Burning Progress Stuck at 99%

[whosthatguythere]

Alright, I'm trying to burn an ISO of Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) to a Memorex DVD-R (package says "12x | 4.7GB | 120min" on it). The ISO itself is 3.02GB in size, so it'll obviously fit on a single DVD-R.

 

By the way, I should mention that I have Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit, and Genuine) on my HP laptop. I just didn't receive a Vista Installation disc with the laptop.

 

I originally tried burning the ISO with CDBurnerXP but it stuck at 99% (I left it going while I slept and upon waking up it was still stuck at 99%, and had been writing for 9 hours and 35 minutes). I eventually Ctrl+Alt+Del'd CDBurnerXP and tried running the DVD. It seems to run fine but I don't want to chance having a bad installation due to Ctrl+Alt+Del'ing CDBurnerXP.

 

However, I recently burned an ISO of the Windows AIK program (needed to properly run vLite) to one of the same Memorex DVD-R's, and the write process didn't hang at 99% (The filesize of the AIK ISO is 1.34GB, noticeably smaller than the Vista ISO)

 

So a friend suggested ImgBurn. I downloaded and installed ImgBurn, no problems there. I started the write process on a new blank DVD-R. I chose a 4x write speed (also suggested to me by a friend), and selected Verify and Eject. Again, as I said about CDBurnerXP, I don't want to Ctrl+Alt+Del ImgBurn and chance having the installation screw up because the disc didn't get burned properly.

 

It's stuck at 99%. Here's my current log:

 

I 14:39:22 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!

I 14:39:22 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2)

I 14:39:22 Total Physical Memory: 2,881,220 KB - Available: 1,493,780 KB

I 14:39:22 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:39:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:39:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L SC04 (E:) (ATA)

I 14:39:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

W 14:45:53 Device Arrival Detected!

I 14:45:53 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:45:53 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L SC04 (E:) (ATA)

I 14:45:53 -> Drive 2 - Info: WD Virtual CD 070A 2003 (F:) (USB)

I 14:45:53 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 Unknown!

I 15:08:25 Operation Started!

I 15:08:25 Source File: C:\Users\user\ISOs\Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)\en_windows_vista_sp2_x86_dvd_342266.iso

I 15:08:25 Source File Sectors: 1,583,698 (MODE1/2048)

I 15:08:25 Source File Size: 3,243,413,504 bytes

I 15:08:25 Source File Volume Identifier: FRTMCFRE_EN_DVD

I 15:08:25 Source File Volume Set Identifier: b689f800MS UDFBridge

I 15:08:25 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.54 (01/01/2005 TM)

I 15:08:25 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF

I 15:08:25 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02)

I 15:08:25 Destination Device: [2:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L SC04 (E:) (ATA)

I 15:08:25 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKF1) (Speeds: 4x, 8x)

I 15:08:25 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496

I 15:08:25 Write Mode: DVD

I 15:08:25 Write Type: DAO

I 15:08:25 Write Speed: 4x

I 15:08:25 Link Size: Auto

I 15:08:25 Lock Volume: Yes

I 15:08:25 Test Mode: No

I 15:08:25 OPC: No

I 15:08:25 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 15:08:25 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x)

I 15:08:26 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 15:08:28 Writing LeadIn...

I 15:09:17 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1583697)

I 15:09:17 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1583697)

 

What is causing these constant hangs everytime I try to write the ISO to the DVD-R?

 

Attached is a screenshot of ImgBurn running on my laptop. The Log window is visible too.

Edited August 23, 2010 by whosthatguythere

[ianymaty]

Update your drive's firmware and try again http://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/GSA-T50L/files.html

 

You can try a lens cleaning disc, other speed available (8x, since you already tryed 4x) and other brand of discs.

[whosthatguythere]

UPDATE: I just aborted the write, ejected the disc and popped it back in. The icon of the E: drive changed to like, a Windows Vista installation program-type icon, and loaded up the Windows Vista Installation menu, so I believe everything may have worked out.

 

However, to test it, I downloaded VirtualBox, and am using it to test the disc to see if it loads/installs Vista from the disc properly without issues.

 

I'm at the "Install Windows Vista" screen right now, in VirtualBox, so once I fully test the disc and see if it installs Vista without issues, I can then edit the disc in vLite, remove all the stuff I don't want Vista to install (Windows Live Calendar, all the preloaded HP stuff).

 

I guess it doesn't really matter if I abort the write process once it hangs at 99%. Seems I've wasted 2/10 of my DVD-R's because of the hanging issue (I previously made 2 copies in attempts to burn the ISO to the discs, and both discs had the hang issue)