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mech27
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2. July 2005 @ 21:38 |
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I'm new at this so any help is appreciated. I burned a dozen dvd's with no problem. Now all i get is A Write Error has occured,probably caused by a bad media. I'm using Ridata 8x DVD-R.My dvd writer is an HP DVD WRITER 640c. I'm burning at 1x.what should i be looking for.
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mech27
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2. July 2005 @ 21:43 |
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I forgot to mention it will start burning sometimes up to 90% and then it freezes and gives me the error.I'm getting a lot of coasters!!!!
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Auslander
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2. July 2005 @ 21:57 |
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what are you trying to burn and what programs are you burning with? do you have any error logs to post?
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andmerr
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2. July 2005 @ 22:46 |
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I burned about 75 dvd's with no problem. Now all i get is A Write Error has occured,probably caused by a bad media. I'm using Ridata 8x DVD-R.My dvd writer is an HP DVD WRITER 640c. I'm burning at 1x.what should i be looking for. Forgot to mention that it starts burning sometimes up to 90% and then freezes.what shoud i be looking for? (Burner or dvd's)
multiposting is frowned upon , just keep your answers to this one and i'll get a mod to close the other
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3. July 2005 @ 10:42 |
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 16:01 |
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I'm trying to burn dvd's copy to copy. I don't understand why it would stop working for no apparent reason.I'm using the same discs.
Is it clone dvd that might be the problem?
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 16:06 |
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I forgot to write down the error code. Write DVD 10 11 W2
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3. July 2005 @ 16:48 |
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Listen to me young grasshopper (mech27 that means you!) ....... Ridata disks are second class disks.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
check it out here!
Then get yourself to the store or online and buy Verbatum or Taiyo Yuden disks! You can't go wrong that way! Then burn again and see if you get the same error message!
RULE OF THUMB: if you can rip the movie to the hard drive you can burn it (PROVIDING YOU HAVE GOOD MEDIA)!
If you are getting error messages in the writing phase of your copy proccess then you have bad media! Just because you used these disks before doesn't mean that the rest or some of the other disks in the bunch are just as good..... they can be the worst of the bunch! Thus the error messages!
now you say it might be CloneDVD..... well that program writes to a temp folder on your hard drive and then writes from there to your burner! As I understand it, from what you are saying, you have a problem as it writes the disk...... and all of a sudden it freezes and gives you error messages... thus a coaster is made! ok.... Listen..... IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE BAD MEDIA.... IF YOU TRY NEW MEDIA OUT GET THE GOOD ONES....... VERBATUM OR TAIYO YUDEN DISKS...... YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS AT ALL, then!
And here is another thing to think about.....do you have up-to-date firmware for your burner? Is it new? you should check that out too! That could be a problem too. But, again, from what you said,Quote:
I burned a dozen dvd's with no problem.
that's what makes me believe that you have bad media .... cause you burned successfully before! Hell, even Memorex can burn ok.... are they great media..... NO...... YOU WILL GET COASTER OUT OF A CAKE FULL!!!!!! So try it.... you'll like it!
Another thing.... if you are making a copy of a copy..... use something like Nero to do that. or CopytoDVD. CloneDVD is good but those are better. Did you try to do a copy direct to disk? if that's the case then you could have error messages from reading the copied disk and therefore it can't copy it to the new disk!? Which is it man!! there are too many variables....
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 18:27 |
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Thanks for the advise! I appreciate all the help. I will take your advise and try different discs.I will post my results. Thanks again!!
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3. July 2005 @ 18:37 |
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I'm trying to burn dvd's copy to copy.
Does this mean you are copying from one DVD ROM drive to the other (on the fly)?
If that is true I would tend to belive your problem is not really a media issue. Ritek's arent the best disks in the world IMO, but they surely arent the worst either and to say your burner just wont write to them at all is pretty absured. Bad media can be a problem but not usually a can't write to the disk at all problem. It would help a lot if you could post a log. If your burning on the fly then you better not have nothing else running while doing it. Also check to make sure your drives are set to DMA mode and all the firmware is up to date. I wouldn't recommend you burn on the fly anyway you really don't save much time doing it that way and it is much safer and you will always get better results by copying an image to the hard drive first it only adds a few more minutes to the whole process anyway.
