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Doesn't anyone use the guides before posting "how-to" questions?
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smg
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21. December 2004 @ 14:24 |
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I know my Win XP has Roxio in it, but can't find it listed in ADD/REMOVE. I downloaded the tool zapper60.
Will since Roxio isn't anywhere in ADD/REMOVE, will zapper60 be able to completely remove it?
Thank you
Smg
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ScubaPete
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21. December 2004 @ 17:12 |
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Hi smg,
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since Roxio isn't anywhere in ADD/REMOVE, will zapper60 be able to completely remove it?
No it won't. It is to remove leftover pieces of Foxio.
To find Roxio - Go to "Start' then to "Search" the click on "all files and folders" type in "Roxio" and then "Search".
When it "Pop's" up you'll then have it's address one at a time go to where ever it's listed and Delete it. When all is done, run the "zapper". There is still some there but not enough to hamper Nero or the others.
Pete
PS. Did you so to "Start" "All Programs" and look there ?
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24. December 2004 @ 17:06 |
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Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I'm a complete idiot.
Sorry to disappoint Pete, but I did read through all the forums before getting started. I used ev ey program and every combination there of. Seems that I refused to believe the DVD is was trying to copy could be bad. IT WAS. Well the only smart thing I did was usze the DVD RW's because I remember my CD days.
Ibought my internal DVD writer for a machine running on a
AMD KX-2 450, yeah I know it's not the minimum requirements but it *should work* I've locked up several times, but that's okay, that happened with my old drive.
Went out and bought an external burner for my laptop b/c I have the min HW requirements EXCEP that I do not have 2.0 USB ports. So, now I have successfully burned
two DVD's on both my computers, and the old machine is faster because of my slow USB ports. Man, what a couple of days.
I have also used 1clickdvd, some may have usedc it, what did you think? Couldn't use it on my old PC b/c I am running Win 98.
The two most important things for all you newbies, 1) make sure you have tried several different source DVD's, had I done that, I would have saved 24 hours. 2) use RW's. A must.
One last question does `any body recommend the best way to burn my rw's to DVD-R's so I can use my RW's for storage.
Thanks everyone, another success story.
Oh, and if you think you need to close all your programs and burn while away from your computer, nah, you don't always have to do that. I'm successfully burning a DVD right now as I'm online writing this message. (ducking>
Hapy Holidays everyone!
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ScubaPete
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25. December 2004 @ 13:10 |
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Hi there Nihilator and welcome on this Christmas Day,
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Oh, and if you think you need to close all your programs and burn while away from your computer, nah, you don't always have to do that.
As we speak to quite a number of pple running all kinds of PC's we'd rather make sure they got a perfect burn than take any chances on failure. Someone running a Pent III with 128 MB of RAM would find it all but impossible to burn a DVD AND make a successful burn w/o disabling everything and "STEPPING AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER." I have one friend who cannot even use Word without his PC freezing :(
To quote you, "you don't always have to do that.". True, you don't always have to do it BUT you won't know when to do it until you've made a coaster and are on your second time :(
Please recognize that when we post here there are 10, 20 or 30+ more pple reading what we wrote. When making a comment, take all of them into account and wonder, If I tell them they can surf the "Net", play their MP3's and print up a few labels while they're burning, just how many of them would find that possible and how many, after making a coaster, will think, "I should be able to do this, I saw it on aD, what is wrong with my burner or my software ?" So you see why we say, IF you want to make a good burn, "don't use your PC for anything." When we make that statement, everyone will make a trouble free backup.
I trust that you'll understand a bit better now :)
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Sorry to disappoint Pete, but I did read through all the forums before getting started.
As I'm sure you'll have to agree, no one reads through all the forums - there over 400,000 posts here. As long as someone reads through a few of them, tries to find the answer doing just a single a/D "Search," that's all we ask - for the many that do, we say "Welcome." To those who say, "I have other things to do, do it all for me." Those are the ones we have trouble with. Were this a "paying" job, that would be one thing BUT to tell pple, here on their own free time, that they won't do anything on their own, they'll not make friends here. The days of slavery are done.
You'll notice I "Welcomed" you to aD. It was because it was obvious that you have "Done for yourself," Just like the rest of use have -
We are delighted you're doing well, and iffin you need some help, PLEASE stop back, Heck, stop back anyway, you're our kind of pple -
Merry Christmas -
Pete
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25. December 2004 @ 18:56 |
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Ummm I already pissed off Pete. I was sorta, well I was joking when I said I'm burning a DVD as I type. I see how that could have touched a nerve. I was not burning anything when I wrote that. I just know that with practice and time, I hope to be burning DVD's just like CD's while goofing around online. Not there yet.
