Multiple Data Disc Burn Errors

[fooman]

Hiya!

I had EMC 8, bundled with something... couldn't find it to reinstall on my new machine, had no order since it was bundled so i couldn't redownload... so I bought EMC 10. Cool, whatever.

 

I use it to burn disc-spanning backups. I have now wasted 6 DVDs on my attempts to burn a project, 10Gb across 3 DVDs. Why is this so difficult? Nothing is running except for Roxio, and my PC is more than well-equipped.

 

Any ideas?

Thank you for any help.

=)

[fooman]

I haven't a clue why it would. Any error messages? Try a different brand/type of media. Make sure that your burner has the latest firmware update.

 

I tried it in my external Plextor drive, rather than my stock burner in the PC tower, and it worked out alright.

I try to leave my data discs to my stock drive, but whatever works I guess....

[Brendon]

That would indicate an issue between your stock drive, the discs you're using, or your burn speed then, rather than an issue with the software?

[fooman]

How do I determine the actual cause?

[Brendon]

Slow your burn speed; change your disc brand; update your stock drive's firmware - something like that.

 

I can't be specific because you haven't said what error you get or what stage the error arrives at, but those would be general suggestions.

[fooman]

Ok, I'll look at those things if I get more errors with the Plextor.

I don't really do a TON of backups, but disc-spanning is valuable to me.

[grandpabruce]

Hiya!

I had EMC 8, bundled with something... couldn't find it to reinstall on my new machine, had no order since it was bundled so i couldn't redownload... so I bought EMC 10. Cool, whatever.

 

I use it to burn disc-spanning backups. I have now wasted 6 DVDs on my attempts to burn a project, 10Gb across 3 DVDs. Why is this so difficult? Nothing is running except for Roxio, and my PC is more than well-equipped.

 

Any ideas?

Thank you for any help.

=)

 

Spanning discs has always been bad practice. You are better off splitting of the files and burning them to 3 discs using Creator Cassic.

 

I tried spanning discs, once, in a previous version of the software and never did it again.

[fooman]

That is a pain.

I'm trying to back up some projects I do w/ audio sequencing software. It's all in a single folder, so 10Gb of disc spanning should be easy. I don't feel like manually doing things the software said it can do for me.

 

Either way, why does it fails 2/3rds of the burns I attempt.

[grandpabruce]

That is a pain.

I'm trying to back up some projects I do w/ audio sequencing software. It's all in a single folder, so 10Gb of disc spanning should be easy. I don't feel like manually doing things the software said it can do for me.

 

Either way, why does it fails 2/3rds of the burns I attempt.

 

I haven't a clue why it would. Any error messages? Try a different brand/type of media. Make sure that your burner has the latest firmware update.