Strange problem with DVD Decrypter...

[Locutus]

Ok, yesterday I tried to backup my copy of Return to Oz. I went through DVD DECRYPTER to make it into a file and then shrink to turn it into ISO. All went fine. Then I went back to DECYPTER to burn it. On the bottom of the box of dvd decypter it said "Locking Volume for Exclusive Access". I had never seen this before. Then I got an error saying
"DeviceIoControl(FSCTL_Lock_VOLUME) Failed!
Device:[1:0:0] Toshiba DVD-ROM
SD-R5002 1S32 (E (ATA)
Unable to lock volume for
exclusive access.
Reason: Access is denied." it then gave me a choice to abort ignore or retry. I did the retry several times then chose ignore and burned the disc (I burn at 1x as my burner can't go any faster). After the burn was done the I played it and it froze in several places and was a coaster. Then I tried it again burned all the way through and it didn't give me the error and worked fine! So I'm backing up dvd's tonight and I'm on my 3rd one which was TAKEN vol. 1 and I get the same message. I restart my computer and try again and no more error messages and it appears to be burning fine right now. I use Taiyo Yuden dvd-r's to burn. Can anyone help tell me why I got these error messages? They'd never occured before. Thanks!

[blutach]

Something else has "got" your drive. The reboot cleared it. Download sysinternals and when this happens again, run it and click on your DVD drive to see what processes are using it.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?postid=248934#post248934

Regards

[Locutus]

Let me get this straight... I downloaded Process Explorer. I'm letting my drive cool down before starting this burn again this time EMPIRE OF THE SUN SIDE A. So, after I go to shrink/turn to ISO, and start DVD DECRYPTER to burn if I get that error do I hit abort, retry, or ignore BEFORE starting up Process Explorer? Thanks for all the help! You guy's are the best!

[NightTran]

something is wrong with your computer can you restore your come a few days before this thing happen?

[Locutus]

Do I really need to do that? I really don't want to lose anything over the past few days.

[blutach]

A system restore will not lose data - only recently installed progs.

But, you run process explorer only when you get that error again, not before.

Regards

[Locutus]

Ok thanks for the help! I'll try this first see if I get the error and find out what is causing it. If no error is found this time I'll wait until I get one and then use it.

[blutach]

OK.


Regards

[Locutus]

It's burning fine now! BUT I DID install spybot on recomendation of a friend about 3 or 4 days ago and had no problem before then. It's supposed to be some really good anti spyware tool. Think that casued the problem? I'll probably remove it after this burn just to be safe.

[blutach]

Nope. Spybot is just fine.

Regards

[Locutus]

OH interesting! Ok then I don't know what the problem is. Thanks once more for all the valuable info.! Could be using windows media player. I've been legally downloading songs off there (cost $1 each) so maybe that was it. Something happened sometime since this has never happened before.

[blutach]

Unlikely - it's some prog that is loaded that's got hold of the drive. Maybe a 2nd instance of DVD Decrypter being open or another burning prog being open.

Regards

[Locutus]

Sounds like it might be NERO. I backed up a few of my cd's with that and then this started. How do i close it?

[Locutus]

I mean it's not in my tray by my clock or anything

[Locutus]

on the left bottom corner of my screen are both dvd decrypter and nero icons next to start. How do i close these? I've tried exit on both but that doesn't work