Would it help If I told you how many days/hours it took to make my first DVD Copy? :(
I hope everybody takes Pete's advice, when dealing with all the paremeters involved, please don't come in hear and say "well I was trying to copy my DVD, and while playing (insert favorate game here) I had read errors everywhere!" KISS=my plan, oh and Murpy was an optimist. :-)
Pete, to show you I am still a newbie, I just today got rid of all the Roxio crap, and will be using Nero. However I have successfully burned a few today with DVD Shrink and DVD decryptor. Once I am confidant I have that down, will I experiment with other software.
This is how dumb I am. I have burned DVD'd to rw's, as I said, but having read more, I can't copy them to DVD-R's because I bought 50 MEMORIX!!!! I will get better media. I'm just not real sure what the best way to copy my DVD on XR to a DVD-R without having to experiment and make coasters out of the new more expensive media I will get.
Sorry if I offended anyone. That post almost sounded like I was bragging, man, that was not the idea! :(
When in doubt, use a hammer. When further in doubt, find a bigger hammer.
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ScubaPete
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26. December 2004 @ 20:13 |
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Nihilator,
Heh, heh, You never pissed me off - I was explaining why we have to clairify everything we say in forum -
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I just today got rid of all the Roxio crap, and will be using Nero. However I have successfully burned a few today with DVD Shrink and DVD decryptor.
You are indeed a "God" among Newbies, da ScubaPete loves ya, :P)
Cheers,
Pete
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mattdogg
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26. December 2004 @ 23:06 |
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Hi i am kind of new to this burning dvd stuff and i have been using scuba pete's guide for DVD Shrink and dvd decoder and when i am encoding the dvd it takes a very long time i un-ticked the two boxes that i was suppose to for more speed but it i am still on 10% encoding after 4 hours of encoding. I dont know whats wrong. Can u please help me Pete
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Nihilator
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27. December 2004 @ 12:54 |
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Pete would probably need some info on your hardware.
Encoding can takeforever with a slow CPU....other factors play in to. Just tell him what you are running....Hardware wise...
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mattdogg
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27. December 2004 @ 13:11 |
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I have a Intel Celeron CPU 2.70GHz 2.69GHz, 248 MB of RAM, Sony CD-RW CRX215E5, Sony DVD RW DRU-530A
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ScubaPete
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27. December 2004 @ 14:24 |
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mattdogg,
We need to check your DMA. "Ooohh, no you're not ! Only my husband or my Doctor checks my "D", "M" . . whatever . . ." No, no, it's OK, DMA stands for "Direct Memory Access" transfer mode OR as we say in the computer field, it's a really, fast way to move stuff. Many PC's today are using UDMA or "Ultra Direct Memory Access transfer mode, or as we like to call it, a really super-duper fast way to move stuff as opposed to the PIO mode. The PIO or Programmed I/O mode, is a technique whereby the system CPU and support hardware directly control the transfer of data between the system and the hard disk since shortly after the beginning of PC's up until the mid-1990's. So we want DMA (fast) more than we PIO (slow).
3. Let's check your Drive's transfer mode. It should be DMA-4, not PIO.
Windows XP downgrades the Ultra DMA transfer mode after receiving six CRC errors and drops it down to the much slower PIO mode.
To enable DMA mode using the Device Manager
1. Go to "My Computer, ""System Tools," "View System Information," then System Properties, "Hardware," Then Open Device Manager
2. Double-click IDE ATA//ATAPI Controllers to display the list of controllers and channels.
3. Right-click the icon for the channel to which your burner is connected and select Properties. Now click the Advanced Settings tab.
4. In the Current Transfer Mode drop-down box, select DMA if available if the current setting says, "PIO Only."
If the drop-down box already says, "DMA if Available" but the current transfer mode is PIO, then the user must "toggle" the settings. That is, change the selection from "DMA if available" to PIO only, and click "OK".
Then repeat the steps above to change the selection to "DMA if available".
OPTION: Right-click the burner and select "Uninstall" and then "OK" all prompts until the PC reboots. Upon rebooting, the PC should "find" your burner and reinstall it setting it by "Default" to DMA.
Lastly, when did you last defrag your Hard Drive (HD) ? If you have to stop and think about the last time you did it, then it's way, way overdue. Here we go, (Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. When it opens, choose your HD, analyses it to see where we stand then if you need it (you probably will) choose Defragment.).
After you finish doing it now you might want to think about having "Scheduled Tasks" in your Control Panel do it for you on a daily basis.
A fragmented HD not only drastically slows down your system but it can cause all number of things to happen inside your PC, a messed up burn being one of them.
Once we've done that, our DVD burner should operate at peak efficiency :D)
Cheers,
Pete
Now let's see if everything will work together the way we want it to, OK ?
Give it a test run and let us know how you make out -
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27. December 2004 @ 16:58 |
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Hi again,
I have followed the guides on aD literally, and have found some measure of success.
