keep burning coasters

[marni33tas]

my power went off 1/2 way through burning to a blank and now the last 4 dvd-r since then have been no good they will load but are all jumpy any ideas?? I am going to redownload shrink and decrypter and see if that helps but could I need to do something with the burner itself?? it id an ide something duo

[budz]

it id an ide something duo

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Don't understand what that means?????

[Solarjetman]

The odds of a power failure breaking your burner are very slim (but not impossible).

I think a more probable reason is the files on your hard drive were corrupted. Were the other 4 DVDs just the same thing tried multiple times, or were you trying to burn different files?

[Solarjetman]

Don't understand what that means?????

I think he ment "It is an IDE dual format burner"

[marni33tas]

actually solarjetman - he is a she lol but yes you are correct it is an ide something burner i was trying to burn a particular movie when the power out occurred and redoing that caused a failure then i tried another movie twice which also caused coasters the burner says that they have completed successfully but my standalone player tells a different story!!!

[marni33tas]

is there a way to check if my burner is ok other than burning countless coasters??

[Solarjetman]

actually solarjetman - he is a she

My apologies

If it’s saying the burn completed, you got me stumped. I was thinking you could not complete it since the power outage. Have you tried playing the disk on your computer?

[sacajaweeda]

What you're going to have to do is get the laser in your burner back to the exact position it was at when the power tripped off and then shove a paperclip or something in that little pokey-hole on the front of the drive as you hit the reset button on your computer. If you can't get the laser alligned in the exact position it was then this won't work, you are hopelessly screwed and your burner will never work again.

I also sell bridges.

[fritzi93]

is there a way to check if my burner is ok other than burning countless coasters??

For a start, use an RW disc next time. Perhaps you should try re-installing your burning program(s).

[marni33tas]

gee thats some uplifting news for starters I didn't know it had a laser let alone where to find it and I dont have any paperclips so looks like I am in trouble.

no solarjetman have not tried playing in computer will try that now

[marni33tas]

well my Intervideo windvd4 is not opening to play the coaster any ideas??

[marni33tas]

ok got the coaster to play on puter first movie fine as is on standalone movies 2 and 3 no good
2 jumpy
3 not there at all
first 2 coasters were to a sinle not a multi and it was jumping and freezing

[sacajaweeda]

Well way back in the day they used to use little miniature gnomes inside DVD burners and they had little tiny hammers and chisels that were magical and were able to penetrate the polycarbonate substrates and alter the surface of the reflective layers beneath without damaging and scratching the discs all to shit, but the little gnomes were all alcololics and wouldn't always show up to work. This is far too unacceptable for consumers so the DVD manufacturers had to come up with something better. That's why instead of little drunken gnomes they now use miniature Jedi knights with little laser light sabres. That's where the shoving the paperclip through the pokey-hole thing and hitting the reset button comes into play. You see, every once in a while when the power inside your drive trips, the little Jedi inside your burner crosses over to the dark side. And as long as you've got a miniature dark lord of the Sith lurking inside your burner, you're gonna have problems. What you have to do is impale him with a wire like a straightened paper clip. Hitting the reset button when you do this distracts him and betters your chances of defeating him as the lights go out momentarily and you can sometimes get the drop on him.

[marni33tas]

ok I can come to terms with that its the realigning the laser to the point it was at when the power went off that i am having difficulty working out

please help me get my gnomes home!!!!