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Help with DVD Writer

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krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar Original post #1
Sep 30, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I think my LG DVD Writer got screwed up. Its 3yrs old.

The prblm I'm facing 4m 2day is I can't burn any CD/DVD. When I'm trying the Copy DVD option it makes the images smoothly but when starts writing it stops and 1% and gives diff types of error messages each time.

Like sumtimes the burning app get crashed with a msg "has encountered an error and needs to b closed"

sumtimes it shows "CD/DVD media is corrupted"

sumtimes it says sumthing like thr is some prblm with burning

1st I thought its becoz of the DVD/CD is not gud
But when it doesnt helped I thought may the thr is some prblm with OS as thr is too much process running @ taskmanager

So stopped less imp services 4m services.msc but it didn't helpd

Later I thought may b the app is doing prblm......I tried Nero 7, 8 and CDBurnerXP.

CDBurnerXP says thr is sum prblm in burning so it cudn't burn

Now I think my DVD Writer itself got screwed up.

So is thr ny sw or sumthing to test the DVD Writer??

Frndz plz help.....I sticked with ths 4 the whole day and lossed many DVD's and CD's trying to identify the prblm.

If u too think my DVD Writer is a kaput thn plz suggest a good DVD Writer on a low budget. I think @ rs 1200/- I can get a gud DVD Writer.

Wch one is good? LG, Samsung, Sony or Lite-On??

I belive in LG and Lite-On......

One of my friend said tat ASUS DVD Writer's r gr8....I dont think so...is it????


Plz help
Thnx in advance
Krow
Krow #2
Oct 1, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Connect DVD writer to any other PC and try burning. 3 years is a long time and IMO the DVD RW has gone kaput. I prefer LG/Samsung for 1k-1.2k
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ssengupta #3
Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 PM
LG/Samsung will be better since they have more service centers. Also opt for sata instead of ata if your mb permits.
krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar #4
Oct 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Ya my DVD-Writer has gone kaput....!!

Well I bought a new LG DVD Writer(SATA) for 1200/-


Thnx....!!
Krow
Krow #5
Oct 5, 2009 at 10:15 PM
That's a good buy. Even I have the same one. :)
royal
royal #7
Oct 7, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Techalomaniac said:
That's a good buy. Even I have the same one. :)
Click to expand...

Can you please quote the model no? I will be going for a DVD Writer so should I buy this one or opt for Sony/Asus?
Krow
Krow #8
Oct 7, 2009 at 8:45 AM
^Get LG/Samsung SATA DVD RW's. They perform well and Sony is not worth the premium. I don't think the model number matters, but still, i think it is GH22 or something like that.
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hell_storm2006 #9
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Sony Optiarc AD-7240 or Samsung SH223F. Both are good and almost of the same price.
royal
royal #11
Oct 7, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Samsung used to be notorius for tray malfunction...hope that is a thing of past.

Anyone having any experience with ASUS DVD Writer? Their CD Writers were rock solid :)
Krow
Krow #12
Oct 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Many people say ASUS sata dvd writers are bad. Chk must not buy hardware thread. Its somewhere in there only. :)
Gauravs90
Gauravs90 #13
Oct 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
you should also consider Benq & Lite-on.
krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar #14
Oct 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Dnt know about benq but I heard Line-on DVD Writers r gud....!!

But whole market is covered by LG DVD Writers...!!
royal
royal #15
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
BENQ...ahh this brings back memories :lol:

I stil own a DW1650 that has been serving me for the last 4 years...I have lost count of the number of burns. Heck, I have even used it as en external drive for quite some time...is there any BENQ model out there??