Just been recommended to this fine site by a chap at work. I recently bought a FREECOM External DVD / CD Burner and i'm having tremendous problems trying to burn DVD's using Nero. Basically i am trying to copy a DVD+R disc to a DVD+RW disc. After 4 attempts i have given up !!! I'll tell you what i'm doing and please tell me if i doing anything wrong !! I am putting the DVD to be copied in my INTERNAL DELL DVD drive and the disc to copy onto into my FREECOM EXTERNAL BURNER. I am then clicking the DVD copy in Nero Express and watching what happens. It will start all ok, with message that says "Creating Image For Burning", then all will go well until it gets to 100% when i get a message come up saying "Error Reading Data" - It then spits out the REWRITABLE disc !!! Any suggestions ?? I believe its Nero 6 i'm using. Thanks in advance
@djspenna Welcome to aD! It sounds like the end of the disc you're copying from has some bad spots or the disc it's trying to write to it doesn't like. Posting your last nero log may help us sort this out. For Nero 6 it can be found at: program files>Ahead>Nero>NeroHistory.txt. Just be sure to edit out your serial # - usually begin w/ 1A,1C or 5C. Log are alos separated by something like this: =====***Nero Burning Rom History***===== Just copy and paste what's in between.
Hi Binkie !!! Thanks for your quick response to my problem. Report as follows: Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: - ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.59, size=160016 bytes, created 16/12/2003 20:18:06 Nero version: 6.3.1.10 (Nero Express) Recorder: <ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax> Version: 160D - HA 2 TA 0 - 6.3.1.10 Adapter driver: <> HA 2 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ? CD-ROM: <SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F>Version: T902 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.3.1.10 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === DiskPeripheral : ST380011A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F D: CDRom0 ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax E: CDRom1 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: CmdQueuing : 1 CmdNotification: 2 WriteBufferSize: 40894464 (0) Byte ShowDrvBufStat : 0 EraseSpeed : 0 BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 253MB (260080kB) Free physical memory: 60MB (62212kB) Memory in use : 76 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Static Write Speed Table: 0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 30.4.2006 DVD-Copy on the fly 18:58:05 #1 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 118 Reader running 18:58:05 #2 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 124 Writer ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax running 18:58:05 #3 Text 0 File DVDCopy.cpp, Line 263 DVD Track-Information from source disc S01 T01 Con 0x04 Start 0 Len 2295104 (gap 0) Blank 0 Res 0 Mode TRM_DATA_MODE1 (0) 18:58:05 #4 Text 0 File DVDCopy.cpp, Line 355 Max -1 tracks of 1 allowed to copy 1: 0 - 2295104 = 2295104, TRM_DATA_MODE1, block size 2048, read opt 0 (no read options) 18:58:05 #5 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3200 Turn on Disc-at-once, using DVD media 18:58:06 #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 244 Last possible write address on media: 2295103 (510:01.28, 4482MB) Last address to be written: 2295103 (510:01.28, 4482MB) 18:58:06 #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 249 Write in overburning mode: FALSE 18:58:06 #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2107 Recorder: ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax, Media type: DVD+RW Disc Manufacturer ID: INFODISC, Media Type ID: A10, Product revision number: 1 Disc Application Code: 0, Extended Information Indicators: 1 18:58:06 #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 410 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 18:58:06 #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 813 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 (1 - Data (mode 1)) 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2295104 (2295104) = #2295104/510:1.29 not relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/not required, no patch infos -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2295104 blocks [ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax ] -------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58:06 #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 982 Prepare recorder [ATAPI DVD RW 8XMax ] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x40; Session Closed, disc fixated Tracks 1 to 1: 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4700372992, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== __Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_RecDep_|_CtrlAdr_ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41 2295104 | lead-out | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41 18:58:06 #12 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1841 Burn process started at 4x (5,520 KB/s) 18:58:06 #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2345 Verifying disc position of item 0 (not relocatable, no disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 18:58:06 #14 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 8024 ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD+RW (9), Part Version: 2 Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: re-writable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26053F h End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist Disc Application Code: 0 / 0 h Extended Information indicators: 1 h Disc Manufacturer ID: INFODISC Media type ID: A10 Product revision number: 1 Number of Physical format information bytes in use in ADIP up to byte 63: 57 Media Specific [16..63]: 00 00 01 49 4E 46 4F 44 - 49 53 43 41 31 30 01 39 ...INFODISCA10.9 23 00 9C 7C 5C 02 28 00 - 96 7E 70 02 28 00 9C 7B #..|\.(..~p.(..{ 68 02 28 04 04 20 E0 00 - F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h.(............. 18:58:06 #15 Phase 98 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1841 Start formatting disc before burning 18:58:31 #16 Phase 100 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1841 Formatting disc was successful 18:58:31 #17 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 618 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 19:18:20 #18 SCSI -1047 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1439 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x05A14000 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x64 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0x28 0x00 0x00 0x22 0xF1 0xE0 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0xF0 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x64 0x00 19:18:26 #19 SCSI -1047 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1439 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x05A14000 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x64 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0x28 0x00 0x00 0x22 0xF1 0xE0 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0xF0 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x64 0x00 19:18:26 #20 TRANSFER -25 File Reader.cpp, Line 371 Error reading data 19:18:26 #21 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 229 all writers idle, stopping conversion 19:18:27 #22 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 771 Media-Format will be stopped after burning 19:18:27 #23 Phase 127 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1841 Generating DVD high compatibility borders 19:18:36 #24 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1841 Burn process failed at 4x (5,520 KB/s) Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\ADPU160M.SYS': Ver=v3.60a (Lab01_N(johnstra).010529-2218), size=101888 bytes, created 17/08/2001 14:07:32 File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.32a, size=20640 bytes, created 20/01/2006 23:46:33 (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) File 'Drivers\atapi.sys': Ver=5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), size=95360 bytes, created 03/08/2004 22:59:44 (Adapter driver for src) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option) Hope this helps !!!!
Here's a few things that may help. Turn that option off. Burning on the fly is done in 'real time' - any little glitch and bang burn failed. Nothing is saved to the hard drive so the reader has no time to adjust for anything it can't handle like say a dusty/dirty disc. Not a lot of memory - free up what you can. No multi tasking and shut down any unneccesary processes while burning. The disc you are trying to burn to - not the greatest by far. Try switching to Verbatim or made in Japan Fuji, Sony or Maxell. Nero can use an update - use this version - 6.6.0.18 http://www.listsoft.com/programs/1983/?fileid=3 The biggest problem I can see is burning on the fly and read errors from the source disc - so turn that off, clean off the disc and try again. If that fails try reading and writing from the external drive. Let us know how it turns out - good, bad or otherwsie!
