slidie Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Using new DVD-RWs I did a backup. Now I'm trying to re-use them. So I had Retrospect erase each disc in turn, and at the completion of each erase oepration the status said "Erased". All I did then was to eject the media and continue erasing the entire set (10). I did a recycle back and the first disk was OK, but mounting the second disk shows at status of "status uknown" and Retrospect would not accept the disc. Disc 4 also showed this sympton. So, what might be going on? The OS will not mount the disc - just spits it back out. I'm running Reteospect 6, Mac OS X 10.3.4 on a dual G5 with a Pioneer A06 drive. Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Hi Did you use the Retrospect auto configuration with this drive or did Retrospect already have a driver for it? Can you post the listing for the device as shown in configure->devices->device status? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidie Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 RS asked to configure the drive, a Pioneer A106. Here is the device status you requested: ID Vendor Product Ver Driver ATAPI-A:0:0 PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D A606 PIONEER DVD-RW - RDI (TAO) (5.11) Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hi This drive "should" have native support in Retrospect and not require the auto configuration wizard. Try removing the .rdi files from the Retrospect preferences folder and installing the latest Retrospect driver update from the Dantz updates page instead. That may give you better reliablity overall. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidie Posted August 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 OK, did as requested. Subsequent backup went OK, RS did not ask to configure the drive. However, all (3 of 8) DVD-RWs in state "Status Unknown" were still not useable. In fact, no utility on Mac OS X or a PC running XP could do anything with the media, so I tashed them. I won't know if the problem is fixed until the next backup Still unresolved in why RS asked to configure the drive, but let's forgot that - probably related to the 5 -> 6 upgrade combined with driver updates, etc, whatever. Thanks for you help...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebusch Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 I'm having the same problem with CD-RWs. First time I used them with Retrospect 6.0.193 everything went fine. Next time they were on "Unknown' format. I can't erase them with Disk Utility or Toast either. Is there a fix or solution for this? I'd hate to throw the disks out. Thanks. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hi Can you please post the make and model of your drive as listed in configure->devices->device status? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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