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While erasing a DVD+RW a power failure shut down everything at 96%.  Re-boot and re-start imgburn but all I get is "Device Not Ready (No Reference Position Found)  ...   OooHHH Nooo!

 

Is it possible to force imgburn to re-erase this disk?

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If your drive keeps saying that after multiple eject / insert attempts.... Possibly not. You can just try erasing it again anyway via any of the methods that make ImgBurn do just that.

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Have you tested other discs than the one that you were using when the power failed?  In other words, have you ruled out that the drive might have been damaged?  If other discs work, then you know that one disc is borked and can't be used anymore.

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I 00:19:59 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 00:19:59 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1)
I 00:19:59 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,672 KiB  -  Available: 922,152 KiB
W 00:19:59 Drive F:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GiB in size.
I 00:19:59 Initialising SPTI...
I 00:19:59 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 00:20:00 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI DVD A  DH20A4P 9P59 (D:) (ATA)
I 00:20:00 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 00:20:56 Operation Started!
I 00:20:56 Device: [1:0:0] ATAPI DVD A  DH20A4P 9P59 (D:) (ATA)
I 00:20:56 Media Type: DVD-RAM
I 00:20:56 Media Supported Write Speeds: 5.2x
I 00:20:56 Quick Erase: No
I 00:20:56 Format Size: Preferred
I 00:20:56 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes
I 00:20:56 Erasing Disc...
E 00:20:56 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: No Reference Position Found
E 00:20:56 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:00
 

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The log above is when I try a full erase and the log below is when I try a quick erase;

 

I 00:24:05 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 00:24:05 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1)
I 00:24:05 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,672 KiB  -  Available: 922,828 KiB
W 00:24:05 Drive F:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GiB in size.
I 00:24:06 Initialising SPTI...
I 00:24:06 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 00:24:06 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI DVD A  DH20A4P 9P59 (D:) (ATA)
I 00:24:06 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 00:24:14 Operation Started!
I 00:24:14 Device: [1:0:0] ATAPI DVD A  DH20A4P 9P59 (D:) (ATA)
I 00:24:14 Media Type: DVD-RAM
I 00:24:14 Media Supported Write Speeds: 5.2x
I 00:24:14 Quick Erase: Yes
I 00:24:14 Erasing Disc...
E 00:24:28 Failed to Erase Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: No Reference Position Found
I 00:24:28 Synchronising Cache...
E 00:24:28 Synchronise Cache Failed! - Reason: No Reference Position Found
E 00:24:28 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:14
 

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It looks like you've picked the wrong disc type. It's a DVD-RW yeah, not a DVD-RAM? Normally the selection would be automatic, but as your drive can't initialise the disc, it can't tell ImgBurn what's in it and therefore ImgBurn has to prompt you.

 

Do you have access to any other burners? One of those might be able to erase it.

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