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Can't burn a DVD with 100,000 files
I failed to burn a DVD yesterday:
- HP Pavillion dv1000
- TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L532M
- Windows XP SP2
- Nero 6.3.1
Once Nero progressed up to 9% of burning and stuck there (I had >100,000 files, total 4.0 GB)
Second time Nero progressed up to 26% of burning and also stuck (I had >100,000 files, total 2.5 GB)
I understand that burning a CD or a DVD with a lot of files is a challenge for this application.
But what are real limits for the number of files?
Should I be able to burn such DVD?
Note. Previously I successfully burned several CDs/DVDs on the same notebook (I had not as many files to burn).
- HP Pavillion dv1000
- TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L532M
- Windows XP SP2
- Nero 6.3.1
Once Nero progressed up to 9% of burning and stuck there (I had >100,000 files, total 4.0 GB)
Second time Nero progressed up to 26% of burning and also stuck (I had >100,000 files, total 2.5 GB)
I understand that burning a CD or a DVD with a lot of files is a challenge for this application.
But what are real limits for the number of files?
Should I be able to burn such DVD?
Note. Previously I successfully burned several CDs/DVDs on the same notebook (I had not as many files to burn).
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So far I have formatted a DVD with the Nero InCD and used xcopy to copy all these files.
I will check for the Nero updates later on.
I will check for the Nero updates later on.
... with a packet writer you're less likely to have any issues; since the files are actually written one-at-a-time in this mode. For most applications I'm not a fan of packet writing; but in this case it's probably the best way to write your files => it also eliminates any concern about WHEN to close the DVD and about maintaining a full write buffer.
ASKER
I downloaded updates and will check is it would help soon.
ASKER
It was just a display issue.
Nero GUI was hanging at a verification phase.
DVD writing itself was OK.
It seems that everything is OK after I applied the latest patches.
Nero GUI was hanging at a verification phase.
DVD writing itself was OK.
It seems that everything is OK after I applied the latest patches.
Are you using a writer with "burn proof" protection?
Are you using the computer for other things while it's burning? (Don't)
Have you tried the same burn at a relatively low burn speed? (4x, or even 2x)
With such a large number of small files, you are really stressing the ability of the disk subsystem to maintain a full DVD buffer => especially if you are trying to burn at a high burn rate (8x or more); or if you are using the computer for other things during the burn.