I realize this has been discussed more than once. I have a unique situation maybe someone might be able to help. I always use the same media, that is verbatim dvd+rdl. I have had several successful burns, but at least 1/3 of em get stuck writing lead in. This is the only errors I ever get. I have tried multiple burners, multiple stacks of verbatims, swapped power supply for beefier one, unplugged all non crucial peripherals, all current firmware for both burners. I've reinstalled imgburn a couple times. Reinstalled disc drives and drivers. Tried different ide and sata connections. What do you think is causing such a low success rate? Why do the drives lock out when writing lead in fails? This is the log. I 01:26:32 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 01:26:32 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 01:26:32 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,672 KB - Available: 1,363,648 KB I 01:26:32 Initialising SPTI... I 01:26:32 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:26:32 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24LS50 YP02 (E (ATA) I 01:26:33 -> Drive 2 - Info: HP DVD Writer 1260r MH23 (D (ATA) I 01:26:33 Found 2 DVD±RW/RAMs! I 01:27:04 Operation Started! I 01:27:04 Source File: F:\NGD_1_anonimo_GDL\IMAGE.dvd I 01:27:04 Source File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048) I 01:27:04 Source File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes I 01:27:04 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM I 01:27:04 Source File Volume Set Identifier: fd244000MS UDFBridge I 01:27:04 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM) I 01:27:04 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 01:27:04 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50) I 01:27:04 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24LS50 YP02 (E (ATA) I 01:27:04 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 01:27:04 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 01:27:04 Write Mode: DVD I 01:27:04 Write Type: DAO I 01:27:04 Write Speed: MAX I 01:27:04 Link Size: Auto I 01:27:04 Lock Volume: Yes I 01:27:04 Test Mode: No I 01:27:04 OPC: No I 01:27:04 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 01:27:05 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x) I 01:27:05 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 01:27:05 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760 I 01:27:05 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 01:27:32 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 01:27:33 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 01:27:35 Writing LeadIn...
new disc, double checked settings, reboot, same result. Ran as admin. Tried different write speed. does write type need to be altered from DAo? Any ideas? I 02:33:38 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 02:33:38 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 02:33:38 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,672 KB - Available: 1,349,528 KB I 02:33:38 Initialising SPTI... I 02:33:38 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 02:33:38 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24LS50 YP02 (E (ATA) I 02:33:38 -> Drive 2 - Info: HP DVD Writer 1260r MH23 (D (ATA) I 02:33:38 Found 2 DVD±RW/RAMs! I 02:39:26 Operation Started! I 02:39:26 Source File: F:\NGD_1_6_anonimo_GDL\IMAGE.dvd I 02:39:26 Source File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048) I 02:39:26 Source File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes I 02:39:26 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM I 02:39:26 Source File Volume Set Identifier: fd244000MS UDFBridge I 02:39:26 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM) I 02:39:26 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 02:39:26 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50) I 02:39:26 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24LS50 YP02 (E (ATA) I 02:39:26 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 02:39:26 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 02:39:26 Write Mode: DVD I 02:39:26 Write Type: DAO I 02:39:26 Write Speed: 4x I 02:39:26 Link Size: Auto I 02:39:26 Lock Volume: Yes I 02:39:26 Test Mode: No I 02:39:26 OPC: No I 02:39:27 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 02:39:27 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 5,540 KB/s (4x), Got: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x) I 02:39:27 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 02:39:27 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760 I 02:39:27 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 02:39:58 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 02:39:58 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 02:40:00 Writing LeadIn...
I have run into the same issue before, I found that if I disabled my VIRUS SOFTWARE, the disk will burn fine.Give it a try!
Have you asked the ImgBurn Forum. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=c4e997a7c6b2f0cb41ae6b4f2e26bd13&showforum=6