after burning it is empty but full..!!!!!

Abdurrahman · 07-19-2007, 02:11 PM

Greetings to you all,

as indicated in the title; I've burned a DVD to DVD ie: to make a copy from DVD. However, the burn process completed successfully and after finishing this burn process I've gone to check the contents of the DVD in my computer, here I've found that my DVD is being read as a blanck DVD.

By looking to the down surface of the DVD, I can see the mark that indicate the burn extent and the difference between the burned and non burned is clearly distinguished.

By checking the DVD with nero it detects an existing burning session with the correct size of the DVD i copied from.

Also, sometimes, a message by windows is presented when the DVD is inserted which says: " The DVD has been burned by a format not accessible by the windows or your DVD is damaged".

What is the possible diagnosis & what is the proper measure that should be done to the copied DVD to make it readable and accessible by Windows.

What is the proper prophylaxis against recurrence of such a matter!!!

Any help would be so much appreciated.

Thanks a lot

Sincerely

sfedder · 07-19-2007, 03:50 PM

you may be trying to make a copy of a CSS "protected" DVD (retail). in that case, the copy will be corrupt because the tracks will not read properly and rewrite without descrambling (De-CSS). google this on the internet to find out more information.

Abdurrahman · 07-20-2007, 04:45 PM

to be more obvious,

I've burned a DVD under the item "make a data DVD" then one of my friends needed this , so I tried to make a copy of that DVD; here comes the problem previously mentioned.

Please I'm in real need to a help. This situation is being repeated more frequently in recent.

Do any one of you faced such a problem; what is the explanation, what is the to be done to prevent further Full empty burned DVDs and what should be done to the DVDs that got the problem "just get ride of them, or there is still a hope to make them work again????"

is there any thing which is not obvious !!!!

Please support me with any thing you know

sincerely

sfedder · 07-20-2007, 07:03 PM

If you are using Nero to make the copy, do you have Nero verifying the copy on burn? What version of Nero are you using? Are you using Nero Express or the full package (Nero Burning ROM)? Are you copying from/to the same drive (are you doing a direct write or are you generating an image and them burning the image)?

You may want to try making an image of the data disc and verifying it and then burning the image to the copy. Another thing you may want to try is to set the write speed to a lower value than the maximum (i.e. if the maximum says 16x, burn at 6x..) Sometimes as drives age, (and I have seen this happen first hand after drives have not been that old) the laser gets weak and at high speed burning the disc will look burned but a lot of drives will not read it. Usually in these cases the writer will burn properly at lower speed...

Just a thought...

07-19-2007, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Abdurrahman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 100 OS: win XP / Vista	after burning it is empty but full..!!!!! Greetings to you all, as indicated in the title; I've burned a DVD to DVD ie: to make a copy from DVD. However, the burn process completed successfully and after finishing this burn process I've gone to check the contents of the DVD in my computer, here I've found that my DVD is being read as a blanck DVD. By looking to the down surface of the DVD, I can see the mark that indicate the burn extent and the difference between the burned and non burned is clearly distinguished. By checking the DVD with nero it detects an existing burning session with the correct size of the DVD i copied from. Also, sometimes, a message by windows is presented when the DVD is inserted which says: " The DVD has been burned by a format not accessible by the windows or your DVD is damaged". What is the possible diagnosis & what is the proper measure that should be done to the copied DVD to make it readable and accessible by Windows. What is the proper prophylaxis against recurrence of such a matter!!! Any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks a lot Sincerely

07-19-2007, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
sfedder Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 74 OS: XP	Re: after burning it is empty but full..!!!!! you may be trying to make a copy of a CSS "protected" DVD (retail). in that case, the copy will be corrupt because the tracks will not read properly and rewrite without descrambling (De-CSS). google this on the internet to find out more information.

07-20-2007, 04:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Abdurrahman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 100 OS: win XP / Vista	Re: after burning it is empty but full..!!!!! to be more obvious, I've burned a DVD under the item "make a data DVD" then one of my friends needed this , so I tried to make a copy of that DVD; here comes the problem previously mentioned. Please I'm in real need to a help. This situation is being repeated more frequently in recent. Do any one of you faced such a problem; what is the explanation, what is the to be done to prevent further Full empty burned DVDs and what should be done to the DVDs that got the problem "just get ride of them, or there is still a hope to make them work again????" is there any thing which is not obvious !!!! Please support me with any thing you know sincerely

07-20-2007, 07:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
sfedder Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 74 OS: XP	Re: after burning it is empty but full..!!!!! If you are using Nero to make the copy, do you have Nero verifying the copy on burn? What version of Nero are you using? Are you using Nero Express or the full package (Nero Burning ROM)? Are you copying from/to the same drive (are you doing a direct write or are you generating an image and them burning the image)? You may want to try making an image of the data disc and verifying it and then burning the image to the copy. Another thing you may want to try is to set the write speed to a lower value than the maximum (i.e. if the maximum says 16x, burn at 6x..) Sometimes as drives age, (and I have seen this happen first hand after drives have not been that old) the laser gets weak and at high speed burning the disc will look burned but a lot of drives will not read it. Usually in these cases the writer will burn properly at lower speed... Just a thought...