tutti-frutti Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hello I'm trying to burn an ISO onto a couple of CDs (CD-R) - the ISO is too big for just one disc so I've clicked "write to end of disc (truncate)". However, burn has failed and I don't understand why. Any help would be appreciated. Here is the full log: I 14:47:40 ImgBurn Version 2.5.7.0 started! I 14:47:40 Microsoft Windows 8 Unknown x64 Edition (0x00000065) (6.2, Build 9200) I 14:47:40 Total Physical Memory: 6,151,956 KB - Available: 5,173,336 KB I 14:47:40 Initialising SPTI... I 14:47:40 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:47:46 -> Drive 1 - Info: PLDS DVD-RW DS8A8SH KL31 (E:) (SATA) I 14:47:46 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! W 14:50:46 User accepted disc space warning and is attempting to truncate! I 14:50:46 Operation Started! I 14:50:46 Source File: F:\Windows 7 Ultimate Fully Activated Genuine x86 x64 - Team ! M-J-R !\Windows 7 Ultimate\Windows 7 Ultimate.iso I 14:50:46 Source File Sectors: 1,823,885 (MODE1/2048) I 14:50:46 Source File Size: 3,735,316,480 bytes I 14:50:46 Source File Volume Identifier: CD_ROM I 14:50:46 Source File Volume Set Identifier: CD_ROM I 14:50:46 Source File Application Identifier: OSCDIMG 2.55 (01/01/2005 TM) I 14:50:46 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable) I 14:50:46 Destination Device: [0:0:0] PLDS DVD-RW DS8A8SH KL31 (E:) (SATA) I 14:50:46 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m15s17f, Ritek Co.) I 14:50:46 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 10x, 16x, 20x, 24x I 14:50:46 Destination Media Sectors: 359,843 I 14:50:46 Write Mode: CD I 14:50:46 Write Type: SAO I 14:50:46 Write Speed: 10x I 14:50:46 Lock Volume: Yes I 14:50:46 Test Mode: No I 14:50:46 OPC: No I 14:50:46 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:50:46 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 1,765 KB/s (10x) I 14:50:48 Filling Buffer... (80 MB) I 14:50:50 Writing LeadIn... I 14:51:16 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1823884) I 14:51:16 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1823884) W 14:54:40 Failed to Write Sectors 147840 - 147871 - Reason: Write Error W 14:54:40 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:54:43 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 14:54:43 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium W 14:55:12 Retrying (21)... W 14:55:13 Retry Failed - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium E 14:55:50 Failed to Write Sectors 147840 - 147871 - Reason: Write Error I 14:55:50 Synchronising Cache... W 14:55:59 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 14:55:59 Failed to Write Image! I 14:55:59 Exporting Graph Data... I 14:55:59 Graph Data File: C:\Users\beanz\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\PLDS_DVD-RW_DS8A8SH_KL31_07-MARCH-2013_14-50_97m15s17f_10x.ibg I 14:55:59 Export Successfully Completed! E 14:55:59 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:05:13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Try the other supported write speeds. If they also fail, buy better discs. Oh and obviously you should be using DVDs if you want to burn that image successfully in its entirety, not CDs. The image won't span discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutti-frutti Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 I was told CDs would be OK but obviously not!! Would you please explain what "cannot format medium" actually means? Does it refer to the quality of the CD (which is Philips) or that it is a CD instead of a DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yeah, you were told wrong It's the first error that's important, not what comes up after a retry. So in your case, that's... W 14:54:40 Failed to Write Sectors 147840 - 147871 - Reason: Write Error Your drive was simply unable to write to the disc and reported a 'Write Error'. The error wasn't caused by you using a CD instead of a DVD, it was just caused by your drive not liking the disc very much - or at least not at 10x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutti-frutti Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 OK, thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts