finalising fail

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i have done a successful write with my last lite-on writer , ihave bought a new writer lg gsah42l it writes dual layer ok but fails on finalising the disc , tracking servo error ,yet it was ok till new writer,when i check my bit settings it shows not changed is that because the disc has failed..thanks newbe

[cornholio7]

can you post a log of the burn please?

help->imgburn logs

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I 16:50:39 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!

I 16:50:39 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 16:50:39 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 672,348 KB

I 16:50:39 Initialising SPTI...

I 16:50:39 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 16:50:53 Found 1 DVD

[cornholio7]

I 16:52:56 Source File File System(s): None

I 16:52:56 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42L SL01 (E:) (ATA)

I 16:52:56 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x)

I 16:52:56 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824

I 16:52:56 Write Mode: DVD

I 16:52:56 Write Type: DAO

I 16:52:56 Write Speed: 2x

no file system

use verbatims they're the only ones that work properly

this speed is not supported by the disc

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thanks,only just started getting this error,am also getting I/O error,i will get some verb discs anfd try again thanks ,is there another program i could use which has a layer break,thanks

[mmalves]

I 16:52:57 User Specified L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760

You can leave the layer break option in 'Calculate Optimal' under ImgBurn's Settings, as the *.dvd file already tells ImgBurn where the layer break should be.

And, as cornholio7 said, use only Verbatim DVD+R DLs and burn at 2.4x for best results