Stupid DVD writing proplem

[todpod]

I have been backing up my Divx movies to DVD-R. LOTR-ROTK will now back up. It plays fine on the computer, but I get a read error from Nero hen I try backing it up. This os the only file I have had problems with, Any Suggestions?

Thank Todd

 

[Jeff7]

Corrupted file? Bad sector on the hard drive where it's stored?

DivFix for the corrupted file

chkdsk /r to check the hard drive, assuming you're on Win2k/XP.

 

[todpod]

Thanks Jeff, the divfix didn't do anything other then tell me there was an error, windows disk tools fixed the problem (bad sector).

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: todpod
Thanks Jeff, the divfix didn't do anything other then tell me there was an error, windows disk tools fixed the problem (bad sector).

Ok; maybe you should download some disk utilities from the manufacturer, and see if your drive is under warranty yet. (Just make sure that the tools won't wipe your data first.🙂)
All disks have bad sectors from the factory, but they are mapped off there, so us end users don't see them. I imagine that this is why a 120GB drive actually might have 121,242,000,482 bytes available. They try for a little over 120GB, minus the bad areas, and you get close to 120GB. Or so I'd theorize anyway. So those are fine and normal.
But once a drive starts showing new bad sectors, it's time to send it back.

 

[todpod]

Its out of warrenty, so I'm out of luck there. Time to start thinking of a new Drive. Seatools said the drive passed the tests with inconsistancies. Its over 3 yrs old. Thanks for your help Jeff