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post #21 of 31
10/24/12 at 6:04pm
These were the Memorex brand +R...I was going to nip to the store tomorrow and pick up a few -R to see if there might be a diff..Everything went smooth as silk and the actions were all completed..it just had problems finalizing the disk..It could well be incompatible media..so maybe it desires the - rather than the +
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post #22 of 31
10/24/12 at 6:21pm
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Hey again! OK, I took a look around at ImgBurn Support Forums, and the local admin there is really responsive to people. It seems like the problem could be one of several factors. Possibly the disc media you are using, firmware is out of date for the drive or isn't suited to that particular brand/dye media. Better media such as Taiyo Yuden is preferred, I have good success with them.

 

To get a better diagnosis, post the log from ImgBurn's last session in the ImgBurn Forum. You can find the log inside ImgBurn under Help / ImgBurn Logs. Open the file, find the time-stamp for the session which produced the error, and Copy/Paste into the support forum message.

 

You will find ImgBurn's Support Forum here:

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showforum=6

 

They should be able to help you sort it out. I know it works well for me using Taiyo Yuden media. My drive is a Samsung SH-S203B internal desktop DVD burner. What drive do you have, is this a desktop or a laptop drive?

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post #23 of 31
10/24/12 at 6:51pm
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Personally, I've got some Verbatim +R's, have used them with some success. But I believe most drives, including your TV player, do best with -R discs. I edit video as well, using Sony Vegas, and burn the finished discs with Sony's DVD Architect. No problems with the TY -R media. Best place to get them online is here (Supermediastore.com):

 

http://www.supermediastore.com/category/u/blank-recordable-dvd-r-disc-discs-media?filter=brand%3DTAIYO+YUDEN%7CSurface%3DWhite+Inkjet%7CStorage+Capacity%3D4.7GB%7CQuantity%3D50+Pack

 

My favorite, TY Watershield 16x DVD-R's.

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post #24 of 31
10/25/12 at 2:28am
Its early morning here and on another laptop..the one I tried yesterday was my Asus G74SX..not sure what brand optical drive is on there..I will get some -R disks today and give it a shot..will also try burning on my Acer Aspire 7720 laptop..never had previous problems with the +R on this one..Will let you guys know
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post #25 of 31
10/25/12 at 4:48am
Just did a successful burn on the Acer Aspire 7720 laptop...its running a Pioneer DVD RW optical drive..no problems using the +R media.
The Asus G74SX has a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT 34N drive (Hitachi/LG variant) and I guess doesnt like that type of media
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post #26 of 31
10/25/12 at 10:16pm
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Glad you found a winner. Sometimes you will find different brands/models of DVD burners have a preference for a certain media. Generally you have a better chance of a good burn using a slower 2.4x - 4x burn rate. A lot of discs may be rated to burn at 8x or 16x speeds, BUT, that doesn't guarantee that your hardware can keep up with that speed, and if it can't, you're going to have problems. Laptop drives sometimes can't run the higher speeds you might get away with on a desktop internal DVD burner, the desktop drives are have a more robust build and are less prone to vibrate, they're spinning quite fast and the mechanism needs to be well-isolated. Some of the desktop drives can spin at thousands of RPM, fast enough to shatter a flawed disc. Here's what happens when a disc fails at extreme speeds:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9H6srXURYM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOImtC--Y0g&feature=related

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post #27 of 31
10/26/12 at 5:37pm
Yeah, all the attempts were done at 2.4..so speed wasnt an issue in this case...hopefully when the time comes, if the restore discs I created when the ASUS was new dont work..hoping this will...
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post #28 of 31
10/27/12 at 6:39am
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Besides having this disc for re-installing Windows, your key is on the bottom of your machine. All I needed was drivers downloaded from Asus, all went back just fine. Only thing you'll have to keep backups of is your data, and you can archive your program installer files to a USB stick etc. You may already have some of them which you installed from CD as well.

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post #29 of 31
10/27/12 at 6:59am
Yeah, I got all that stuff on sticks...the only I should do is preload a stick with all the drivers,,,Have you run into any problems with using a USB stick or a CD before you load the ASUS drivers...or, are there generic drivers that load with the Win7 disk to give you minimal use
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post #30 of 31
10/27/12 at 9:53am
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I think it will recognize a USB drive, Windows must have a basic USB installed during setup. I've attached a Word file with my install notes. I like to do this when I walk through something, keeps me from getting brain failure next time I need to remember what I did eyeball.gif !

 

 

Windows 7 and Drivers Re-Installation.doc 19k .doc file
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post #31 of 31
10/27/12 at 1:51pm
The only reason I asked, was after you installed windows, with your drivers on a disk, was wondering if the optical driver worked...it must have worked otherwise you wouldnt be able to load your drivers, so there must be a generic driver for the optical drive that installs with windows just to get the optical drive basically working..If I could make a suggestion to your .doc file, would be to have the hardware component written down somewhere if you have to do an install on a new drive...Makes it simpler to find the drivers you need...every sub-model normally differs...ie: different graphics chip, different sound card, sometimes diff ethernet and diff camera etc ..I am not sure, but maybe a print out from Belarc Advisor or Aida32 would have all that pertinent info
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