 16:59:35 Initialising SPTI...

I 16:59:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 16:59:35 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH08LS20 2.00 (E:) (ATA)

I 16:59:35 -> Drive 2 - Info: LITE-ON DVD SHD-16S1S ES03 (F:) (ATA)

I 16:59:35 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 BD-RE!

I 17:11:54 Operation Started!

I 17:11:54 Building Image Tree...

I 17:11:57 Calculating Totals...

I 17:11:57 Preparing Image...

I 17:11:57 Contents: 9 Files, 15 Folders

I 17:11:57 Content Type: BD Video

I 17:11:57 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 17:11:57 File System(s): UDF (2.50)

I 17:11:57 Volume Label: THE_YOUNG_VICTORIA

I 17:11:57 Size: 23,807,298,508 bytes

I 17:11:57 Sectors: 11,624,664

I 17:11:57 Image Size: 23,808,311,296 bytes

I 17:11:57 Image Sectors: 11,625,152

E 17:12:10 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:00:15

 

 

Looks fine to this point, right? At this point,the next step would be to say ok , but for purposes of trying to illustrate what is happening , I aborted. What will happen next is a total freeze of the entire PC.It stops responding and totally freezes up Windows 7 such that NOTHING will respond . You can't even Ctrl-Alt-Delete it. A hard reset of the PC is required to get back to normalcy.

 

What is up?

[mmalves]

That's usually caused by bad/old drivers or misconfigured SATA controller. Have you looked for the most recent chipset/storage drivers for your system? How is your SATA controller configured in the BIOS?

[Garv]

Yesterday and for 56 other previous perfect burns it was perfect. How could it change overnight witn no hardware or software changes?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Get it to freeze again and make a note of exactly what's written in the status bar when it gets stuck.

[Garv]

I figured it out - BAD media. I tried a spare BD-RE i have lying around and it workrd perferctly. I had 4 bad discs in a row from the same cake! Go figure...