Multiude of burning problems!

[SPIM]

Newbie here.

 

I've had nothing but problems trying to burn some file to DVD the past couple of days. I don't know if the problem stems from my external DVD burner taking a fall during burning but the behaviour of IMGBurn has become very odd as a result and is driving me nuts as well as costing me many discs!

 

First it kept throwing up I/O errors when trying to verify. I tried not verifying but then it wouldn't burn anything to disc despite saying it had! 

 

Then it would freeze at various points during the writing process and wouldn't cancel until I actually disconnected the burner!

 

Then I tried some fixes I found on the web that suggest making some settings change which didn't help a jot so i reset the defaults and finally I got some new discs (I only use Verbatim). All was well until the verify stage when I got this message:

 

 

 

I have absolutely no idea what layouts it is referring to or why it has started throwing this message up all of a sudden. 

 

Here is the log of that session:

 

I 18:44:24 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!

I 18:44:24 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2)

I 18:44:24 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,948 KiB  -  Available: 530,728 KiB

W 18:44:24 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 18:44:24 Initialising SPTI...

I 18:44:24 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 18:44:25 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652D GA01 (E:) (ATA)

I 18:44:25 -> Drive 2 - Info: JA3631V HUO315Z 1.01 (J:) (ATAPI)

I 18:44:25 -> Drive 3 - Info: MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM 1.0A (L:) (Unknown)

I 18:44:25 -> Drive 4 - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-208DB TS01 (N:) (USB 2.0)

I 18:44:25 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 2 DVD±RW/RAMs!

I 18:46:02 Operation Started!

I 18:46:02 Building Image Tree...

W 18:46:02 Skipped Hidden File: K:\Seagate Backup\LEE-PC\C\Films & Cartoons\Japanorama Series 1 (2002)\Thumbs.db

I 18:46:02 Checking Directory Depth...

I 18:46:02 Calculating Totals...

I 18:46:02 Preparing Image...

I 18:46:02 Checking Path Length...

I 18:46:02 Contents: 6 Files, 1 Folder

I 18:46:02 Content Type: Data

I 18:46:02 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 18:46:02 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 18:46:02 Volume Label: [Not Configured]

I 18:46:02 Size: 1,801,915,724 bytes

I 18:46:02 Sectors: 879,844

I 18:46:02 Image Size: 1,802,502,144 bytes

I 18:46:02 Image Sectors: 880,128

I 18:46:02 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00

I 18:47:39 Operation Started!

I 18:47:39 Building Image Tree...

W 18:47:39 Skipped Hidden File: K:\Seagate Backup\LEE-PC\C\Films & Cartoons\Japanorama Series 1 (2002)\Thumbs.db

I 18:47:39 Checking Directory Depth...

I 18:47:39 Calculating Totals...

I 18:47:39 Preparing Image...

I 18:47:39 Checking Path Length...

I 18:47:39 Contents: 6 Files, 1 Folder

I 18:47:39 Content Type: Data

I 18:47:39 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 18:47:39 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 18:47:39 Volume Label: JAPANORAMA_S_1

I 18:47:39 Size: 1,801,915,724 bytes

I 18:47:39 Sectors: 879,844

I 18:47:39 Image Size: 1,802,502,144 bytes

I 18:47:39 Image Sectors: 880,128

I 18:47:40 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:01

I 18:47:40 Operation Started!

I 18:47:40 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 18:47:40 Source File Sectors: 880,128 (MODE1/2048)

I 18:47:40 Source File Size: 1,802,502,144 bytes

I 18:47:40 Source File Volume Identifier: JAPANORAMA_S_1

I 18:47:40 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 44E495F3000D6DF5

I 18:47:40 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 18:47:40 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 18:47:40 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 18:47:40 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-208DB TS01 (N:) (USB)

I 18:47:40 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: MCC-004-00)

I 18:47:40 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 3x, 4x, 6x, 8x

I 18:47:40 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104

I 18:47:40 Write Mode: DVD

I 18:47:40 Write Type: DAO

I 18:47:40 Write Speed: 8x

I 18:47:40 DVD+R Reserve Track: No

I 18:47:40 Link Size: Auto

I 18:47:40 Lock Volume: Yes

I 18:47:40 Test Mode: No

I 18:47:40 OPC: Yes

I 18:47:40 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 18:47:41 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11,080 KB/s (8x)

I 18:47:41 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM

I 18:48:12 Filling Buffer... (73 MiB)

I 18:48:15 Writing LeadIn...

I 18:48:20 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 880127)

I 18:48:20 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 880127)

I 18:53:07 Synchronising Cache...

I 18:53:10 Closing Track...

I 18:53:17 Finalising Disc...

I 18:53:41 Exporting Graph Data...

I 18:53:41 Graph Data File: C:\Users\LEE\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SE-208DB_TS01_04-JULY-2014_18-47_MCC-004-00_8x.ibg

I 18:53:41 Export Successfully Completed!

I 18:53:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:00

I 18:53:41 Average Write Rate: 6,133 KiB/s (4.5x) - Maximum Write Rate: 7,869 KiB/s (5.8x)

I 18:53:41 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 18:54:24 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 18:54:30 Device Ready!

E 18:54:30 CompareImageFileLayouts Failed! - Session Count Not Equal (1/0)

E 18:54:30 Verify Failed! - Reason: Layouts do not match.

 

 

I should warn you that I have Aspergers so a lot of this techno babble is Greek to me, so any solutions proffered in plain English would be very much appreciated. :-)

 

Thanks in advance.

[laserfan]

I don't know if the problem stems from my external DVD burner taking a fall during burning but the behaviour of IMGBurn has become very odd as a result and is driving me nuts as well as costing me many discs!

 

Try a different burning program (Windows, BurnAware, CDBurnerXP, etc). If these error-out as well you prolly broke your drive.

[SPIM]

 

I don't know if the problem stems from my external DVD burner taking a fall during burning but the behaviour of IMGBurn has become very odd as a result and is driving me nuts as well as costing me many discs!

 

Try a different burning program (Windows, BurnAware, CDBurnerXP, etc). If these error-out as well you prolly broke your drive.

 

 

Just did that after I posted here. I tried using Windows and after two attempts and claiming it burned the disc it was still blank! A broken drive was my original fear but I wanted to eliminate all other possibilities first. 

 

Thanks for the reply. 

[SPIM]

**Update bump**

 

Well today i got a new disc burner and a new pack of Verbatim discs. I tried to burn the files/folders that I couldn't last week with IMGBurn and I got the same "Layouts Didn't match" error message!

 

I then tried burning an ISO file and it worked! I tried the files again this time using Burn Aware and it worked too! I tried burning a different file folder in IMGBurn and this time it finally worked.

 

Happy? Yes! Confused? You bet!