Posted by Terry Pinnell on 12/24/71 11:28

Frank <frank@nojunkmail.humanvalues.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:37:51 +0100, in 'rec.video.desktop',
>in article <Re: Cannot erase DVD-RW>,
>Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>I am now 'running' #2 with Iso Buster. Don't really understand what
>>I'm doing here you realise (!) but I used its 'Find missing files'
>>command and FWIW it's showing this:
>>"Expanding UDF tree (found so far)
>>Reading all sectors
>>Sanitising found data"
>>
>>About 37% through after 20 mins, so it's a slow process. Can anyone
>>tell me what I'm supposed to do when it finishes please?
>
>Run a Surface Scan. Right-click on the first item in the left-hand
>pane and there should be a "Surface Scan" or "Check Surface" or
>something like that option available to you (sorry, all of the systems
>here with ISOBuster are busy at the moment and can't be interrupted,
>but you'll recognize the wording in the menu when you see it).
>
>I would also suggest, if you haven't done so already, that you re-boot
>your computer. I've on occasion seen this clear up problems with
>reading/writing DVDs on some systems.
>
>Good luck and hope this helps.
>
>P.S. I believe in another message you asked about replacing versus
>adding to a compilation. These are both functions which Nero can
>perform. In my case, generally, I'll keep adding files to a
>compilation until the disc is almost full and then switch to another
>disc. When I no longer need any of the files on the first disc, I
>erase it (in Nero) and start over with a new compilation on that disc.
>I keep ten DVD-RW discs and ten DVD+RW discs around just for this
>purpose. I also use both -RW and +RW media to check-out DVD-Video
>projects, as this way I'm not wasting a -R or +R disc if I don't like
>the results. Note that set top DVD-Video players will usually not play
>a disc which hasn't been finalized. Also note that if you wish to
>modify a disc's contents in any way, you must initially start off
>writing to that disc in multisession mode. I never use packet mode
>writing, by the way. Just a personal quirk, I suppose. I don't like
>having the extra drivers loading into the system at boot-time.
>
>Again, Terry, good luck to you with this.

Thanks, Frank, appreciate your help. I'll get back onto the case
tomorrow.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
Mon 3 October 2005, 22:15 UK time

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