shen293 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Hi, Does the following log says that my media has supported writing speed of: 4x,8x,12x,16x ? and that I burned it at a speed of 2x? So I'm guessing where it says Write Speed: (This would be the speed that I asked them to burn it at?) And since I think I burned it at 2x and not the supported writing speed Would this to why this operation was unsuccessful ? im kinda new to this.. so I'm trying to learn..thanks guys I 09:19:35 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 09:19:35 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 09:19:35 Total Physical Memory: 981,480 KB - Available: 508,972 KB W 09:19:35 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 09:19:35 Initialising SPTI... I 09:19:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 09:19:35 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 No, picking a speed that doesn't exist will not cause any problem. The drive will see your request to burn at 2x and then go with the nearest speed it DOES support. Your error was this: E 09:23:20 Failed to lock volume for exclusive access.E 09:23:20 Reason: Access is denied. Read the FAQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen293 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks for the notice, and after reading the FAQ, I'm a little confused Well I know that this is my error: E 09:23:20 Failed to lock volume for exclusive access.E 09:23:20 Reason: Access is denied. which you said that another program is using the drive (which I get it) and after using ProcessExplorer and did the search as you said.. This was the part I was confused... I didnt just find 1 thing... I found 34 things running... so the question is should I close all of it? (or would that disrupt my computer system) as in would it harm it in anyway? - just curious thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Something must be using it somewhere, try searching again. Do you really get no results when searching for 'cdrom' or 'E:' (only search for 'E:' when cdrom doesn't find anything)? Obviously you can only search when ImgBurn has actually said it can't lock the volume, if you leave the pc or reboot it etc then there's no point in searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen293 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Do you really get no results when searching for 'cdrom' or 'E:' (only search for 'E:' when cdrom doesn't find anything)? Obviously you can only search when ImgBurn has actually said it can't lock the volume, if you leave the pc or reboot it etc then there's no point in searching. Yes, I really get no results when searching for 'cdrom' which was why I searched for 'E' and gave me the results... It's been a while since I burned DVDs now... as I am waiting for Verbatim coming in so hopefully the next time I burned it would be 100% successful.. And when the error "Failed to lock volume for exclusive access" pops up Am I suppose to do the search for 'cdrom' or Am i suppose to do that even before I start burning? and I noticed everytime I get the error " Failed to lock volume for exclusive access" it would be at like 40% .... sometimes 80% (which sucks) and after getting that error... I end up losing that 1 more extra disc as I do not use a rewritable one.. Is there any way to avoid wasting an extra disc ... (eventho I highly doubt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 It will work best if you do it as/when the 'unable to lock volume' error box is on the screen. You could also try using a program called 'Unlocker' - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ Once installed you should be able to right click the drive within My Computer / Explorer and select the unlocker option. Hopefully it will then present you with a list of programs that are using the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen293 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 ok thanks alot LUK I'll try that out in a bit but I don't really get to why it would work best if the "unable to lock volume" is on the screen as it is reported an error? just trying to understand.. if you dont mind.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well if ImgBurn has just that second failed to the lock the volume, it's the best time to try and catch whatever is preventing it from doing so! Like if someone steals your car, you don't wait an hour and then go looking for it... you look straightaway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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