Trouble Formatting Verbatim BD-RE DL Disc

[jaydub101]

I am unable to format a 50G Verbatim BD-RE Double Layer disc with Imageburn.  Prior to burning, the program says I need to format the disc.  I try to do so by going in to Drive > Erase Disc > Full (and Quick as well).  When I do so, I get the irritating "Ohhhh Nooooo" error announcement, without guidance on what might be the issue.  I'm using a brand new disc in an LG GBW-H20L drive in Win7.  I've verified that this drive is capable of reading/writing 50gb re-writeable double layer discs.  I've used several discs from the same 5-pack, and I get the same results on all.

 

For that matter, I cannot format using Win7 either.  When Win7 asks "How do you want to use this disc" and I respond "Like a USB Flash Drive" (Live File System), Win7 responds "Windows Was Unable to Complete the Format".    If I respond "Like a CD/DVD Player" (Mastered), Win7 responds by creating the file "desktop.ini" on the desktop whose contents consist of the following:  "[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21815",   with no instructions on how to proceed.

 

This shouldn't be that hard.  Any ideas, other than a bum discs?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Copy and paste whatever goes into the log window when you try and format the disc please.

[jaydub101]

I 05:41:21 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 05:41:21 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1)
I 05:41:21 Total Physical Memory: 3,406,708 KiB  -  Available: 2,683,396 KiB
I 05:41:21 Initialising SPTI...
I 05:41:21 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 05:41:23 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE  GBW-H20L YG01-01 (F:) (SATA)
I 05:41:23 -> Drive 2 - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q SB00 (G:) (SATA)
I 05:41:23 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-RE!
I 05:41:40 Operation Started!
I 05:41:40 Device: [6:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE  GBW-H20L YG01 (F:) (SATA)
I 05:41:40 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000)
I 05:41:40 Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x
I 05:41:40 Quick Erase: No
I 05:41:40 Format Properly: Yes
I 05:41:40 Format Size: Preferred
I 05:41:40 Format With Full Certification: Yes
I 05:41:40 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes
I 05:41:40 Erasing Disc...
W 05:41:48 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0%, 0/4) - Medium Format Corrupted
E 05:41:50 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Medium Format Corrupted
E 05:41:50 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:09

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I don't know if that drive contains firmware support for that MID. Try cross flashing the drive to the better GGW model and then install the latest firmware update for it.

 

Cross flashing details can be found here...

 

http://club.myce.com/f61/lg-blu-ray-crossflash-ggw-h20l-gbw-h20l-be06lu10-be06lu11-260811/

 

Then use ImgBurn's firmware update check to locate a newer version for your drive.

[jaydub101]

OK, I downloaded the GGW firmware YL07 and MCSE software, but I cannot find the DriveUpdater software anywhere on the net. Do you know of a link to download DriveUpdater?

 

When using the MCSE software, it creates a file called "GGWH20L_YL07_speedpatched.exe" from the original firmware that I downloaded.  Is that the file that gets loaded into DriveUpdater?

 

Many thanks.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

All you'd need to do is run that file. The flasher is built in.

[jaydub101]

D'oh.  Many thanks, I can now format/erase by BD-RE DL discs.   Why would the drive need a more current firmware, given that it was designed to work with said discs?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It might work with BDRE DL in general, but they're then made to work with specific MID discs. They're all different and so firmware needs tweaking accordingly.