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Failed to prepare media for CD-ROM or DVD-RM compatibility.


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#1 Not Legit

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 11:26 PM

Computer HP DV8000
Windows XP

I used to do all my burning using the bundled Sonics software that came with my computer. But after awhile the MEDIAHUB.exe started to not close properly after closing. Then recently none of the disks I burned coud be read at all. I tried everything, spent about 6hours with HP tech chats. , formatted my two drives and reinstallled XP, and so in my frustration I decided to buy Easy Media Creator 9 today.
I tried burning  a video file using drag to disc function but after pushing eject the closing process doesnot complete and the disk is unreadable. I get a "failed to prepare media for CDROM or DVDROM compatibility".
I tried using classic mode and when I try to play the DVD, I get a "Windows cannot read from this disk. This disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible w/ Windows." message.
I need a resolution on this ASAP please.

#2 james_hardin

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Posted 09 June 2007 - 02:38 AM

The D2D Close Disc does not work, at least I have never had it work ()….
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?...amp;#entry78861
D2D is a packet writer and like all packet writers, is not considered to be a reliable form of burning. I do not see much point in pursuing this matter???

For Classic you would not be able to use any disc that was formatted for D2D. Not sure that is what you did?

There is another question here. You seem to be throwing  software at what may be a hardware problem… How do you know your burner is working correctly?
Dell 8300 3.0ghz 1.5gb RAM 300gb & 200gb HDs
XP Pro/SP2
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 w/AGP8X

#3 lynn98109

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Posted 09 June 2007 - 03:59 AM

Is your objective to create a data DVD with video on it to play on the computer, or is the objective to create a Video DVD which can play on a DVD player?

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