unknown format??????????????????????

mitsos79b · #1 17-11-2003, 13:20

Hey guys. I have a NEC ND-1300A. I use RecordNow Max v.4.50
. I got the game unlimited saga and i wanted to make a backup of it. I went and bought 3 noname blank dvd-rs 4x, it said. I made the image by the book(sticky

). When i try to put the image in the blank dvd-r it gives me an error after 15 seconds. The important thing the error says is "sense:05 ASC:30 ASCQ:05"
, which in the program's help file and in the section error codes, that error means an unknown disk format!!!!!!!!!!!!Nevertheless, just before i make the recording, recordnow does see it as a blank dvd recordable (according to its legend, dark pink color) and sees that it has about 4,7 gigs free. Another crazy thing is that when i went to see if my dvd-r was at all written and thus unusable, i happily saw that it was still completely empty, however my nec drive recognised it as a blank cd-r!!!!with 648mgs of free space!!!!!!It saw that at the "my computer" . I loaded it into the cd-r drive and it can't read it so it is a dvd-r, i didn't make a mistake when buying it. But..........what the f*** is the matter here??????????????????????????????????????????

mitsos79b · #2 17-11-2003, 13:32

sorry, a small correction it doesn't say unknown format, it says incompatible. Specifically it says "Cannot write medium - incompatible format"

bighap · #3 17-11-2003, 13:38

You generally get what you pay for when it comes to media. Stay away from cheap stuff like you bought.

mitsos79b · #4 17-11-2003, 13:44

http://www.stompinc.com/kb/rnmax/231771.htm

that's the official response by stomp. Change brand name.......yeap, no more noname dvd-rs for me........The store in my place has 2 more brands, apart from noname. it has philips dvd+r and that's write DVD-r. Are they any good?

bighap · #5 17-11-2003, 13:56

Philips.

mitsos79b · #6 18-11-2003, 06:15

So, i went today, deposited 3 euros and bought a philips dvd+r 4x. It worked fine. I have yet to test the game written, I'll do it on saturday. What bothers me still though is that "my computer" still sees it as a blank cd......................

ottoman · #7 18-11-2003, 22:59

Try upgrading to RecordNowDX6. Also what system r u runnin on pc?

mitsos79b · #8 18-11-2003, 23:55

Thanks but i'll stick with max, i saw it's really good and heard tons of good opinions about it. I have win98 second edition. I can't put xp, not only i have to do a format first but i also have only 128 of ram so........

ottoman · #9 19-11-2003, 22:59

Okay but RecordNowDX is the same program as RecordNowMax. Just a newer version. Sonic bought the license from stomp so all u get is the same program with more support for dvd brands and writers.

Personally the failsafe way I use is Traxdata 4X dvd-r and RecordNow/RecordNowDX/RecordNowMax and never get coasters.

Regards an good luck

mitsos79b · #10 19-11-2003, 23:25

Thanks, íá'óáé êáëÜ.