Windwos 7 fails burning Windows XP doesn't ...

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Hi.

I have recently installed a fresh copy of Win7 Ultimate 64-bit.

This is on it's own physical drive, and dual-boots with WinXP Pro 32-bit, also on it's own drive.

So both OS's have access to the same DVD burner, but WinXP never has any problems, whereas Win7 fails about 60% of the time.

I have ran a few Google queries and lots of people seem to have problems burning on Win7 but with no solution that has worked for me.

I have tried a few different software packages for burning and all have the same problem on Win7 but not on XP.

Any advice greatly appreciated.


Cheers,

DC.

[Kerry56]

I've never had a burn fail in Win7 using ImgBurn. But I don't dual boot.

Try ImgBurn and post a log file if you experience a failure. You can find the log files in ImgBurn by clicking Help-->ImgBurn Logs.

[jman98]

If you are using ANYTHING that Microsoft wrote to burn any kind of CD or DVD, you are setting yourself up for disappointment and coasters. You need to understand that. We cannot help you if you are married to using ANY Microsoft software to burn. Windows Media Player is an absolute and total piece of garbage. I wish I could get paid every time some friend has cried to me about having problems trying to burn with it. You may not be using anything Microsoft wrote, but as you don't say what you're using, I've got a suspicion it's the old "WMP sucks" issue.

ImgBurn works reliably on all Windows versions. I use it on Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit. It's free. Get it. Use it. If you use anything else to burn, even if Microsoft didn't write it, you're wasting your time.

These days most people without realizing it are actually burning low quality media and that's probably a huge part of why your burns are failing. Please spare me the "But it works on XP" argument. You might also try burning at lower lower speeds as this can cause burns to work on lower quality media where they failed before. I'd recommend no faster than 16x for CD and 4x for DVD. Keep in mind that whatever you are using on XP, even if the same program, might actually be burning at a lower speed than under Win 7 even if you don't realize it and that can make all the difference. We've had a ton of people in the past report burning slower made their burns work so I'd suggest you try it.

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Thanks for the help.

I am using Freemake at the moment but i will try imgburn and turn the burn speed down too.

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Fantastic !

Thanks for the help.

I installed Imgburn and uninstalled Daemon Tools Light (as Imgburn forums advises due to SPTD driver).

I made an ISO with Freemake, which is fast conversion because it uses CUDA, then burnt it with Imgburn at 16x and all went well.

I will burn a few more and post results.

Thanks again for the help, made my life much easier

[fritzi93]

Try VirtualCloneDrive instead of DaemonTools, it won't cause any conflicts with ImgBurn. Good luck.

[Bjs]

Note: Cuda decoder may have been enabled only for the file being converted, not for the encoding or iso creation.

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@ Fritz, thanks yes i've installed VCD now and it's all good.
@ Bjs thanks for info, i've just wiki'd CUDA now i know it's limitations.

Unfortunately, the three DVD's i tried to burn after my first successes failed on Win7, but worked on WinXP.

Although other, more experienced, video people have told me it's about the software, logic and experience (mine and others) are telling me it's Win7.

Without fail, when i boot into XP the burning is fine at 16X.

I tried Imgburn and the first one worked, though the logs said it burnt at an average of 2.4X, even though it first said 16X But then the three after that failed, it said the write address wasn't verifiable.

I think i've got a lot to learn !

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Or is it because i'm using DVD-R not DVD+R ?

[fritzi93]

Or is it because i'm using DVD-R not DVD+R ?

No.

We'd still like to know what discs you're using. Not the brand, but the Disc I.D, i.e. who actually makes it. Open ImgBurn -> Discovery, select the drive and find the Disc I.D. (Disc must be in the drive of course.)

And it would be useful to post the ImgBurn logs as well.

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Hi fritz, here is the Discovery output :

ATAPI DVD DD 2X16X4X16 G7N9 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
State of Last Session: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 2,047,104
Size: 4,192,468,992 bytes
Time: 454:56:54 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x

TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2047103)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 2047104)

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: MCC 03RG20

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,243,711
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

Performance (Write Speed):
Descriptor 1...
-> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2047103 (0x001F3C7F)
-> RS: 2,394 KB/s (1.8x) - WS: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x)
Descriptor 2...
-> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2047103 (0x001F3C7F)
-> RS: 2,394 KB/s (1.8x) - WS: 5,540 KB/s (4x)

So it seems like a good media maker :

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2005/03/02/verbatim_16x_dvd-r_mcc03rg20_reviewed

I burnt a DVD in order to show you the logs and of course it was succesful at 4x !

I will try and fail again ...