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3. July 2005 @ 18:57 |
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BB........ that's what I was saying in my reply just above mech's answer! LOL Quote:
Did you try to do a copy direct to disk? if that's the case then you could have error messages from reading the copied disk and therefore it can't copy it to the new disk!? Which is it man!! there are too many variables....
but we said the same thing in a different way! you went further to add, rip to HD first!
and I always repeat this:Quote:
RULE OF THUMB: if you can rip the movie to the hard drive you can burn it!
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3. July 2005 @ 19:01 |
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I know I was just trying to drive the point home LOL :-)
No problem's :-)
I just dont believe going out and buying new media is going to solve his/her problems is all :-)
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3. July 2005 @ 19:07 |
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it's just a good start..... media is half the problem.... the other half is hardware...... then how to use the software.....but you start with good media and go from there, eliminating that and moving on to another!
so what do you think is the prob???
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3. July 2005 @ 19:17 |
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To hard to tell not enough info really it could be a whole bunch of s#$% but you are right quality media is always a good thing. On the other hand poor media will still burn it just plays like crap if at all. Mech27's problem is it won't burn at all and it is media he/she has burned to before with no problems so I highly doubt it is the media and Ritek isn't that bad heck if you ask some people here they swear by them. A log file would really help a lot but here are some possibilities
IDE cable went bad or lose
DMA is off and stuck in PIO mode (which it more than likely is with the errors)
Firmware may need upadated
Drive could be the problem (dirty lens or just plain had it)
To many proggys suking up resources during the process
Configuration of the drives (master/slave primary/secondary)
ASPI Layer (is it installed) (Correctly)?
I could keep on going but I think you get my point ;-)
PS It could be very possible he/she got a bad batch of media? The only way to be sure is to try a dirrerent brand and see..
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3. July 2005 @ 19:38 |
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you're absolutely right about all that can go wrong.......and Mech has yet to inform us on his actuall error messages and logs for us to give him an exact answer! but if he/she said:Quote:
I burned a dozen dvd's with no problem. Now all i get is A Write Error has occured,probably caused by a bad media. I'm using Ridata 8x DVD-R
how can all-of-a-sudden:Quote:
IDE cable went bad or lose
DMA is off and stuck in PIO mode (which it more than likely is with the errors)
Firmware may need upadated
Drive could be the problem (dirty lens or just plain had it)
To many proggys suking up resources during the process
Configuration of the drives (master/slave primary/secondary)
ASPI Layer (is it installed) (Correctly)?
when he was having success before! It's weird ...... or it can be just as simple as a bad batch of media..... and I'm not saying the Ridata sucks..... they are disks..... they burn.... just not the greatest of quality when you can get TYs or Verbatums at same prices! why not get the best and see!!! hey even I used Memorex when I was newbie at burning but aD showed me the light of my EVIL WAYS! I just didn't know any better when I was learning to burn. now with hundreds of burns and MANY COASTERS OF EXPERIENCE with Memorex I know better! it's just a way to start.
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 19:59 |
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I tried different discs with no success. I also tried saving to hd first with no success. How can i find out if my burner has up to date firmware? Sorry about all the questions i'm not very good with computers.Thanks again for the help.
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3. July 2005 @ 20:03 |
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Were you able to save it to the hard drive at all? Is this only with one movie or several?
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3. July 2005 @ 20:07 |
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BB you got this one!
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 20:10 |
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Yes i was able to save to hd. All movies i try start writing and freeze. It seems like AnyDVD goes to sleep.
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3. July 2005 @ 20:11 |
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3. July 2005 @ 20:16 |
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so you have it on your hard drive and you can't burn it????
are the files larger than 4464? did you shrink them down to a DVD5? or is this still a copy of a copy on your hard drive?
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 20:29 |
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I checked for writer firmware everything is up to date.
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mech27
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3. July 2005 @ 20:31 |
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I shrink them down to 4700 like i did with the ones that worked.
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3. July 2005 @ 20:37 |
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I shrink them down to 4700 like i did with the ones that worked.
If you only shrink them down to 4700MB than they arent going to work your disk will actually only hold 4489MB for DVD-r and 4483MB for DVD+r. What proggy are you using to shrink your movie?
Also Try closing AnyDVD when writing your disk it has been known to interfear with the writing process and you really dont need it once you have your movies to the hard drive anyway.
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3. July 2005 @ 20:49 |
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BB....... I PMed Mech saying the same thing! about the size and about AnyDVD once it's on the hard drive!
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