Data Verification Error when Burning Data DVD

I've had this issue for some time now. I bought a DVD burner for my 6 year old HP computer. To cut to the chase, when I burned data DVD's, the burn was fine, but the verification failed. There always seemed to be five to six errors. I've read that you could ignore the errors, but I found the errors were true so ignoring them was not an option. I tried multiple software packages and all were producing DVD coasters. Burning CD's was fine.

So what was it: Corrupt software settings somewhere, or hardware?

After seeing the issue was across more than one software package, I figured it was either an O/S (XP Pro w/SP2) issue or hardware. Since the DVD burner's warranty was about to expire, I went with hardware . I returned my burner (LG) and received a newer replacement. I installed the unit, conducted a fresh install of all burning software and tried a DVD burn again.

Same result.

I've now ruled out software, hardware, but not O/S. I wasn't about to reinstall XP, and was almost ready to give up when I happened to be on my computer's manufacturer's support page and found there was a recent BIOS upgrade because of an XP SP2 BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). Playing it safe, I decided to upgrade my BIOS, thinking there's a possibility this may fix the DVD burn issue. The revision history for the BIOS made no mention of any DVD or IDE issues, but low and behold, my burner began producing error free data DVD's.

So, if you're experiencing data verification errors when burning DVD's, consider going to your PC's manufacturer and look for a BIOS update. It was the only thing that worked for me.

This issue took me over a year to solve. I hope this post accelerates your troubleshooting.

One other sidebar to note: If you upgrade Nero and run into issues when burning, Nero has produced a clean uninstall app that goes in and cleans out all instances of all past Nero software from your system so you can do a clean, fresh Nero install.