Something is up with my Sony DVD burner... or perhaps it's with the firmware or the burning software.
Back in June I was getting burns that tested (1X PIE/PIF) so bad I could not believe it. So I posted http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...253#post428253 and it was blamed on bad media. So I got some new DVDs and they seemed to be OK. But then they started testing poorly too. But what made me suspicious is one disk was testing OK when my PC crashed. When I retested it, the same disk was testing as terrible as the one's last June. I thought maybe I should never test after a burn… maybe there was a heat problem. But I retested one disk 3 times in a row and it gave pretty much the same results.
I've also been having problems trying to burn CDs. The XP wizard keeps saying that my CD-RWs are no good and blank CR-Rs are full. I was able to burn some files with Nero but the verification process failed. The log said there were some differences between the new and original files. I could read that disk but it was not recognized by a friend’s PC.
So is this DVD burner dying? How long can drives be expected to last? Has the firmware been corrupted? Any ideas how to test various theories?
Thanks!!
Back in June I was getting burns that tested (1X PIE/PIF) so bad I could not believe it. So I posted http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...253#post428253 and it was blamed on bad media. So I got some new DVDs and they seemed to be OK. But then they started testing poorly too. But what made me suspicious is one disk was testing OK when my PC crashed. When I retested it, the same disk was testing as terrible as the one's last June. I thought maybe I should never test after a burn… maybe there was a heat problem. But I retested one disk 3 times in a row and it gave pretty much the same results.
I've also been having problems trying to burn CDs. The XP wizard keeps saying that my CD-RWs are no good and blank CR-Rs are full. I was able to burn some files with Nero but the verification process failed. The log said there were some differences between the new and original files. I could read that disk but it was not recognized by a friend’s PC.
So is this DVD burner dying? How long can drives be expected to last? Has the firmware been corrupted? Any ideas how to test various theories?
Thanks!!
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