I have backed up approximately 200 movies with only a few coasters burned when I was learning. I only use quality media (TY) and burn slowly (4x). I always use dvd shrink and dvd decypter, but that should not matter because I think this is a hardware issue. Early today when I inserted the original movie the drive made a weird noise. I ejected the disk, it looked fine, and no scratches, so I put it back in. I ran shrink and it looked like it was working just fine, but it was going slow. When it came time to put in the destination disc (the blank media) I insered it and left the room. When I returned I found an error message. I ejected the disc and tossed it in the trash and inserted another blank media but the same result. I shut down the computer and returned a few hours later and tried to back up a different movie, and I made sure to use a TY media from a spindle that I knew was good, but the same result (error during the burn to the blank media). I shut down and tried again with a 3rd original movie and I used a –wr disc this time, so I didn’t waste any more media. Here is the error report. Any ideas? Is my dvd burner shot, or maybe just need firmware? I/O error! Device: [1:0:0] TssTcorp CD/dvdw TS-H 552B Ts10 (D (ATA) ScsiStatus: 0x02 Interpretation: check condition CDB:2A 00 00 00 A2 40 00 00 20 00 Interpretation: write (10) – sectors 31536-41567 Sense area: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 00 00 Interpretation: cannot write medium – incompatible format
By the way, I really hope that my dvd drive is not shot because I don't have the money to buy a new dvd drive right now, but if I get 4 or 5 responses that everyone thinks it is shot, my next logical question is as follows: What is the best new drive to buy. I am not made of money, but i burn on average 3-5 movies per week and I want something that will last me AT LEAST a year or two.
