Keep getting failed burns. Any ideas here??

[Hippie459MN]

I normally use TY's but have run out and wanted to burn something and instead of waiting a bit to order more TY's I have gone and bought some at my local wallmart and at officemax and so far I have about 4 differant brands of media here and all of them give me the same results. I know the drive is kinda old so maybe that could be a factor with todays media. Any ideas if its just my media, Maybe my drive or some kind of settings. I have tried a few things and wasted about 1-15 blank dvds and cant even get it to burn the lead in on them. Here is a picture of the error I get and the log also. It has had some stuff removed to shorten up the log.

 

Thanks in advance

 

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I 22:24:13 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.0 started!

I 22:24:13 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

W 22:24:13 Drive F:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB

I 22:24:14 Initialising SPTI...

I 22:24:14 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 22:24:14 Found 1 CD-RW and 1 DVD?RW!

I 22:24:56 Operation Started!

I 22:24:57 Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\Hippie\Desktop\et-pmr.iso

I 22:24:57 Source File Sectors: 1,461,888 (MODE1/2048)

I 22:24:57 Source File Size: 2,993,946,624 bytes

I 22:24:57 Source File Volume Identifier: PMR

I 22:24:57 Source File Application Identifier:

I 22:24:57 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD-ROM GENERATOR

I 22:24:57 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 22:24:57 Destination Device: [1:0:0] TDK DVDRW1280B T7S4 (D:) (ATA)

I 22:24:57 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: ProdiscF02) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x)

I 22:24:57 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888

I 22:24:57 Write Mode: DVD

I 22:24:57 Write Type: DAO

I 22:24:57 Write Speed: 1x

I 22:24:57 Link Size: Auto

I 22:24:57 Test Mode: No

I 22:24:57 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 22:25:10 Filling Buffer...

I 22:26:26 Writing LeadIn...

W 22:26:27 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format

W 22:26:27 Retrying (1 of 20)...

W 22:26:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format

W 22:26:27 Retrying (20 of 20)...

W 22:26:27 Retry Failed - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format

E 22:26:58 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format

I 22:26:58 Synchronising Cache...

E 22:26:59 Failed to Write Image!

E 22:27:00 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:02

I 22:27:00 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A

[kevdriver]

Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: ProdiscF02) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x)

 

Here's one reason, Prodisc, not known for their consistance discs, you can get a fairly decent batch and then get a bad batch...... :& . Your firmware is up to date, so it might be just the crap media thats holding you back. If you can't find Tys, then Verbatim is also an excellent brand to get.

[Hippie459MN]

Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: ProdiscF02) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x)

 

Here's one reason, Prodisc, not known for their consistance discs, you can get a fairly decent batch and then get a bad batch...... :& . Your firmware is up to date, so it might be just the crap media thats holding you back. If you can't find Tys, then Verbatim is also an excellent brand to get.

 

Yeah, I figured the media might be the problem so just going to wait untill next week and order some more TYs. Them things never let me down.

[lfcrule1972]

TY's and Verbs are ultra reliable in my experience, as Kev said the Prodiscs are far from that