bad disks? plz help

[chocolatemurderer]

Hi, i got some imation disks and i am having problems burning them. i am thinking its bad media coz i bought some ricoh rws as well, they work fine. i have the dvd identifier's info here:


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:CMC MAG. AF1]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [CMC Magnetics Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [CMC MAG. AF1]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4,489.3MB = 4.38GB (4.71GB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2x , 4x]
[6x And Higher Might Not Always Be Detectable]
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[ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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please help

[chocolatemurderer]

23:23:21 #23 SCSI -1135 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1442
SCSI Exec, HA 2, TA 1, LUN 0, buffer 0x0CC10000
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x0C
Sense Qual: 0x00
CDB Data: 0x2A 0x00 0x00 0x15 0x14 0xE0 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x12
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0C 0x00

this is the part where the error occurs,

[The Geek]

i am thinking its bad media

Bingo

Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:CMC MAG. AF1]

CMC is also referred to as Cheaply Made Crap, because of its unreliability and low quality.

Verbatim MCC and Ricoh are among the best.

The Geek

[chocolatemurderer]

yeah thanx geek. i tried like 20 imation disks damn they were bad!!!!!! none of them works.

[The Geek]

If you can't even burn on them then you likely have the wrong media. Your CMCs are DVD-Rs, and Ricoh is DVD+RW.
What burner do you have ? If it can only burn to DVD+, then you need DVD+, not DVD-.

The Geek

[chocolatemurderer]

oh sorry my bad, my drive supports all media type, but its just that i mation disks dont work, i can burn on them but it fails every time ( error at random stages during burning). i bought some verbitam disks(-R) today and tried them, it works fine too. and those verbitam disks were made by mcc.

brief history of my dvd burning:
i started with a 20 disk spindle made CMC none of them worked. i went back to the shop and told them what happened they give me some single imation disks (after dvd identifier, they are still made by CMC!!!) but only one worked....... hell!!!!. then i bought some verbitam and ricoh disks...... ahh, heaven!!

[theReal]

Verbatim on spindles might be CMC as well! (www.cdr-info.de lists some Verbatim on spindles and in DVD-cases that are CMC)

All jewel case and slim case seem to be MCC or TY, though

[chocolatemurderer]

ok, i went back and i got a new drive from them, now it works. at least with the imation disks i bought before. i think it is all good now...... i hope.....

[chocolatemurderer]

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