try downloading and running PatchBurn http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25100 I had a similar problem after an iTunes upgrade, I couldn't burn CDs in iTunes nor Toast until I reran PatchBurn. Somehow the DVD driver got munged. John On Oct 22, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > Al-Powerbook, OS X 10.4.2 > > I am making backups/archives of many of my files on to DVD using > Roxio Toast 6 Titanium 611. > > I made several this morning. > > When I was making a backup of my eyeTV files, I got this error > message: > > The drive reported an error: > Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR > Sense Code = 0x03 > > then > > The drive reported an error: > Sense Key = ILLEGAL REQUEST > Sense CoDe = 0x30, 0x05 > CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT > > about 90% of the way through writing the DVD. -- If the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body & vice-versa, then only left-handed people are in their right mind.