ItsNannerpuss Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 (edited) Why is ImgBurn asking me what media type to use when erasing a disk in a CD-RW drive? Does it really think I'm trying to erase a DVD-RW in a CD-RW drive? I know it knows it's not a DVD drive, because it lists it as a CD-RW when it starts up. Edited January 7, 2007 by Cyber Dog
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Probably because your drive is so old it doesn't support the command to get the 'Current Profile' - which ImgBurn uses to identify the media in the drive. I could probably tweak it but I've had no reason to up until now - I wasn't aware of the problem because all the drives in my machines are DVD burners.
ItsNannerpuss Posted January 8, 2007 Author Posted January 8, 2007 The drive is a LITE-ON LTR-48125W. ImgBurn's Device Capabilities window shows *only* CD-R and CD-RW, so it would appear detection is working and correct... :-\
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 I'm talking about in the info window on the right. It lists 'Current Profile'. i.e. TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D SB04 (USB)Current Profile: DVD+R Yours probably reads: Current Profile: Failed! or Current Profile: Noneor Current Profile: Unknown
ItsNannerpuss Posted January 8, 2007 Author Posted January 8, 2007 Current Profile for both my DVD-RW and my CD-RW show "N/A". Is there some reason whatever logic is used behind the Show Capabilities window can't be used for this purpose?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 It shows as 'N/A' when there's no disc in the drive. Obviously unless your drive is only capable of rewriting 1 type of media, the capabilities info is of no use. It just so happens that you do fall into that category - whereas most people are now using drives that can rewrite cds, dvd-rw, dvd+rw and dvdram - hence the reason for prompting if the program can't determine the media type automatically. Since your original posting, I've already made the necessary tweaks so that if the 'get current profile' function fails, the program will look to see if the drive is just a basic cd burner before then assuming you want to erase a cdrw.
ItsNannerpuss Posted January 9, 2007 Author Posted January 9, 2007 It shows as 'N/A' when there's no disc in the drive. FWIW, I just tested with a disk in the drive and the information window shows Current Profile: CD-ROM (the disk itself is an RW).
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 Ah ok, what I've done isn't going to help you then - I'd assumed your drive was failing to return anything, not returning the wrong thing. Could you actually please just put an RW in the drive and copy / paste all the info from that window. It would help you have 2 copies, 1 when the RW is empty and 1 when it's been written to. Thanks.
ItsNannerpuss Posted January 10, 2007 Author Posted January 10, 2007 -A fully erased RW displays this: LITE-ON LTR-48125W VS0D (ATA) Current Profile: CD-RW Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: Yes Free Sectors: 359,847 Free Space: 736,966,656 bytes Free Time: 79:59:72 (MM:SS:FF) -The RW after I burned a random image with ImgBurn: LITE-ON LTR-48125W VS0D (ATA) Current Profile: CD-RW Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: Yes Sessions: 1 Sectors: 346,084 Size: 708,780,032 bytes Time: 76:56:34 (MM:SS:FF) --however-- The original state of the RW before erasing was: LITE-ON LTR-48125W VS0D (ATA) Current Profile: CD-ROM Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 347,408 Size: 711,491,584 bytes Time: 77:14:08 (MM:SS:FF) So, whatever had been burned to the disc prior, and with whatever program, was reading as ROM vs RW (not sure if this is expected or not).
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Ok so when it's done properly, ImgBurn would have worked anyway without prompting you for the media type. When the drive reports it's a CDROM and that it's not erasable, all I can do is believe it! You might find you've got a program installed that's messing with that info on the fly. There are lots of them out there that make CDR and CDRW look like normal CDROM discs.
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