Disc says it burned successfully, but when reinserted, it's blank again

[BE.6.7.10]

For some reason, sometimes whenever I finish a burn, it fake completes, as when I reinserted the exact disc in my Laptop, it shows as blank again. How do I fix this?

[BE.6.7.10]

And yes, before you ask, it is Dual-Layer media. And it's a DVD+R DL (not RW). I have no idea on how this even is happening

Edited October 25, 2025 by BE.6.7.10

[dbminter]

Just to make sure, are you certain you didn't do a Test mode burn?

 

Otherwise, when this happens, check the contents in File Explorer.  If it shows up as blank still, try inserting the disc in a standalone DVD player and make sure it does in fact play.

[BE.6.7.10]

I actually never had it set to test mode. I'm currently trying another ISO to see if it also has the problem

Edited October 26, 2025 by BE.6.7.10

[BE.6.7.10]

It still happens, even though I tried different input

[dbminter]

As I said, first isolate if anything was actually written to the disc.  Try accessing its contents in File Explorer or playing it in a standalone DVD player.  If File Explorer shows contents and/or a standalone DVD player does play it but ImgBurn says the disc is still empty, you probably need to change your I/O driver in ImgBurn.  First, check to make sure of the first part I mentioned earlier and then we'll proceed from there if ImgBurn is actually writing contents to the discs and just needs an I/O interface change.

[BE.6.7.10]

I already tested it on my DVD Player. No it does not work. And yay, I already reached the maximum amount of posts I can make today

Edited October 26, 2025 by BE.6.7.10

[dbminter]

DVD Video not playing on a DVD player is not necessarily the same as no data being on the disc.  DVD Video not playing on insertion into a standalone DVD player could be other issues.  Also check in File Explorer for any contents that were written to the disc.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

This looks like a drive issue. 
 

If you’d left Verify enabled, it would have picked up on the fact the drive went through all the motions of burning the disc but didn’t actually burn anything. 
 

can you see any sort of ring on the disc that might indicate it at least attempted to?

[BE.6.7.10]

I think it is a drive issue. I actually created an ISO on ImgBurn and then transfered it to my other computer and it worked fine

[BE.6.7.10]

So my other computer is gone now. I tried again today. The issue is still there. It's most likely a drive problem

[dbminter]

Did you try changing the I/O Interface?  See if that helps.  Tools --> Settings --> I/O --> Page 1 --> Interface.  Try selecting a new one and closing and reopening ImgBurn each time after the Interface is changed to see if that helps.

[BE.6.7.10]

Doesn't help. But i did find another DVD drive and got the drivers installed. So i'll try that and see how it goes