Please, please help! DVD burning problems

[KathH]

I have a Pioneer 106D drive and use Nero and Copy to DVD to burn discs. I have managed to burn DVDs previously but over the last week I am getting the same error whenever I try.

In Copy to DVD the writing seems to start and then stops - it then waits for an hour or so to tell me that the write has failed. The exact error message is "Write sector failed at sector 784(16) - Code 00 04 08 (No sense information)". I have tried different media so I don't think that it is that. I have also tried reducing the write speed to x1 but still it makes no difference.

Can anyone please help as this is driving me mad!

Thanks

Kath

[macleod]

when was the last time you defragmented your hard drive(s)? Almost sounds like a buffer issue.

[KathH]

not for ages! I'll give it a try but if anyone else can help please feel free.

Thanks for the advice

[macleod]

friend had the same issue. Laughed at me when I told him to defrag. Not laughing now

[KathH]

tried defragmenting but still no joy - has anyone else got any other suggestions?

Thanks

[Po|arbeaR]

Just another suggestion:

Maybe removing and reinstalling Copy To Dvd. Have you installed anything in the past week that could have effected your aspi drivers?

[higgy]

if its taking that long to do a seek i wouldn't like to think about the condition of your laser.i had a similar problem with a 106 which was 11 months old-tried everything to no avail-eventually sent it back to supplier and the confirmed that the laser was faulty and replaced it with a 107d-yippee-8x burning on all good dvd-r media now (with hacked firmware)

[lordsmurf]

Clean the laser

[KathH]

How do I clean the laser?

Thanks