bkev said:
Hi everyone,

my DELL is once again giving me problems. I attempt to use imgbrn to make a DL disc, but it says "medium not present" when the disc is in the drive. I know for a fact my computer DOES support that, as I've made one before. Using Memorex, and it's +R. Does anyone have any suggestions?

It's worth noting that the computer will currently detect single layers blank DVDs.

OK, it has nothing to do with it being a Dell or not, Dell doesnt make the Optical Drive, they outsource for that, probably a Phillips or Lite-on or Samsung.
Now what type of media are you using? DVD-R DL or DVD+R DL? and does your burner support that media, some burners wont support one but will the other, typically wont support DVD-R DL
OK, you check the media, its compatible with your drive, looked up your actual drive SN# and got the latest firmware and installed it, and checked the connections on your drive in the case and it still doesnt recognize in IMGBurn? Have you tried a different software package? Perhaps Nero 6.6, which IMO is better than any newer version thats out.

I have had problems with RWs in IMGBurn myself, I would do a complete format on the RW and then try to burn with IMGBurn and nada, after the leadin it would error out, then Id try with Nero and it worked perfectly...
If you have ruled out all of the above, then Id go with Bad Media, and yes Verbaims do have bad batches