dirty originals

[joehank]

still trying to burn ps2 dvdgame using recordnowmax and having trouble. the program is reading the disc with no problems. when i try to burn, i've gotten a frozen computer 2 times ( once at 29% of recording, then at 80%). i used tdk dvd-r both times (now i have 2 tdk coasters!) it was suggested i use rw format. i tried another game, read went fine, but the burn froze the comp. again. is this because my originals are less than perfect (slightly sratched) or am i still doing something wrong? I tried reading at minimum and burning at 1x. i'm using a sonydru500. anything?