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Problem recording to DVD's
Hello,
I'm having a problem recording to DVD's. Normally I use Nero 6 for recording. When I use the Nero backup utility it seems to record alright but then I get tons of errors verifying. I tried using the Windows backup and then burning the back up file to DVD. That seemed OK until I tried to restore a test file and the file couldn't be found on the DVD. I downloaded another burning program which seemed to work until I tried to restore a file and I got read errors. I've tried a couple different brands of DVD's. CD's seem to burn alright. Will a drive still burn a CD if it has problems burning DVD's? I guess I'm thinking I have a drive problem. It would probably be help to say that this is an older HP, maybe 5 years old, running XP Home. I think SP2 is installed but I'm not sure. I'm not near it right now. Any thoughts?? Thanks much.. |
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Problem recording to DVD's
CD and DVD use separate lasers. One may fail and the other will be
unaffected. David wrote: Hello, I'm having a problem recording to DVD's. Normally I use Nero 6 for recording. When I use the Nero backup utility it seems to record alright but then I get tons of errors verifying. I tried using the Windows backup and then burning the back up file to DVD. That seemed OK until I tried to restore a test file and the file couldn't be found on the DVD. I downloaded another burning program which seemed to work until I tried to restore a file and I got read errors. I've tried a couple different brands of DVD's. CD's seem to burn alright. Will a drive still burn a CD if it has problems burning DVD's? I guess I'm thinking I have a drive problem. It would probably be help to say that this is an older HP, maybe 5 years old, running XP Home. I think SP2 is installed but I'm not sure. I'm not near it right now. Any thoughts?? Thanks much.. |
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Problem recording to DVD's
You say your using Nero 6, have you updated it..? see link below..
http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/eng/nero-up.php As a rule I don't recommend using Nero with other free stand alone burning apps.. What CPU came with your HP..? 800MHz PIII to 1.6 P4 is considered low to optimal for most CD/DVD burning devices.. I guess what I'm trying to say here is, the CPU may be fine burning to CD, but may be lacking in the get up and go needed to burn a DVD without experiencing errata.. With my P4 2.4GHz haven't really bothered with Nero's verify mode, adds time, disks work fine anyway.. If the burner your using is 5 years old too, you may need to verify it can even write to DVD.. Cheers j;-j "David" wrote: Hello, I'm having a problem recording to DVD's. Normally I use Nero 6 for recording. When I use the Nero backup utility it seems to record alright but then I get tons of errors verifying. I tried using the Windows backup and then burning the back up file to DVD. That seemed OK until I tried to restore a test file and the file couldn't be found on the DVD. I downloaded another burning program which seemed to work until I tried to restore a file and I got read errors. I've tried a couple different brands of DVD's. CD's seem to burn alright. Will a drive still burn a CD if it has problems burning DVD's? I guess I'm thinking I have a drive problem. It would probably be help to say that this is an older HP, maybe 5 years old, running XP Home. I think SP2 is installed but I'm not sure. I'm not near it right now. Any thoughts?? Thanks much.. |
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Problem recording to DVD's
David wrote:
Hello, I'm having a problem recording to DVD's. Normally I use Nero 6 for recording. When I use the Nero backup utility it seems to record alright but then I get tons of errors verifying. I tried using the Windows backup and then burning the back up file to DVD. That seemed OK until I tried to restore a test file and the file couldn't be found on the DVD. I downloaded another burning program which seemed to work until I tried to restore a file and I got read errors. I've tried a couple different brands of DVD's. CD's seem to burn alright. Will a drive still burn a CD if it has problems burning DVD's? I guess I'm thinking I have a drive problem. It would probably be help to say that this is an older HP, maybe 5 years old, running XP Home. I think SP2 is installed but I'm not sure. I'm not near it right now. Any thoughts?? Thanks much.. If you look at the reviews here, they scan the burned disks for errors, and the error scan is what tells how well the burner handles a certain brand/tag of media. Nero has an error scanner, but when I had a Liteon, I liked Kprobe for the task. http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Sony...rformance.html They have reviewed a lot of different brands of drives. Some drives are compatible with more media, than others. Note there is an archive link at the bottom of the page, with more reviews. http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/ If you go into the archive section, and read more of the really old reviews, they interpret the error curves there for you. Errors are really only important when they are so bad as to be uncorrectable - some errors will always be present and are OK. But disks, where the error rate spirals up, in the second half of the disk, are the ones that'll just about hang your reader, when you try to read them. You'll spend more on "test media", trying to find good disks to burn, then you'll spend on the drive itself. Paul |
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Problem recording to DVD's
The HP is an older model. Maybe 5 years old now. Yes I know it needs to be
replaced. Tell my wife that. The DVD was added a couple of years ago. What I find that seems to work is to just burn the DVD with out verifying the data. That way the backup completes successfully. After that I restore a few test files to make sure the disc is readable. I appreciate all the thoughts on this... "Paul" wrote in message ... David wrote: Hello, I'm having a problem recording to DVD's. Normally I use Nero 6 for recording. When I use the Nero backup utility it seems to record alright but then I get tons of errors verifying. I tried using the Windows backup and then burning the back up file to DVD. That seemed OK until I tried to restore a test file and the file couldn't be found on the DVD. I downloaded another burning program which seemed to work until I tried to restore a file and I got read errors. I've tried a couple different brands of DVD's. CD's seem to burn alright. Will a drive still burn a CD if it has problems burning DVD's? I guess I'm thinking I have a drive problem. It would probably be help to say that this is an older HP, maybe 5 years old, running XP Home. I think SP2 is installed but I'm not sure. I'm not near it right now. Any thoughts?? Thanks much.. If you look at the reviews here, they scan the burned disks for errors, and the error scan is what tells how well the burner handles a certain brand/tag of media. Nero has an error scanner, but when I had a Liteon, I liked Kprobe for the task. http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Sony...rformance.html They have reviewed a lot of different brands of drives. Some drives are compatible with more media, than others. Note there is an archive link at the bottom of the page, with more reviews. http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/ If you go into the archive section, and read more of the really old reviews, they interpret the error curves there for you. Errors are really only important when they are so bad as to be uncorrectable - some errors will always be present and are OK. But disks, where the error rate spirals up, in the second half of the disk, are the ones that'll just about hang your reader, when you try to read them. You'll spend more on "test media", trying to find good disks to burn, then you'll spend on the drive itself. Paul |
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