Forum: Bugs
Topic: Burning to a new DVD
started by: User 69
Posted by User 69 on Oct. 20 2006,18:00
Hallo,

I just started to burn to a new rewritable DVD and got the message:

"Failed: Unformatted or Blanc Media"

Why does UltraISO not format the disk without any message like other burning tools do?



Because I didn’t find any option to format the disk I tried "erase". This worked.

Then I again started to burn and got the message:

"This rewritable disc you inserted is not empty.
Do you want to erase it?"

I thought UltraISO did already erase the disk...



(Ulta ISO  8.5.1.1860)
Posted by xoben on Oct. 20 2006,20:54
Thanks User 69 for the bug report.

BTW, are you using DVD+RW , -RW or -RAM disc?

Posted by User 69 on Oct. 21 2006,03:44
I used Octron DVD+RW bought at Lidl in Germany.


To prevent misunderstanding:

After I got the message "This rewritable disc you inserted is not empty. Do you want to erase it?" I clicked "yes" and UltraISO burned the DVD. But I think this message should not appear.
Posted by xoben on Oct. 22 2006,00:19
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After I got the message "This rewritable disc you inserted is not empty. Do you want to erase it?" I clicked "yes" and UltraISO burned the DVD. But I think this message should not appear.


Just checked the case, most DVD recorders do report NOT EMPTY STATUS for empty DVD+RW discs.
Posted by User 69 on Oct. 22 2006,11:11
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After I got the message "This rewritable disc you inserted is not empty. Do you want to erase it?" I clicked "yes" and UltraISO burned the DVD. But I think this message should not appear.

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most DVD recorders do report NOT EMPTY STATUS for empty DVD+RW discs

I just tested again:

I don’t know why, but Ultra ISO used NeroAPI Version 7.5.1.1 although I didn’t chose any burning tool and thought, Ultra ISO would use its own one.

I imported "UltraBurn"="1" to the registry of Ultra ISO to force using the build in burning tool. But the message appears also then.

If it would be a report from the recorder, Nero should show the message too. But Nero Burning ROM 7.5.1.1 doesn’t!


Recorder: LG  "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B"