[RESOLVED - MAYBE] Need help, please, with burning DVDs

[rikona]

Hello Basil,

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 6:55:27 PM, Basil wrote:

BC> Initially I was most happy because, as you and rikona suggested, the
BC> problem appeared to lie with the burner itself and disappeared when I 
BC> installed another burner from another computer after which I was able to
BC> burn, in succession,  4 DVD -R DL discs without any problems.

BC> But then the wheels fell off (well, almost) :-( .

BC> When I went to burn discs #5 and #6 the burn went to the end but then I
BC> got the 'normal' error messages with the first being "Unable to fixate
BC> the disc" :-( . However, the drive did NOT lock up AND the DVDs actually
BC> play normally!

BC> So, I don't know what the heck is going on and why.

Just a thought, but don't know how valid it might be, but might apply
since you were doing several disks.

Some time ago i was backing up a box to LOTS of DVDs. After doing
several, I got errors [don't remember now which]. Looked around to see
what might be the problem, didn't see anything, so tried again. It
started working for several more, then got errors. I noticed the disks
were coming out VERY hot, as was the unit, so I let it cool a while.
This burn, cool, burn, cool.... seemed to take care of the errors, so
it might have been a heat problem. Again, just a thought...

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 rikona