I am in serious need of some help

I am DVD burner illiterate. I keep receiving this error message when I am trying to burn a DVD. It is: I/O error Device [1:1:0]DVDRW DRW-3S163 BSG3 (D (ATA) Scsi Status 0x02 Interpretation: Check Condition CDB 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Interpretation: Read Capacity Sense area 70 02 02 00 00 00 00 OA 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00 00 00 Interpretation: Medium Not Present.
I am using DVD Decrypter and then DVD CLone.
I would be so grateful if someone could help me. I m going to start pulling my hair out. Thank you!!!!

 

I am in serious need of some help

there are some good doctors now - hehehe

no seriuosly i think the app doesnt like the dvdr used! use dvd identifier to tell us the id codes of the dvdr!

 

I am not sure what you just said. What do I do to find that out for you

 

I have tried buying 3 different brands of blank DVD's and I get the same result.

 

Download DVD Identifier and find out who made your discs
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm

 

I feel like an idiot. I have 2 computers. One is my main computer and the other is my daughters. I use it for burning DVD's, but it does not have internet connection. Is that a problem?

 

hi

@ Ppower nice one! thx for link...

also do you have the latest firmware installed to your drive so as to see more discs?

 

hi
need to get the file from one to another then somehow?

 

any ideas?

 

hi

do you have aburner on the internet pc? use a cdr or may get it on a floppy?

 

do you have the latest firmware for your drive installed?

has your burner burnt ok before?

 

Yes I have a burner on my internet pc and yes my burner has worked before. I used the same brand dvd's and same software as I am trying to use now. It just stopped working and I started o receive that medium error.

 

I don't think I know what Firmware is?

 

hi

firmware is a small file you get from he makers website of the drive and it updates the reading of new media/discs better aswell as other fixes etc...

 

A general rule...

MOST of the I/O errors you will get are caused by a media problem. Often, it is simply lousy media, as in the "cheap" garbage stuff.

It can also be a dirty disc, ue to smudges, fingerprints, etc., but that happens more often when ripping, as opposed to the burning process.

What kind of discs are these? And, find out the true media code on them. (Do a search, if you do now know how).

Basically, an I/O error is your computer's way of saying that your own DVD drive does not like this particular disc. It may be that it does not like it because it is of inferior quality, and has flaws or errors, or because it is dirty, or scratched, or marred.

There are other reasons, as well, but the above probably covers more than 97% of all cases (speaking conservatively).

New firmware often does help, and the reason is this... some of the manufacturers of DVD drives are regularly trying to make their drives more "compatible" with the various brands and types of DVD blanks found in stores. So, they will get complaints that a particular drive they made cannot read "Type X" media (which may be truly awful media), and they will change the write scheme on the drive and alter it a bit so that it CAN work with "Type X" media. Because of this, often the easiest fix is just to update to the latest firmware, as suggested above.

I prefer to always buy the same reliable high quality media, instead. (This means I buy the stuff that is actually BRANDED from the manufacturer, so I know what I actually getting).

Hope this helps,

-Bruce in Chi-Town