However, every now and then, I will get an error, and burn a coaster. I am changing nothing, yet sometimes the burn fails.
anybody have any ideas? should I post my error message next time?
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27. December 2004 @ 17:56 |
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From what I read, you may be using bad media. Don't buy the cheap stuff so the forums say. Pete will also tell you that your source dvd might be dirty or scrathed.
That's all I know until Pete blissfully arrives. :)
When in doubt, use a hammer. When further in doubt, find a bigger hammer.
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27. December 2004 @ 18:39 |
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I am positive that it is not my media, as I am using verbatim data life.
It burned the files successfully to my hardrive, but failed in the burn to the dvd. Doesn't that rule out the source disc as the problem?
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JPD721
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27. December 2004 @ 20:08 |
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Mattdogg,
It seems that Pete has you squared away with potential hardware issues. You should also check to see what programs are running at the same time you are trying to encode. Some of those can really cause problems, such as antivirus programs. You may want to disable whatever is running while you're burning. I can also tell you that if you are running any type of CSS decryption software like DVD43 in the background it will hose up the process just like you are describing.
Good luck and keep us posted,
Jim
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mattdogg
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28. December 2004 @ 06:48 |
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Thanks but it still is slow. Ummm yes i am using a anti virus and i will remember to disable it when i am encoding thanks. I am now thinking that i need more memory on my cpu. what do u think
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ScubaPete
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28. December 2004 @ 11:35 |
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Hi Mattdogg,
Re-check to mkae sure you're still transfering in the DMA mode. Your time does seem a bit long.
If you have XP as your OS, go to msconfig - Startup and select "disable all", apply, OK, OK to reboot then try again to see if that helps -
As to your RAM, getting it up around 512MB will help BUT we should be able to improve your times by the time we're finished here :)
We're going to do some more checks and adjustments, OK ?
There are some things we should check as they have a direct influence over how our drive behaves -
Physically, Your burner s/b set as "master" on your IDE cable and the IDE cable s/b an 80-pin cable not a 40-pin. Always double-check your burner's jumpers to make sure they are correctly set for master, not slave if you installed the burner yourself.
1. Let's check for up-to-date Firmware for your burner.
"OK, so what is this "Firmware" garbage?" Fair question. Firmware is a "tutor" who's job it is to eliminate any "bugs" found in your drive and to "introduce" your burner to all the different kinds of media to your burner is likely to run into and to tell your burner a little bit about it. What type of media it is and at what speed to burn it. As new media is introduced OR, as the Mfgrs of your burner find new ways to use it, new firmware updates OR "Flash upgrades" come out to "school" your burner, keeping it up-to-date. It's good to keep your burner up-to-date as it "tweaks" your burner and keeps it operating at peak performance.
Of major Importance - When dealing firmware, you must match your burner's exact model with the proper Firmware. Trying to "Flash" your burner with something "Close" won't do it. It must be the exact firmware for your drive. ("Flashing" is what the installation is referred to when you put the firmware into your drive.) Trying to "Flash" your drive with some other drive's firmware can ruin your drive.
At the bottom of the page look for "What's my firmware? - Try this little tool I found," Download this tool and check out your Firmware's health (up-to-date wise). You can probably get a current upgrade there also -
http://flashman.rpc-1.com/
Firmware page -
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php
Always check your burner's Mfgr's "Support" section to see if some newer Firmware is there -
Firmware, You can't burn without it -
Now we need to see if we have a working ASPI Layer.
"Yea right, and ASPI stands for Another Stupid Piece of Insanity, right ?" No, not quite, it stands for "Advanced SCSI Programming Interface". "Well that tells me nothing, what's it do ?" That's a much easier question to answer. It is kind of a "translator" allowing your software to talk your hardware in a manner that your hardware will understand. Let's imagine an Earthman trying to talk to a rock. Now, think of a sledgehammer as being the interface. With the interface in play, the Earthman can tell the rock to disperse into gravel no matter what planet the rock is from, OK ? Good, let's see if we have a sledgehammer -
2. Check for your ASPI Layer. If one isn't present, we'll need to get one and reinstall it, then reboot our PC to allow it to "settle in".
ASPI Checker -
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.jsp?cat=%2fProduct%2fEZ-SCSI_5.0&filekey=aspichk.exe&sess=no
Force 1.8 ASPI Layer -
http://forceaspi18.w.interia.pl/
Lastly, when did you last defrag your Hard Drive (HD) ? If you have to stop and think about the last time you did it, then it's way, way overdue. Here we go, (Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. When it opens, choose your HD, analyses it to see where we stand then if you need it (you probably will) choose Defragment.).
After you finish doing it now you might want to think about having "Scheduled Tasks" in your Control Panel do it for you on a daily basis.
