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ARGHHH .... CD/DVD burning woes ... any ideas.
Carol Haynes:
My system has been running smooth and happy for some time (apart from the odd minor glitch) and I have had no problems whatsoever burning DVDs.
I use Verbatim 16x DVD+R discs - and they have always been good quality and reliable.
My system started as normal the other day and I was getting odd issues - almost all of which have been cured by removing Webroot Spyware (the last update seems to have caused all sorts of issues). EXCEPT that now when I burn discs I get verification errors.
I have tried using MSCONFIG to restart my system with just MS services and no startup items but I still get problems. I have also tried logging on as Administrator in case my user profile had been corrupted (an account I rarely use - though my normal account is in the admin group).
The discs burn fine if I start in Safe Mode - but then only PIO mode is available and they take up to 45 minutes to burn and verify.
I have tried reducing the burn speed to 4x (the lowest offered by burning apps for these discs) but the problem persists. Normally I have no problems burning at maximum speed setting (16x).
I have used various software to try to burn - ImgBurn, Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, Nero Burning ROM 7 - and they all have the same problems.
Anyone any ideas how to troubleshoot this issue? There are no errors listed in my system logs.
Setup is:
IDE 0: PATA M & S hard discs
IDE 1: PATA M & S Pioneer DVD drives
IDE 5: SATA Hard disc (Win XP system disc)
Armando:
That's weird. Have you tried using PIO in Normal mode?
Have you tried with another dvd drive on the same machine?...
Or the same dvd drive on another machine ?
Carol Haynes:
It seems to be affecting both DVD drives. They are relatively new and worked faultlessly until the last couple of days.
I haven't tried PIO in normal mode - it is just too slow.
The drives are reading happily at normal speeds.
I have noticed that when I put in a new CD/DVD as it loads there is a pause when my mouse doesn't move. I wonder if there is an interrupt from a device driver that has become corrupted?
Armando:
I haven't tried PIO in normal mode - it is just too slow.
-Carol Haynes (August 15, 2007, 12:22 PM)
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I was just asking because it could be something with UDMA... Maybe there's some registry corruption, or driver conflict-corruption, as you suggested... Since it works in PIO mode, why not in UDMA... that's weird.
Have you checked your device manager and what it says about transfert mode, current transfer mode, etc.?
Armando:
Also, if it seems driver related, you could try to uninstall the dvd and controllers' drivers and reinstall them ? (It shouldn't do any harm and I remember that I fixed some weird DVD problems by doing that, many years ago...)
PS: Carol, you know I'm not an expert... and you are much much more qualified than I am... :-[ I'm suggesting stuff to offer another perspective (lateral thinking, if you wish...). Nothing more!
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