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Terry Pinnell
While experimenting with writing my own DVDs I use DVD-RW until I'm
ready to call the project 'finished'. But increasingly many of these
no longer work. These include relatively fresh discs, of what I
believe is a 'good' brand (Verbatim). So far, 7 of my current stock of
18 DVD-RW discs are unusable. DVD Identifier reports 'ERROR : Unable
To Initialize Disc In Time : Not ready - Logical unit not ready
[02/04/01]', which its author confirms simply means the drive cannot
initialize them.
I appreciate that, however I value my time, I'd probably be well
advised to dump them as soon as I can no longer get my PC to recognise
them. But I can't believe that they can be so fragile?
So, can anyone recommend any tools I can try to give them the kiss of
life please? One I've tried is SuperBlank, but - unless I'm using it
incorrectly - that doesn't appear to help. (And has occasionally
locked up my PC.) I guess what I'm looking for (probably naively) is
some sort of 'reformat' tool for DVD-RW. I also have inCD, and wonder
if maybe there is any point in trying to use that? But then, if
programs can't even recognise the disc, how is *anything* ever going
to work?
Finally, have any particular *types* or brands of RW media emerged as
significantly more robust than others please?
ready to call the project 'finished'. But increasingly many of these
no longer work. These include relatively fresh discs, of what I
believe is a 'good' brand (Verbatim). So far, 7 of my current stock of
18 DVD-RW discs are unusable. DVD Identifier reports 'ERROR : Unable
To Initialize Disc In Time : Not ready - Logical unit not ready
[02/04/01]', which its author confirms simply means the drive cannot
initialize them.
I appreciate that, however I value my time, I'd probably be well
advised to dump them as soon as I can no longer get my PC to recognise
them. But I can't believe that they can be so fragile?
So, can anyone recommend any tools I can try to give them the kiss of
life please? One I've tried is SuperBlank, but - unless I'm using it
incorrectly - that doesn't appear to help. (And has occasionally
locked up my PC.) I guess what I'm looking for (probably naively) is
some sort of 'reformat' tool for DVD-RW. I also have inCD, and wonder
if maybe there is any point in trying to use that? But then, if
programs can't even recognise the disc, how is *anything* ever going
to work?
Finally, have any particular *types* or brands of RW media emerged as
significantly more robust than others please?