loveberg50 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 i keep getting a miscompare when verifing disks. i am using updated version of img burn, i am also using good quality disks. i can burn just fine, but when i attempt to verify it, it will error out starting around half way through. i have tried a new power supply for my burner and that did the trick for 3 burns, then it started miscomparing again. any thoughts? thanks a ton, i'm very frusterated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum, loveberg50! Might give some more clues if you could post the log of the failed verify. You'll find it here Main Menu -> Help -> ImgBurn Logs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Image File Sectors: 2,285,866 (MODE1/2048) I 22:40:34 Image File Size: 4,681,453,568 bytes I 22:40:34 Image File Volume Identifier: SPIDERWICK_AC_D1_169 I 22:40:34 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 18D19DD1DVDSHRNK I 22:40:34 Image File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 22:40:34 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 22:40:34 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 22:40:34 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2285865) I 22:40:34 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2285865) W 22:57:31 Miscompare at LBA: 944243, Offset: 512, File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_2.VOB W 22:57:31 Device: 0x00 W 22:57:31 Image File: 0x6C W 22:57:31 Total Errors in Sector: 32 I 22:57:31 Verifying Sectors... W 22:57:33 Miscompare at LBA: 944244, Offset: 1888, File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_2.VOB W 22:57:33 Device: 0xC0 W 22:57:33 Image File: 0xCA W 22:57:33 Total Errors in Sector: 20 I 22:57:33 Verifying Sectors... E 23:07:59 Miscompare at LBA: 1064712, Offset: 1208, File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_2.VOB E 23:07:59 Device: 0x1F E 23:07:59 Image File: 0x4A i aborted it after it miscompared so many times. i don't know what to do! thanks for the help, i'm very frusterated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Normally it's caused by a program changing the data on the fly (on purpose) or you've got some dodgy memory / hdd in the machine that's not 100% reliable. Try running memtest+ on the machine for a few passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 i'm not good with this stuff. how do i run memtest? i just googled it and downloaded a memtest with iso. do i just run imgburn and memtest will operate? what do i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim44 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 i'm not good with this stuff. how do i run memtest? i just googled it and downloaded a memtest with iso. do i just run imgburn and memtest will operate? what do i do? You need to create a bootable floppy, CD or USB thumb drive, and boot to that. Then run memtest from the command line. As an alternative, you can try a Windows-based memory tester: http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ It was rec'd to me by my memory vendor, for testing my speed settings. Sounds like it might be a bit easier for you to use. Cheers, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Burn the memtest+ iso to a cdrw or something and then reboot your pc. If the boot order is such that cdrom comes before hdd it'll boot straight into memtest and begin checking your memory. If it's not you'll need to make some changes in the bios or try and access a boot option type screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 no worries, i found it as a downloadable program and have done that. i ran it for 24 hours and it found nothing. what should i do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontasciime Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 check your hard drive now for errors top box ticked and then if still the same tick the bottom box and wait and try again with burning adn verify etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 check your hard drive now for errors top box ticked and then if still the same tick the bottom box and wait and try again with burning adn verify etc I apologize, but i haven't a clue what you're talking about. 1. how do i check my hard drive for errors 2. what is top box ticked 3. what is bottom box ticked thanks, bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Try this guide from Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontasciime Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 1. Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check. 2. Click Properties, and then click Tools. 3. Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed, 4. Use one of the following procedures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 i did a check of my c drive and all is well. i just tried to burn and vif again and it is still miscomparing? any clue where i go from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 What's the brand and model of your writer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 have you got "anydvd' running on that PC ? and posta full log file,as your first one looks like a shortened version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 What's the brand and model of your writer? it's a lacie 16x lightscribe dl d2 dvdrw usb2&fw us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 have you got "anydvd' running on that PC ? and posta full log file,as your first one looks like a shortened version what is 'anydvd'? ; I 16:08:56 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 16:08:56 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 16:08:56 Total Physical Memory: 458,224 KB - Available: 148,712 KB I 16:08:56 Initialising SPTI... I 16:08:56 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 16:08:56 Found 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Here's what I'd probably try next... Use an MD5 calculation program to generate the MD5 / SHA-1 of a large image file (4GB+) on your hard disk. Make a note of it, reboot and then do the same thing again. Then reboot and do it again for good measure. Hopefully all 3 will come out to the same value. Next, try reading a disc to an image file. Make note of the MD5 from the ImgBurn log, delete the file, reboot and then do it again a couple more times. Hopefully all 3 will come out to the same value. For MD5'ing files I use a program called HashTab which you can download for free from: http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveberg50 Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Here's what I'd probably try next... Use an MD5 calculation program to generate the MD5 / SHA-1 of a large image file (4GB+) on your hard disk. Make a note of it, reboot and then do the same thing again. Then reboot and do it again for good measure. Hopefully all 3 will come out to the same value. Next, try reading a disc to an image file. Make note of the MD5 from the ImgBurn log, delete the file, reboot and then do it again a couple more times. Hopefully all 3 will come out to the same value. For MD5'ing files I use a program called HashTab which you can download for free from: http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/ how do i do this? each time i try to run it, it only accesses a different program on my computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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