I/O Error

[tralala]

I tried to burn three DVDs. The first time was successful, but on the second and third burn I get this error. I don't understand where the problem is, given that I haven't made any changes to either the device or the software. I'm attaching a printscreen and a file with all the information from the last burn. I haven't had this problem before, provided I've used the same device, the same DVDs, the same software. I don't know what to do. Please help, thanks in advance.

1412.txt

[dbminter]

How long have you used this burner?  You say it's the "same device" but I don't know if it's the same physical unit you've always used when it worked before in the past or if this is a replacement.  If it's the same burner and you've used it for a length of time, it may have just died on you.  That could explain why 1 burn worked but the next 3 didn't.  It was working on the first and died right afterwards, before the 2nd and 3rd.

 

You said you've used the same DVD's so it seems you're fine using RITEKF1 media, although be aware that it is sometimes cheap media in certain parts of the world.

 

Could have gotten a bad batch of discs, too.  I recently encountered a bad batch of BD-R's that would complete writes and verifies, but, within a few days, most of those burns were partially or totally unreadable.  So, some were good, but most were bad.

[tralala]

The first thing i thought was that the burner is gone. I think it's about 10 years old (maybe it's a lot) but it hasn't been used much. Is there any way to check if the problem is in the device? I don't think the problem is in the CD and DVD disks, i've been using them for years and there haven't been any problems. The directory space is also small (20gb free), could that be a problem? Please recommend me a brand of internal or external burnee? Today I tried to burn a DVD again and again the same error. The first read does it without a problem and the second one gives this error. The strange thing is that all the files are written and readable. Finally, can these entries and errors damage files on the hard drive? I'm sending the entire log file.

ImgBurn.log

[dbminter]

There's no sure fire way to say with 99.99% certainty that hardware has failed.  What I do is if I get a failure 3 times in a row, I consider that a pattern indicating hardware failure and test replacing the hardware first.  If that doesn't fix the issue, the problem is most likely down to the media being used.  Either a bad batch of discs or the manufacturer changed the manufacturing process and the discs don't work anymore.

 

Don't know what you mean by "directory space," but I think you mean how much space is free on the target device where you're creating the image to.  Space on a hard drive, etc. has no bearing on how well an optical device works.  Besides, 20 GB is not small. 

 

Unfortunately, I haven't bought a DVD drive in like 15 years.  I exclusively use BD burners now.  What I use is the ASUS BW BD internal half height burner and put it in a VanTec USB 3.0 enclosure.  You should avoid slim drives as they generally are junk as writers.  I have to use an enclosure because hardly any manufactures make PC cases with half height bays in them anymore unless you're building a custom rig.

 

Your logs are showing failures on both Ritek DVD and CD media.  It would seem highly unlikely that both the CD's and the DVD's would be at fault simultaneously.  So, that would indicate it's the drive that has died.  The same laser writes to CD and DVD, although it is generally the case when a drive dies that when one media fails, like DVD, the opposite media generally still writes okay.  However, that is, obviously, not universal behavior.

 

If you're experiencing read or write issues to optical media, that would have little bearing on the physical health of an HDD.  If you get read or write errors, read/writes from/to the HDD cease until the read/write operations complete from the optical media.