Re: dvd disc back up problems

[macca62]

hello, have data on dvd disc, burned with nero 8, but won`t let me copy from disc to disc, error coming up every time. Also same problem when wanting to make back up of holiday dvds. tried isobuster, imgburn and dvd shrink.Holiday videos were made with sony handycam on mini-dv tapes, captured to pc with ulead to mpg file, then burned with convertxto dvd. any help/advice greatly appreciated.

[Baldrick]

Have you tried on another computer/dvd drive?

[orsetto]

Yes, first try another computer if you can: if that works, your own burner is probably at fault. If you've had the burner for over a year, and used it a lot, it may simply be starting to wear out or losing compatibility with some media types. Try a completely different disc and see if that works: another brand, 8x instead of 16x, +R instead of -R, R/W instead of R, etc.

If you try another computer, and the copy still fails, then you may have a severe authoring error in those DVDs. This often happens when Nero is involved anywhere in the process- its a very buggy program. It can also happen with good software, sometimes you just get a random repeated glitch with your setup that is unnoticeable because the discs seem to play OK, but when you attempt to back them up later it fails. I have found for some reason that a DVD/HDD recorder will often ignore these authoring/burning errors: if you own one or can borrow one, try loading one of your problem discs and telling the recorder to make a backup copy. When all else fails on my computers, my Pioneer DVD/HDD always makes a backup with no problem.

If these problem discs are not recent, if they're more than a few months old, you have a small possibility that the media was borderline causing a borderline burn that plays but is too error-ridden to pass a computer copy process. There is little you can do in that case, if ImgBurn and IsoBuster don't help. Its always a good idea to alternate two brands of media so you can check them against each other if problems arise later.

[fatbloke88]

or give iso puzzle or cd roller a try