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Hardware Forum / Brand Name Systems / Dell / October 2007slightly OT
trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter which writer i use the disk always ends up as a coaster with the "illegal disk" failed error, however if i burn to a RW dvd it burns ok, now one would think it's a media fault, but no that burns other stuff ok, it might br DRM but ultimate allows you to make a back up copy (i made an ISO as well and tried that but just the same) so now I'm totally baffled FWIW, during the Beta days, many people reported problems buring a Vista DVD from the .iso image. the usual reccomendation then was that many burners had issues at normal buring speeds when creating the Vista DVD. They were told to slow down the burning speed as much as possible, down to 2x or even 1x if you could. > trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am > allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > br DRM but ultimate allows you to make a back up copy (i made an ISO as > well and tried that but just the same) so now I'm totally baffled > FWIW, during the Beta days, many people reported problems buring a Vista > DVD from the .iso image. > > the usual reccomendation then was that many burners had issues at normal > buring speeds when creating the Vista DVD. They were told to slow down the > burning speed as much as possible, down to 2x or even 1x if you could. That's a good idea. The problem sounds drive-related, imo...... (*Though I've not had any issues burning Vista .iso's to DVD-R, or +R media.) > trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am > allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > br DRM but ultimate allows you to make a back up copy (i made an ISO as > well and tried that but just the same) so now I'm totally baffled Are you making sure that the disk you are burning is finalized so that no further burns may be made to it? This sounds like there could be an issue with the burning utility that is being used to create your OS backup. In addition, this is usually a one-time only process. I have seen this fail on other computers. A couple of Compaq's and a Toshiba come to mind. >> trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >> allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > addition, this is usually a one-time only process. I have seen this fail > on other computers. A couple of Compaq's and a Toshiba come to mind. it's a one time process only if you burn a disc from the restore info on the hard drive. He is trying to make a copy of his installation disc. >trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >but ultimate allows you to make a back up copy (i made an ISO as well and >tried that but just the same) so now I'm totally baffled Fixer, just a wild guess but does it make any difference if you copy first to a virtual cd? Not really sure this would matter :( but it would eliminate the problem if it is a drive problem (I think) . >>trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >>allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > first to a virtual cd? Not really sure this would matter :( but it > would eliminate the problem if it is a drive problem (I think) . yes but if it was a drive problem then it wouldn't work with a RW disk and as it does the same on both DVD writers the chances of them both being faulty with the same fault from different manufacturers is in fitesimal, personnally i think that its a Nero problem and this damn DRM >>>trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >>>allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >faulty with the same fault from different manufacturers is in fitesimal, >personnally i think that its a Nero problem and this damn DRM Probably right. I hate those kinda problems..... you will have to eliminate the variables one by one. Check Google with Vista install problems and ____ (fill in the blank with your dvd writers, then Nero and version number and then DRM) and see what you might be able to read. Perhaps someone else has had a similar problem and their replies might at least if not answer your question, at least eliminate some of the variables so you can figure it out. Sorry I can't help on this one much :( . >>>>trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >>>>allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > some of the variables so you can figure it out. Sorry I can't help on > this one much :( . FWIW: - I've burned my copies of Vista using Nero Express 6/7 on machines running both XP Home and Pro SP2. I've tried nothing outside of that narrow range of OS and versions. Stew > trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am > allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > but ultimate allows you to make a back up copy (i made an ISO as well and > tried that but just the same) so now I'm totally baffled Could you post the complete Nero error log (sans registration key)? >> trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am >> allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Could you post the complete Nero error log (sans registration key)? errrr nope as i didn't save the log sorry > >> trying to make a back up copy of my dell Vista ultimate disk which i am > >> allowed to do, however if i try and burn it to an ordinary dvd no matter [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > errrr nope as i didn't save the log sorry What do you have for *.log in: Program files\Ahead\Nero\ ? |
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