IO Error

[Northmen 24]

Some iso files that I burn to a disc work and others don't. Those that don't usually show an error during verification. The result is that the disc can't be read by my Blu Ray player. 

I have attached a screen shot and the log of one that failed.

ImgBurn.log

Edited December 3, 2024 by Northmen 24
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[dbminter]

This could be the reason:

Disc ID: RITEK-F16-01

 

Your burner may not like those.  You can try and see if there's a firmware update for your drive that might make them work better or try a better quality disc like Verbatim DataLife Plus.  NOT Verbatim Life Series.  DataLife Plus, which you generally only find in online stores.

[Northmen 24]

I just tried to run imgBurn with a Verbatim America, LLC Verbatim DataLifePlus 94839 DVD Rewritable Media -DVD+RW -4X -4.70 GB disc. The program indicated that the disc had to be formatted. It has been stuck at 99% of "Erasing Disc" for 9 hours. If I try to close imgBurn, I get a message that I cannot cancel the operation. Any ideas?

[dbminter]

Could be that it's a slim model drive.  Slim models are generally only good at reading things, not writing.  If you can't use a half height drive because your tower doesn't have that kind of bay or you're using a laptop, you're better off buying a USB enclosure and a half height drive to put it in.  That's what I've done for about 10 years now.

[Northmen 24]

Thanks, it is a slim tray. Here is a screenshot of the log.

I appreciate your help with this.

[dbminter]

You're using high quality DataLife Plus MKM media, so that's probably not an issue.  The drive may simply not like that kind of media, though.  You could check for a firmware update and installl it.  See if that works.

 

You definitely shouldn't need to wait longer than an hour to see if it works or not.  On 8x DVD+RW media, it takes less than 10 minutes to fully format those discs.

[Northmen 24]

I tried another disc and it formatted in about 15 minutes. There are no firmware updates for the drive. It just seems to be very temperamental.

[dbminter]

Could have been a bad blank.  They happen.  I recently tried to fully format a brand new DVD+RW but after like 30 minutes, it wasn't done.  So, I canceled it and discovered what had happened: there was a large blob under the data surface where the writable area should have been.  It came out of the factory that way.  The next one was fine.  So were the 2 after that.

[Northmen 24]

Thanks for your help.

[dbminter]

I do what I can and hope it helps.