Dual-CD-copies-Photos

[europanorama]

i just started with more sophisticated digital photography using a nikon coolpix p50. burning data is a mess. nero 6

i know how to keep my pc clean. but something is bad here.
1. i have found out-to use disc at once if i have no multisession. i restarted between burning-cicles. also cleaned it-defragged. nothing helped.

2. burning two copies(cdr 700mb) at once is not working properly.i even change harddrive using data from sd-card not copies from the first drive.
when comparing these cds some dual-cds are ok-some not. i compared with winmerge.
how can i check at which data cds are burnt if no burning program is setup?
3. i am now on my ide-raid-system with no burning-program installed. maybe i should use an other than nero.
4. cdrw-burner is not newest. but cds from sony are ok. i had troubles with other brands.

5. dvd-ram- i was told that storing photographic data in dvd-ram is savest. right?
6. it would be interesting comparing files which are good with "bad" ones. which program can do this?
NB: i am looking forward to work with film. but at the end scanned film must also be stored.
thank you very much

[europanorama]

is it possible that too near psu could destroy cds? i will get a new spindle and retry.

[Sterling_Aug]

is it possible that too near psu could destroy cds? i will get a new spindle and retry.

No, I seriously doubt that.

It sounds more like a compatiility issue with the brand of CD media you are using and the CDROM drive firmware version.

Try buying a different brand of blank CD.

[Train]

Use a cd lens cleaner disk.
TDK and Verbatim work good for me.

[Peter M]

No, magnetic fields do not destroy optical media. Heat does.

[europanorama]

sony x100(bulk) cd-r 700mb(100cdq80bulkspe)
the same i almost all the times i had. when switching i had troubles.

run cleaner-cd. if i dont err i had even opened to clean interior-lens with distilled water.
isolation and comparing one file didnt bring new result.
i had been told that in bulk a high amount of discs are not perfect.
i have a new bulk but "identical" brand. i know the producer could be different. which program can detect the producer?
lite-on- ltr 52327S
i have newest firmware. but i will recheck.

[europanorama]

or the drive is getting old...

[europanorama]

where can i check which firmware is installed. most probably its outdated. i have found one from march 06. btw: avg detected a virus in the exe dl from liteone-website. false positive? maybe try alternative dl-location.

[europanorama]

i have rev 2. qso5a(noted on drive). i see r52qsoe5a as the latest(march 06). i have no clues if mine is indentical.
i could not register the firmware page. cdr-zone too.
alternatives for help? happy weekend!

[europanorama]

it seems i must eighter clean or replace that burner.
error comparing data of a cd-copy.

[europanorama]

dula-copies of a cd. speed 40 down from 53 , 48. still error after second copy. lens cleaned with distilled water.
changed cd-disc. bulk. same brand which worked until now.
will try again after reflashing firmware. latest was already flashed.

[europanorama]

due to the problems i had burning two copies of data-burning i need a simpler alternative to nero. infrarecorder can only burn 1 copy at once.
not roxios winoncd.

[europanorama]

i think the problems with databurning-dualcopies cdr was due to dictatorship of software and disc-producers.
it was high time to switch to sony dru 190a-dvd-burner.
but also here i have errors but at least it says comparing is ok....?? i am puzzled. see my new thread with multisession. that happend during first session.
btw: one guy said +r-dvds shows smoother video-movements.
the other one said no. its simple different standard, readable from all new dvd-drives. btw: i really need a speedier pc. ath +1800/2 gb ram-simple video-pannings are not moving smoothly in whatever program. but it does even on a cheap celeron 2.5ghz laptop-vista home.

[Train]

Do you have the right codecs.

K-Lite stand should do just fine.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm
What I use.

And when burning video or Graphics, slow the burn down and give it time to burn everything to the disk.

Made a few coaster until I learned.

[europanorama]

first i must find out-see other thread- why i didnt understand multissession. it didnt work. i wonder if the codecs will help. they helped open non working files. but this problem is different. thanks

[Train]

multissession -
The multi-session mode leaves the disc open for additional recording sessions on the original recording drive. That means that no other drive can read the disc because no table of contents has been written to it yet. Once the disc is finalized, then other drives will be able to read the entire disc and its contents.
And you have to use the same program to close it.

A feature of many CD-R drives, called multisession recording, enables you to keep adding data (http://webopedia.com/TERM/C/CD_R_drive.html#) to a CD-ROM over time. This is extremely important if you want to use the CD-R drive to create backup CD-ROMs.

I refused to use it. Less problems.

[europanorama]

1. i switched from cd-r to dvd.
2. i could read multisession cd-r-data also on my dvd-rom.
is this no more the case for dvd-multission?
what i can say i can only see data if second dvd-session.
i will install nero 7 essentials wheich came with the dvd-burner and retry.
what i liked in cd-multissession is when more data has been added after first sesson in a folder then it had been added automatically. i could delete unwanted files. i didnt like the fact that the TITLE will be changed. to the one used in the last session-maybe different from the actual one. i asked several times here without luck. how can title-change be avoided during multisession-burnings?
btw: new codec didnt help
dvd-burner is worse than old dvd-rom. i will setup xp on new 320-wd-drive(wd3200aajb) and check what will be improved.

[europanorama]

multissession -
The multi-session mode leaves the disc open for additional recording sessions on the original recording drive. That means that no other drive can read the disc because no table of contents has been written to it yet. Once the disc is finalized, then other drives will be able to read the entire disc and its contents.
And you have to use the same program to close it.

A feature of many CD-R drives, called multisession recording, enables you to keep adding data (http://webopedia.com/TERM/C/CD_R_drive.html#) to a CD-ROM over time. This is extremely important if you want to use the CD-R drive to create backup CD-ROMs.

I refused to use it. Less problems.
i have given a unfinalized multisession cd with images to my relatives and they could open them. i dont believe what you said about restrictions.