Your reply has nothing to do with comparing capacity with speed. Yes, you can burn 3 dvd's if that is what you wish and have the time for. Installing an .iso on a usb compared to disk is not comparable in time and resources. I suppose it comes down to how much time and resources you want to use on DVD's compared to USB's. I stated that there are no issues with using dvd's if that is what you want but today their are much better options BTW: you can not get 16 gb on a dvd, would would need 4 dvd disks to equal one 16 gb usb, I'm not sure if you can buy a 4 gb usb today. It's up to you to prefer to what you want to use, but that is the reason as to why we are not getting optical drives on newer computers today
I mean usb 16GB capacity. Windows ISO is usually 4GB. For install RS5, 19H1 and 19H2 you need 3 usb : 4$x3=12$. 3 dvd cost 0.87$. And if you have only 3 usb, you will need to erase one of them for the future 20H1. So which version do you lose ?
? why would you need 3 USB sticks? Just export the indexes from all different install.wim/esds to one big one and split it into multiple install.swm files. And why would someone want to run 3 different major builds on different systems anyway?
Exporting indexes: Code: dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:"x:\install.wim" /All /DestinationImageFile:"y:\install.wim" /Compress:max Splitting install.wim into multiple install.swm split wim files: Code: Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:"x:\install.wim" /SWMFile:"x:\install.swm" /FileSize:3500
For a compromise: Why just won't everybody use what (s)he wants to? Each technology has its pros and cons. I have 9 USB sticks and >100 empty CD, DVD and BluRay discs and simply use whatever is best for the current task(s).
This is why I too have a bunch of unused dvd and cd media, I don't have the need to use them today as I did several years ago.... The last time I needed a dvd was to do a back up for someone that was still using Windows XP, and they refused to go with a usb drive
Ordering my last batch of CDRWs (not too long ago) likely raised some eyebrows. Normal CDRWs, HiSpeed (8-12x), UltraSpeed (24x), even a chest of the (very rare) UltraSpeed+ (32x) ones. Fortunately, I didn't mention the floppy disks I still have lying around (in the hundreds, 3.5", 5.25" and one 8"). Oops, now I did.
Do not look for an error where it does not exist. The mistake is in something else and no one of us here can fix it. That's it, and so it stays. But at all another thing is how are SanDisk 128 gb and floppy and so on related to this topics? Tell me why should allways be written so much off-topics content????
After some time, the laser lens inside the drive will get dirty. Cleaning it (with caution) might restore it to working condition, however, it's no secret that the optics age. Also, as you mentioned force shutdown: Some drives store writing strategies (OPC data) for different media inside their non-volatile memory. If yours does, you possibly have corrupted one or more entries with that forced shutdown. I have read that there are methods for clearing those entries (thus returning the drive to manufacturer settings). As I don't own such a drive, I cannot give more information.
No, if OPC data is stored, it is stored in the drive itself (internal non-volatile memory). A Windows reinstallation will not clear that. At least pure DVD burners are dead cheap now. Last time I bought any, I ordered a batch of five at once. Even BluRay burners are reasonably prized (BluRay media are 25GB Single Layer, 50GB Double Layer, 100GB Triple and ~120GB Quad Layer). Maybe just time for a new one.
Sorry, my mystake. I read "driver" instead of "drive". Anyway, what's weird is that I'm having trouble burning some DVDs in another PC too (although I'm able to burn some).
Maybe a bad batch of media. What's printed on the box/spindle is not important, ImgBurn can give you more accurate on-dye manufacturer information if you insert such a media.