A fragmented HD not only drastically slows down your system but it can cause all number of things to happen inside your PC, a messed up burn being one of them.
Once we've done that, our DVD burner should operate at peak efficiency :D)
Cheers,
Pete
Now let's see if everything will work together the way we want it to, OK ?
Give it a test run and let us know how you make out -
Nihilator & JPD721 - You two are doing so good you may put me out of a job (lol) - Keep up the good work :)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. December 2004 @ 11:37
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PetePutso
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28. December 2004 @ 15:41 |
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Hello to all, I too have been reading the guides for DVD Xcopy Platinum but I have had success with burning only one DVD. All after that one have made my system crash 25% into reading the original disc. The system resets and I recieve a 'fatal error' message after automatically restarting. I haven't been able to burn again since the first one. Any feedback would ba appreciated. Thanks, Pete
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JPD721
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28. December 2004 @ 16:26 |
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Thanks Pete!
Just joined yesterday after lurking around while I read a bunch of posts to get educated. I wouldn't worry about your job for a loooooooooooong time :)
Jim
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mattdogg
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28. December 2004 @ 18:30 |
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Well this is weird it says that my aspi is not installed and cannot make a backup
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mattdogg
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28. December 2004 @ 18:51 |
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Also my Sony CD-RW CRX215E5 firmware version is 6.1G and my Sony DVD RW DRU-530A firmware version is 1.0d Is That Good
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ScubaPete
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28. December 2004 @ 19:15 |
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Hi PetePutso, welcome to aD,
How about a little more info -
PC specs ?
Burner ?
Have you checked all the stuff on this page ?
What media are you using ?
For starters why not try the guide on this thread, let me know how that works -
Cheers,
Pete
mattdogg,
When you get to the link on 1.8 Force ASPI, use the file that says "Kill something" - that is designed to clean out all non-functioning ASPI layers so that the ASPI download can install cleanly. Then use the ASPI checker to make sure it is installed and working -
AFA your firmware goes, different flash upgrades for different burners. That's why you have to be careful not to flash the wrong drive with the wrong upgrade -
Cheers,
Pete
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mattdogg
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29. December 2004 @ 09:15 |
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Ok my dvd and cd burners are up to date but when i checked my aspi it has components but the version, date, and size are N/A and it says that the ASPI is not properly installed and one or more components have been replaced with older versions of the software. I downloaded ForceASPI 1.8 and did that killaspi and then killdump. it says that the files do not exist and then it says it killed it but it is still there when i check i tried all batch files and no luck .............. WHY DOES BURNING DVDS HAS TO BE SO HARDDDDDD LOL I tried to use that dvd x copy xpress and i burned a dvd in no time and it actually worked but my plan is to make a dvd copy will all the special features and what not i wanted to test it first to get the hang of it.. i do appreciate what you all have done for me
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cdel
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29. December 2004 @ 16:49 |
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Alright, newbie here on the board. I'm having the same problem after implementing ScubaPete's Shrink and Decrypter scenario. I get to the end of burning, and I get an I/O error message. I'll have to run it again to get the specific message, and I'll vcertainly post that when I get it, but I was wondering if this was a familiar message to the pros.
I've got a Sony DRU-530 burner, and haven't been successful with any burns so far. I've checked my firmware, device manager, and they check out ok. I'm using TDKs as media, so I would think that would be fine. Any help is appreciated.
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cdel
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29. December 2004 @ 17:14 |
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Here's the update:
I'm getting similar meassages every time that look like this:
I/O Error!
Scsi status: 0x02
Interpretation: Check condition
CDB: (it lists a bunch of numbers)
Interpretation: write (10) sectors 6400-6431
Sense Area: (again with the numbers)
Interpretation: Tracking servo failure
I then check the log and it says that it failed to write sectors 6400-6431 (or whatever sectors failed).
I am wondering if I might be trying to burn it too fast for my burner? I think it's set at max, not sure, but I don't know what else to do. Need some help!>!>!>!
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30. December 2004 @ 06:51 |
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Hi. I just followed your guide for the first time and im glad to say that my burn rate is 100% so far lol. Im just wondering that by not running "verify disk," how will i know if there are any errors? Am i guaranteed to not have any errors by successfully completing a burn?
I was previously burning through DVD Shrink and Nero. I would have successful burns, but after i run verify disk, it would say some parts are inaccessible. I still watched the DVD in my 3 different DVD players (6 hours spent doing so), to test whats inaccessible. Well in one player, it froze at one spot. I checked the same spot in the other DVD players, and it would freeze (maybe skip that particular second), but be able to get throught it. Am I gonna see those spots(freezes), even though i have a successful burn using DVD Shrink/DVD Decrypter (without verify)? I'm using branded ritek ridata dvd-r disks.
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