Keep getting bad DVD burns after OS reinstall

[brassplyer]

Using Nero 6 SE, had been having basically no problems until doing a recent OS reinstall - XP Media Center.

Now, I keep getting bad burns, leaving gaps on the disc surface. I've gotten maybe 2 good burns out of 8 or 10.

Tried different jumper settings, tried it on both the nid and end IDE connector. Nothing seems to improve this. It seems to read disks fine, it's recognized by the system, device manager reports no problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[MOVIEGEEK]

Try ImgBurn and different media, it's also possible that your writer is beginning to fail.

[Soopafresh]

Just ran into a bad batch of DVD media. Every burn failed. Replaced the DVDs with a different brand as all is good again.

[brassplyer]

Just ran into a bad batch of DVD media. Every burn failed. Replaced the DVDs with a different brand as all is good again.

Would the media cause the writer to leave visible gaps in the surface?

These aren't "failed" burns as such, Nero says "Successful", but the results obviously aren't.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Nero saying it had a "successful" burn is like Windows Defender saying it didn't find any malware.
Try ImgBurn, if you get the same result then I would try new media.
Do the DVD's play fine?

[Ai Haibara]

Doesn't Windows Defender only look for a small handful of specific malware, and attempt to clean those? I don't remember if those particular malwares are rather rare, these days. But they still insist on keeping Defender resident...

I'll add another recommendation for Imgburn. What media/blanks are you using? (Imgburn can also tell you the media ID of those blanks... )

[hech54]

Just ran into a bad batch of DVD media. Every burn failed. Replaced the DVDs with a different brand as all is good again.

Would the media cause the writer to leave visible gaps in the surface?

Have you tried ImgBurn yet as suggested?

[budz]

IMGBURN, IMGBURN, IMGBURN..... sigh!

[Bjs]

3 choices if imgburn isn't successful.

1: User failed to recognize media burn failures contributed to different or new batch of media (bad batch).
2: Time to update optical drives firmware.
3: Time to retire it to bin and buy a new unit.

[brassplyer]

Just ran into a bad batch of DVD media. Every burn failed. Replaced the DVDs with a different brand as all is good again.

Would the media cause the writer to leave visible gaps in the surface?

Have you tried ImgBurn yet as suggested?

Tried it, can't say I 100% understand it yet, but after getting it to burn one disc, had the same problem.

It just seems odd, this same burner was working fine until I did the OS reinstall.

[Ai Haibara]

So, what media are you using?

Imgburn should have produced a log, I believe (technically, so should Nero). Maybe you could post the log here, and someone might be able to narrow down the error(s).

[budz]

Do you have daemon tools installed? That could also cause burn problems. Uninstall it if you have it on your pc. Or remove the drive and install it on another pc to test it out.

[disturbed1]

Do you have daemon tools installed? That could also cause burn problems. Uninstall it if you have it on your pc. Or remove the drive and install it on another pc to test it out.

Besides the above, other common problems are too many burning applications with too many access layers installed, packet writing software running/installed, incorrect ASPI layer, DMA not enabled, wrong IDE/Chipset drivers, Windows IMAPI engine enabled.

It just seems odd, this same burner was working fine until I did the OS reinstall.

Same burner with the same media?

[brassplyer]

other common problems are too many burning applications with too many access layers installed, packet writing software running/installed, incorrect ASPI layer, DMA not enabled, wrong IDE/Chipset drivers, Windows IMAPI engine enabled.

Re: the IMAPI engine, I looked under Admin tools, services, shows it as being manual and currently stopped, so presumably it's not an issue.

Nero and Imgburn are the only burning apps I've specifically installed - and ImgBurn only because it was suggested here. I guess Windows Media Player has a built-in burning utility.

It just seems odd, this same burner was working fine until I did the OS reinstall.

Same burner with the same media?

Yup.

[MOVIEGEEK]

I guess Windows Media Player has a built-in burning utility.

Only for CD's, also the built-in writing software is only for data.

[budz]

other common problems are too many burning applications with too many access layers installed, packet writing software running/installed, incorrect ASPI layer, DMA not enabled, wrong IDE/Chipset drivers, Windows IMAPI engine enabled.

Re: the IMAPI engine, I looked under Admin tools, services, shows it as being manual and currently stopped, so presumably it's not an issue.

Nero and Imgburn are the only burning apps I've specifically installed - and ImgBurn only because it was suggested here. I guess Windows Media Player has a built-in burning utility.

It just seems odd, this same burner was working fine until I did the OS reinstall.

Same burner with the same media?

Yup.

As I suggested remove that drive and put it in another pc to see if it does the same thing. If you don't have another pc borrow a friends/family. If that doesn't work for you as well then buy a new drive since it's so cheap these days.

[brassplyer]

As I suggested remove that drive and put it in another pc to see if it does the same thing. If you don't have another pc borrow a friends/family. If that doesn't work for you as well then buy a new drive since it's so cheap these days.

Tried it in another computer, same result. Looks like it's time to play taps for it. I wonder if it was mere coincidence that it developed a problem right after the O/S reinstall. I uninstalled all the drives except the C: - maybe somehow handling it had a bad effect?

[budz]

^^^One last thing to try is buy a new 80 conductor (wire) ide cable for the drive. svc.com has one for 99 cents....not a bad deal. It could just be the ide cable that can become defective over time.

http://www.svc.com/md-24-ata-3bu.html

http://www.svc.com/md-10-ata-2cu.html

To any MOD who's online:
I think this thread should be moved to the DVD Writer section.

[brassplyer]

^^^One last thing to try is buy a new 80 conductor (wire) ide cable for the drive. svc.com has one for 99 cents....not a bad deal. It could just be the ide cable that can become defective over time.

Another burner works fine with the same cable connector, and it exhibits the exact same behavior on 2 different cables on another machine.

Time to read last rites and pull the plug.