jdavidbakr Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 In response to my other post regarding DVD+R's being able to be verified only about 50% of the time and the problem apparently being the internal superdrive, I bought a new Memorex DVD16+/-DLRWID2 (this is how Retrospect recognizes it). I plugged it in, launched retrospect, and it asked me to configure it. It has been crunching away for about 10 hours now. The activity monitor shows a steady rate of between 50 and 70 percent CPU usage by Retrospect (and also that it is not responding); the drive itself doesn't appear to be doing anything. It said that it could take 2 to 200 minutes to configure, which is a bit less than the 10 hours it has been going on... it is sitting there saying "Checking writing method..." How long should I wait before crashing out of it? Should I attempt a reboot? Any tips to get the thing configured? I'm using Retrospect 6.1.126 on Mac OSX 10.4.7, using driver update 6.1.7.101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 - What type of media are you using? The configuration process will take the longest with re-writable (RW) formats. If you're using DVD+R or DVD-R, it won't take as long. After 10 hours, it's not likely that it will complete successfully. - Can you get to the operations log (Command+L)? - What brand of media are you using? EMCInsignia doesn't guarantee that all drives can be configured by this method; they only agree to support the program's use with devices that do successfully complete the process. It's generally a good idea to check the database of supported devices when making purchasing decisions for use with Retrspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdavidbakr Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Quote: - What type of media are you using? The configuration process will take the longest with re-writable (RW) formats. If you're using DVD+R or DVD-R, it won't take as long. After 10 hours, it's not likely that it will complete successfully. - Can you get to the operations log (Command+L)? - What brand of media are you using? EMCInsignia doesn't guarantee that all drives can be configured by this method; they only agree to support the program's use with devices that do successfully complete the process. It's generally a good idea to check the database of supported devices when making purchasing decisions for use with Retrspect. The disk that was in there was an Imation 16x DVD-R. The log says Quote: Running Custom Configuration tests on $[31]Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2$[32] at 9/5/2006 10:45 PM 9/5/2006 10:45:45 PM: Setup test: Successful 9/5/2006 10:45:45 PM: Default setup test: Successful 9/5/2006 10:45:45 PM: Drive type test: Successful 9/5/2006 10:45:45 PM: Drive initialization test: Successful 9/5/2006 10:46:11 PM: Disc information test: Successful Testing DVD-R media type 9/5/2006 10:46:11 PM: Write method 1 tests start and that is where it hangs. (This is starting over again last night as you can see from the timestamp). I've also tried Verbatim DVD+R to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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