Ken429 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 For some reason ImgBurn will only write to a Verbatum 25GB BD-RE disk at 1x. I read somewhere that Imgburn must format the disk (write zero's) in order for it to burn at 2x. I have several Verbatum 50GB BD-RE disks and Imgburn did a "0's" level format the first time I used them and they burn at 2x. Imgburn did not do that with the 25GB disks. Can someone please tell me how to force this to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Not sure where you read that but it's wrong. You have to format a disc without spare areas in order for it to burn at full speed - otherwise 'defect management' is active on the drive and it verifies every 'write' option on-the-fly during the burn - which is what makes it go so slowly. If you initiate a full erase within ImgBurn, the default formatting settings should take care of the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken429 Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 I appreciate the response. But I'm slow - how do I tell Imgburn to do a full erase or how do I format a disc without spare areas? I'm sure it is obvious but I seem to be missing whatever I have to do. For some reason Imgburn handled the 50GB discs automatically - took an hour or more to write zeros the first time I used them but they all burn at 2x. I'm using the latest version of Imgburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Click the Erase button in the Destination box when you're in Write/Build (Device)/Discovery mode. Or right click the drive selection box -> Erase -> Full or Tools -> Drive -> Erase -> Full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken429 Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Thank you! I said it was obvious I just did not get it! WRITE mode and it all makes sense. I did the Tools>Drive>Erase>Full and it is writing zeros while I type this. Just curious, any idea on why did the 50GB disc did the zeros format on first use and the 25GB disc did not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Sometimes discs come pre-formatted (probably with spare areas enabled) and so the program doesn't need to perform the initial format itself before the discs can be written to - but you'll be stuck burning at approx half the rated speed. If they aren't pre-formatted, ImgBurn will format (by default, with spare areas disabled) and then you'll be burning at the rated speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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