EducatedFoetus Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) Nearly every time I try and burn a DVD, I get errors all over the place. I have tried reading around and tried a few things. Such as increasing the Buffer size of the I/O and Build. Seems like it's either a drive error or a hard drive error. But I just don't know. I've also completely erased my disk and reinstalled Windows (on an iMac mid 2011 through Bootcamp; as well as OS X on a separate partition). It's happening nearly every time and is really annoying me! Can anyone shed some light on my issue please? Latest failure ImgBurn log is below. It shows a completed burn, and a failed one. Seems the larger the image the higher the failure rate. P.s. I aborted the Verify on the 1st burn for time reasons. EDIT: Could what is being discussed here be of concern to me? Seems coincidentally related. Link: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=21682 Log: I 03:25:28 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 03:25:28 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 03:25:28 Total Physical Memory: 4,169,456 KiB - Available: 2,694,900 KiB I 03:25:28 Initialising SPTI... I 03:25:28 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 03:25:29 -> Drive 1 - Info: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H 3AHF (D:) (ATA) I 03:25:29 Found 1 DVD±RW! I 03:25:39 Operation Started! I 03:25:39 Source File: C:\Users\Goku\Desktop\GAME1.iso I 03:25:39 Source File Sectors: 1,315,408 (MODE1/2048) I 03:25:39 Source File Size: 2,693,955,584 bytes I 03:25:39 Source File Volume Identifier: 1 I 03:25:39 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 4;88?233SCEI I 03:25:39 Source File Application Identifier: PLAYSTATION I 03:25:39 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD-ROM GENERATOR I 03:25:39 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 03:25:40 Destination Device: [0:1:0] OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H 3AHF (D:) (ATA) I 03:25:40 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) I 03:25:40 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x I 03:25:40 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 03:25:40 Write Mode: DVD I 03:25:40 Write Type: DAO I 03:25:40 Write Speed: 2x I 03:25:40 Link Size: Auto I 03:25:40 Lock Volume: Yes I 03:25:40 Test Mode: No I 03:25:40 OPC: No I 03:25:40 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 03:25:40 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 2,770 KB/s (2x) I 03:25:41 Filling Buffer... (512 MiB) I 03:25:48 Writing LeadIn... I 03:26:39 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1315407) I 03:26:39 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1315407) I 03:43:25 Synchronising Cache... I 03:44:09 Exporting Graph Data... I 03:44:09 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Goku\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\OPTIARC_DVD_RW_AD-5680H_3AHF_05-JULY-2013_03-25_MCC_03RG20_2x.ibg I 03:44:09 Export Successfully Completed! I 03:44:09 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:18:29 I 03:44:09 Average Write Rate: 2,617 KiB/s (1.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,160 KiB/s (2.3x) I 03:44:09 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 03:44:24 Abort Request Acknowledged E 03:44:24 Device Not Ready - Reason: Medium Not Present E 03:44:24 Operation Aborted! I 04:25:01 Operation Started! I 04:25:01 Source File: C:\Users\Goku\Desktop\GAME2.iso I 04:25:01 Source File Sectors: 2,256,304 (MODE1/2048) I 04:25:01 Source File Size: 4,620,910,592 bytes I 04:25:01 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 332;;3;2SCEI I 04:25:01 Source File Application Identifier: PLAYSTATION I 04:25:01 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD-ROM GENERATOR I 04:25:01 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 04:25:01 Destination Device: [0:1:0] OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H 3AHF (D:) (ATA) I 04:25:01 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) I 04:25:01 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x I 04:25:01 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 04:25:01 Write Mode: DVD I 04:25:01 Write Type: DAO I 04:25:01 Write Speed: 2x I 04:25:01 Link Size: Auto I 04:25:01 Lock Volume: Yes I 04:25:01 Test Mode: No I 04:25:01 OPC: No I 04:25:01 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 04:25:01 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 2,770 KB/s (2x) I 04:25:02 Filling Buffer... (512 MiB) I 04:25:08 Writing LeadIn... I 04:25:56 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2256303) I 04:25:56 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2256303) W 04:41:08 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 1190048) W 04:41:16 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:42:47 Writing Sectors... W 04:46:15 Failed to Write Sectors 1456768 - 1456799 - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:46:15 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 04:46:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:27 Retrying (21)... W 04:48:27 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:29 Retrying (22)... W 04:48:29 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:30 Retrying (23)... W 04:48:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:30 Retrying (24)... W 04:48:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:31 Retrying (25)... W 04:48:31 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:31 Retrying (26)... W 04:48:31 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 04:48:31 Retrying (27)... W 04:48:31 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error E 04:53:29 Failed to Write Sectors 1456768 - 1456799 - Reason: Write Error I 04:53:30 Synchronising Cache... W 04:53:34 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 04:53:34 Failed to Write Image! I 04:53:34 Exporting Graph Data... I 04:53:34 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Goku\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\OPTIARC_DVD_RW_AD-5680H_3AHF_05-JULY-2013_04-25_MCC_03RG20_2x.ibg I 04:53:34 Export Successfully Completed! E 04:53:34 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:28:32 I 04:53:34 Average Write Rate: 1,762 KiB/s (1.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,090 KiB/s (2.3x) Edited July 5, 2013 by EducatedFoetus
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 Have you tried with a speed other than 2x? That might not be a good one for your drive/firmware/media combo... faster speeds might actually produce better quality (and less prone to a complete failure) discs. As for the buffer thing, well that's down to your machine. It took 8 seconds to fill the program's 512MiB buffer so that seems fine but it then took over a minute for activity on your hdd to settle down. Is the machine busy with other stuff? Maybe something like a defrag was kicking in or something.
EducatedFoetus Posted July 6, 2013 Author Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) I had no idea burning at a higher speed could help. I've always thought burning at as lower speed as possible is the way to go. Never seemed to have problems on previous machines. Seems I've had my head in the sand too long I use Verbatim DVD-R and my drive is an Optiarc AD-5680H with firmware 3AHF. It's a completely fresh install of Windows 7. I even had zeros written to the entire disk (WD Caviar Black - 1TB), 35 times. So fragmentation is not an issue. What in Windows 7 could suddenly come into play and ruin it? I have AVG Free Edition installed. Could it be the AV? Could it be something to do with the Windows cache? Or maybe the burner's cache? RAM? I am at a complete loss Edited July 6, 2013 by EducatedFoetus
spinningwheel Posted July 8, 2013 Posted July 8, 2013 Try this: http://enditall.en.softonic.com/download It may be able to end whatever is causing the system to slow down. I've been using it since it came out in '02 I believe and a simple restart activates everything again.
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