![]() Version 6 cannot read some version 5 catalogs. Retrospect is unique in its inability to get consistent reliable optical media burns. These systems are able to burn optical media day in and day out with Toast, Disc Burner, Dragon Burn etc. I have tried on about 10 Macs with different versions of OS X, different versions of Retrospect, different brands of media, and different optical drives. I have tried for years with the OS X version to get consistent stability when backing up to optical media. It works great for backup tape and hard drive media. I am a long long time user of Retrospect and have suggested it to many people. I'm at wit's end and I'm to the point of abandoning Retrospect as my backup application and moving on to some other software. The drive I'm using is the internal Pioneer IDVD-RW DVR-105 off of the ATA bus. I have cruised your web site and noticed that the error 203 seemed to refer more to SCSI errors. #TOAST DVD MEDIA TYPES UPDATE#6.0.212 with Driver Update 6.3.102 (the latest to the best of my knowledge). #TOAST DVD MEDIA TYPES MAC OS X#I have an iMac G4 1.0gHz w/ 768Mb memory running Mac OS X 10.4.1 (it failed on 10.4 as well). The backups still fail with the error messages given above. I then re-installed Retrospect and re-administered all of my backup sets. This worked fine.ĥ) I "uninstalled" Retrospect and reinstalled it, using the installer downloaded from your website today (), and deleted all preference files, etc. This worked fine.Ĥ) I tried writing a complete (4.1Gb) DVD using Roxio Toast v6 (Track At Once ). This worked fine (verification completed showing no errors)ģ) I tried writing a complete (4.1Gb) DVD using Roxio Toast v6 (Disk At Once ). I'm also seeing errors with CDs (Maxell).Ģ) I tried writing a complete DVD using the Finder, by coping files to the the DVD and burning it. I switched to Memorex DVD-R media (which has always worked on my Mac) and that was failing as well. To try to correct the problem, I've done the following:ġ) I was using Maxell DVD-R media when the problem first started occurring. Trouble writing: “1-Docs CD B” (0), error 203 (hardware failure).Īdditional error information for device "Pioneer DVD/CD-RW" , + Normal backup using Optical Media Weekly Backup at 3:02 PM + Retrospect Driver Update, version 6.3.102 Here is a sample of my Retrospect Log file: Now, before you claim that my drive might not be functioning correctly, please know that I have successfully and without any problem been able to write to CD and DVD using the Finder and Roxio Toast (both DAO and TAO). I have not been able to back up to optical media (DVD or CD) since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4 (and subsequently 10.4.1) using Retrospect. I'm currently having a problem that has baffled me to the point where I need assistance. #TOAST DVD MEDIA TYPES FOR MAC#I'm a long-time user of Retrospect for Mac to back up my computers. ![]()
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