Erasing BD-RE fails

[Harrie45]

I tried to erase a BD-RE disc with a LG GGW-H20L with ImgBurn. After erasing the program shows a dialog that erasing succeeded, inclusive the friendly music. But after closing the dialog the program shows: "Disc not empty" in the status line.

I tried the disc included with the drive and a Verbatim BD-RE, both with the same result.

Do I do something wrong? Is the drive defective?

 

This is what the Device tab reports:

 

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL05 (ATA)

Current Profile: BD-ROM

 

Disc Information:

Status: Complete

Erasable: No

Sessions: 1

Sectors: 11,826,176

Size: 24,220,008,448 bytes

Time: 2628:04:26 (MM:SS:FF)

Supported Write Speeds: 2x

 

TOC Information:

Session 1... (LBA: 0)

-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 11826175)

-> LeadOut (LBA: 11826176)

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: LGEBRE-S01-00

Disc Type: BD-RE

 

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The log:

 

I 19:32:16 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 19:32:16 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 19:32:16 Total Physical Memory: 4,192,380 KB - Available: 2,759,204 KB

I 19:32:16 Initialising SPTI...

I 19:32:16 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 19:32:36 Found 1 DVD

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Use the sector viewer to look at the 80 sectors on the disc.

 

If any of them aren't all Zeros after a quick erase then for some reason your drive has failed to write to the disc - but without actually reporting any problem.

 

I've seen several cases where the supplied LG disc doesn't work so that in itself is not an issue, but it is if Verbatims don't work either - they work fine in my H20L.

[Harrie45]

The sector viewer shows all 00 for at least the first 80 LBA's.

I used a Verbatim BD-RE !!!!

Isn't it strange that the Device tab shows: Erasable: No and Disc Type BD-RE

I thought BD-RE stands for Blu-Ray Recordable and Erasable.

 

 

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LOG:

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I 17:34:48 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 17:34:48 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 17:34:48 Total Physical Memory: 4,192,380 KB - Available: 2,666,532 KB

I 17:34:48 Initialising SPTI...

I 17:34:48 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 17:34:50 Found 1 DVD

[mmalves]

Do you have Alcohol 120% on your system? Or any other program that masks the current media.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Oh crap, I totally missed the 'BDROM' bit!

 

Yes that's weird and it's probably there due to Alcohol / DAEMON Tools. You need to turn off the options that make those tools mask the media - even if it only says it's doing it for DVD+RW or whatever.

[Harrie45]

Yes indeed I have Alcohol 120% installed.

And yes when I disabled the "View - Options - Emulation - Ignore Media Type" flag, thinks looked much more logical.

 

THANKS

 

(a lot of companies can learn from your support forum!)

 

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HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL05 (ATA)

Current Profile: BD-RE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 

Disc Information:

Status: Complete

Erasable: Yes <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Supported Write Speeds: 2x

 

TOC Information:

Session 1... (LBA: 0)

-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 11826175)

-> LeadOut (LBA: 11826176)

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: VERBAT-IM0-00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Disc Type: BD-RE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 

Current Format Capacity:

Sectors: 11,826,176

Size: 24,220,008,448 bytes

Time: 2628:04:26 (MM:SS:FF)

 

Preferred Format Capacity:

Sectors: 11,826,176

Size: 24,220,008,448 bytes

Time: 2628:04:26 (MM:SS:FF)

 

Maximum Format Capacity:

Sectors: 12,219,392

Size: 25,025,314,816 bytes

Time: 2715:27:17 (MM:SS:FF)