it's worth a shot Matt, spend a little bit of money before WASTING a lot if media is in fact the culprit~ :)
at the various local outlets, try to find the Fujifilm 8x DVD+R MADE IN JAPAN (on the wrapper) or the Sony 8x DVD+R MADE IN JAPAN (on the wrapper) again...these are BOTH genuine Taiyo Yuden discs, under a local recognized brand~ :) IF you are lucky enough to find a Fuji 8x DVD-R MADE IN JAPAN, this TOO is also a Taiyo Yuden manufactured media~ :) these are some of the BEST media on the market found LOCALLY these days, i rant and rant about TYs (Taiyo Yuden) media but once you try them, you will never go back~ :)
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
"Its better to be quiet and appear stupid, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
Hi everyone. I went today and got some different Maxells media. I got the ones made in Japan. Maxell DVD+R HighGrade. That didn't do anything for my problem. So I guess I will just go on down the line and try different media and see what happens. I wish there was a way I could find out what type of media is recommended for my system. But from the list here on the forum there isn't nothing that I know of for Gateway computers. Anyhow, I'll keep you all updated on this. Thanks again everyone =-)
@Matt75
This is a long shot, but have you defragmented your hard drive lately? This can cause "pixies" also if your HD is fragmented. That and with your low memory problems, a fraged HD could be causing your pixies. Once you changed to good media, and slowed down your burn to 4x, the only other thing i can think of is a badly fragmented HD. Worth checking out.
Hi everyone. Well I have came to confess my sins tonight. I must admit I feel like a knucklehead. Last night I decided to take a look at the dvd I have been trying to backup for the last week now that kept giving me the pixelated scenes. Well, just my luck, on the original in the same spots it's pixelated also. I feel like a idiot now, coming here and wasting everyones time and efforts. But none the less I still learned that I need to upgrade my memory and perhaps my video card also. The video card suggestion came from Gateway, they're probably just wanting to sell me stuff though, lol. Anyhow, I apologize for taking up everyones time with this problem. But hey, I feel like I benefited from all of this. I now know a few things more about shrink and Nero that I didn't know until you all helped me out. Not to mention I got to meet some pretty cool people on here. You guys rock!!!! Thanks again everyone =-)
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