Burning Anything

[insanemaniak]

Whenever i try to Burn anything to a blank cd, it stops half way through and says check if disk is scratched or dirty, it isn't any of them since i only just unseal the cds before i put them in my cd drive.

Any idea how to fix this?

[Zach]

Have you tried using another burner in the same machine? If possible borrow one from a friend. Otherwise your only choice is to try alternative burning programs. Probably a dying drive with possible lens damage.

[insanemaniak]

I fixed it somehow, i first cleaned the lens, that made the burner go half way through then stop, then about half an hour later / 4 more cds wasted i went onto properties on the cd drive menu and changed the burner speed from fastest to 4x (changed it to the same speed setting on Alcohol 120%) and it worked like a charm, yet to test with music like, but i reckon it'll be fine...

[Zach]

Well that's different.. Sounds more like you bought cheap CD's or if they are brand name, got a bad batch... I can't see it being bad brand name batch though, because no respectable brand has a failure rate THAT high per pack.

[Jale]

Check the disc's label. You'll see it's supported speed printed on it. For example, if you try to burn a 32X disc at 56X, it will come out bad.

[Epsi]

correct me if im wrong, but you cant burn cds faster than the blank cds max rated speed. as far as i know in nero it only shows the cds max allowed burn speed, same with dvds.

[Zach]

There are ways to get around that.. Nero does some sort of testing thing to estimate I believe.. Anyway it's quite possible to burn discs at their rated speed and they still fail. I've had it happen before.

[Epsi]

I have a Sony 18x dvd burner, and only use Verbatim 16x blank dvds. I can honestly tell you i havent had any "bad" disks.

[Zach]

It all depends on the brand and how cheaply they are made. Not everyone is going to get bad discs anyway.