Thanks, I'll try another brand of disk -- yeah rewritables so I don't
make coasters!

dwilson

On Jan 25, 3:06 pm, mike <spam...******.com> wrote:
> firepower_5...******.com wrote:
> > I'm trying to complete the setup of a brand newCompaqPresario for my
> > church.
>
> > The step giving me trouble is creating the recovery discs. Believe me,
> > when something goes wrong & the thing is brought back to me, I want
> > those discs!
>
> > It offers to put them on 3 DVD's or 15 CD's. I chose DVD's.
>
> > The first one it made, it found an error during verification. Put in a
> > new one & it came out OK. Trying for disc 2, I've run 3 discs through
> > & all have come out as coasters.
>
> > That's 1 success out of 5.
>
> > What can I do to get this thing done without burning up a palette of
> > discs?!Try a regular burner program to verify that the drive works in that mode.
>
> Clean the lens.
>
> Use rewritables.
>
> I don't understand the process, but mycompaqallows only one copy of
> the disks to be made. Not sure if a bad burn counts as a (the) copy
> made...
>
> Programs that access the drive directly have to make some assumptions
> about the speed and quality of the disks you're using. I have the same
> problem with Acronis True Image. Won't make a DVD backup, just ejects
> the disk saying it's bad. Ghost works just fine with that drive and disk.
> Different brand may work better.
> mike
>
>
>
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> >DanielWilson

..
try burning something else on those DVDs,
to make sure they are 100% compatible with that machine

yes, and try some other DVD brand also

worst case, you can buy the Recovery Discs from HP?

in the meantime, you have the Recovery Partition

waterboy

DO NOT use rewriteables. Even if you get a seemingly good one, they
have poor long term stability and may "fade" over time.

But do try a different brand of media. And if your burner supports both
+ and - formats, try the other format.

This sounds like either a media or a burner problem. You want to find
out which, because if it's a burner problem, it may require drive
replacement.


firepower_50ae******.com wrote:
> Thanks, I'll try another brand of disk -- yeah rewritables so I don't
> make coasters!
>
> dwilson
>
> On Jan 25, 3:06 pm, mike <spam...******.com> wrote:
>> firepower_5...******.com wrote:
>>> I'm trying to complete the setup of a brand newCompaqPresario for my
>>> church.
>>> The step giving me trouble is creating the recovery discs. Believe me,
>>> when something goes wrong & the thing is brought back to me, I want
>>> those discs!
>>> It offers to put them on 3 DVD's or 15 CD's. I chose DVD's.
>>> The first one it made, it found an error during verification. Put in a
>>> new one & it came out OK. Trying for disc 2, I've run 3 discs through
>>> & all have come out as coasters.
>>> That's 1 success out of 5.
>>> What can I do to get this thing done without burning up a palette of
>>> discs?!Try a regular burner program to verify that the drive works in that mode.
>> Clean the lens.
>>
>> Use rewritables.
>>
>> I don't understand the process, but mycompaqallows only one copy of
>> the disks to be made. Not sure if a bad burn counts as a (the) copy
>> made...
>>
>> Programs that access the drive directly have to make some assumptions
>> about the speed and quality of the disks you're using. I have the same
>> problem with Acronis True Image. Won't make a DVD backup, just ejects
>> the disk saying it's bad. Ghost works just fine with that drive and disk.
>> Different brand may work better.
>> mike
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> DanielWilson
>