first post please be gentle :)

[fartmonger]

ok here goes i got a nec 1300a f/w 1.0a win xp a 2ghx sys. with 512 ram and i have backed up many dvd on this rig. i do use xcopy but before i get bashed i also use methods prefered here.. all of a sudden the trouble im running into is that for example in xcopy it will rip the whole movie then when it burns, it only runs about 5 min. and claims to be complete BUT only a small portion has been writin to the disk and in the xcopy log i find this:
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: Writing Movie:178
00406920: ERROR(WriteSector) Failed: Code 05 30 05 [Illegal request, Cannot write medium, Incompatible format]
00406920: Finished.
00406920: Write is complete:
00406920: Drive is not ready
00406920: Blank media has been removed
Looking for a movie..
Found D
Found F
Done Looking ...

now i didnt c&p all of it but just the part where the error comes in.
now before im refered to dvd shrink and nero i use that method also and got same partial burn results but an "illegal disc error"

now when i use dvd shrink and record now it WILL burn entire disc but the disc wont play in either of my players.

ive tried several different media with same result and even tried to backup an "original of course" that i had already copied once using the same madia and same software and same rig and now it wont back it up.
whew! i know this is long winded but i hope somebody will look at it and try to help me out if any more info is needed please let me know.
i would just like to know if anyone has run into any trouble of this kind before i try the drive in another rig.
thank you in advance for your help.

[fartmonger]

Anyone?
i apologize in advance if i havent waited long enough i am new here.

[sacajaweeda]

Incompatible format? What kind of discs are you using?

[fartmonger]

tried ridata and sony -r the burner supports both - and + but -r seems to play on my dvdplayers better

[ChrO]

Maybe the burner?
If you can, try another burner, and if that does it too, at has to be software related.
Or take it back to the shop and let them check it.
Good luck.
Chr

[FulciLives]

I also have a NEC ND-1300A but I am using firmware 1.09

The next version of the firmware after that is 1.0a and 1.0a is currently the most up-to-date ... at least to the best of my knowledge.

So my guess is that you only recently upgraded to 1.0a and have only experienced problems since then.

If this is true then perhaps you didn't do the firmware upgrade properly.

You might want to try and "update" to version 1.09 but I'm not sure how easy it is to go back from 1.0a to 1.09

Might be worth checking into.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[fartmonger]

thank you for your replies however my f/w was 1.05 when this started thats why i updated..