Error Codes

The error codes listed below are used by CD and DVD writers that follow the MMC and/or Mt. Fuji standards. This accounts for nearly all devices manufactured since 1997.

These error codes are often displayed by software dealing with CD devices. While we make an effort to describe the more common codes in the software itself, not all codes are shown that way. Also, other publisher's software will often simply give out a code with little or no explanation.

The Most Common Error Codes

The following are the most common error codes that are encountered by all CD and DVD software.

Important notes:

Sense Key	Sense Code	Add. Code	Description	Applies To
8	--	--	Blank Check	Write Once, Incremental, Streaming, Write
0	00	00	NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION	General
B	00	06	I/O PROCESS TERMINATED, PLAY OPERATION ABORTED	General
0	00	11	AUDIO PLAY OPERATION IN PROGRESS	Audio Play
0	00	12	AUDIO PLAY OPERATION PAUSED	Audio Play
0	00	13	AUDIO PLAY OPERATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED	Audio Play
0	00	14	AUDIO PLAY OPERATION STOPPED DUE TO ERROR	Audio Play
0	00	15	NO CURRENT AUDIO STATUS TO RETURN	Audio Play
0	00	16	OPERATION IN PROGRESS	Sequential Write
4	00	17	CLEANING REQUESTED	Read
4	01	00	NO INDEX/SECTOR SIGNAL	Read
3	02	00	NO SEEK COMPLETE	Read
3	03	00	PERIPHERAL DEVICE WRITE FAULT	Random Write
2	04	00	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, CAUSE NOT REPORTABLE	General
2	04	01	LOGICAL UNIT IS IN PROCESS OF BECOMING READY	Read
2	04	02	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, INITIALIZING CMD. REQUIRED	Read
2	04	03	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, MANUAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED	General
2	04	04	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, FORMAT IN PROGRESS	Random Write
2	04	07	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, OPERATION IN PROGRESS	Read
2	04	08	LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, LONG WRITE IN PROGRESS	Write
4	05	00	LOGICAL UNIT DOES NOT RESPOND TO SELECTION	General
2	06	00	NO REFERENCE POSITION FOUND (medium may be upside down)	Read
4	08	00	LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION FAILURE	General
4	08	01	LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION TIME-OUT	General
4	08	02	LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION PARITY ERROR	General
4	08	03	LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION CRC ERROR (ULTRA-DMA/32)	General
4	09	00	TRACK FOLLOWING ERROR	Read
4	09	01	TRACKING SERVO FAILURE	Read
4	09	02	FOCUS SERVO FAILURE	Read
4	09	03	SPINDLE SERVO FAILURE	Read
6	0A	00	ERROR LOG OVERFLOW	General
1	0B	00	WARNING	General
1	0B	01	WARNING - SPECIFIED TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED	General
1	0B	02	WARNING - ENCLOSURE DEGRADED	General
3	0C	00	WRITE ERROR	Write
3	0C	02	WRITE ERROR - AUTO REALLOCATION FAILED	Random Write
3	0C	03	WRITE ERROR - RECOMMEND REASSIGNMENT	Random Write
3	0C	07	WRITE ERROR - RECOVERY NEEDED	Write
3	0C	08	WRITE ERROR - RECOVERY FAILED	Write
3	0C	09	WRITE ERROR - LOSS OF STREAMING	Sequential Write
1	0C	0A	WRITE ERROR - PADDING BLOCKS ADDED	Sequential Write
	0D	00	Reserved
	0E	00	Reserved
	0F	00	Reserved
3	10	00	ID CRC OR ECC ERROR	Read
3	11	00	UNRECOVERED READ ERROR	Read
3	11	01	READ RETRIES EXHAUSTED	Read
3	11	02	ERROR TOO LONG TO CORRECT	Read
3	11	05	L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR	Read
3	11	06	CIRC UNRECOVERED ERROR CD	Read
3	11	0f	ERROR READING UPC/EAN NUMBER CD	Read
3	11	10	ERROR READING ISRC NUMBER CD	Read
B	11	11	READ ERROR - LOSS OF STREAMING	Read
3	12	00	ADDRESS MARK NOT FOUND FOR ID FIELD	Read
3	13	00	ADDRESS MARK NOT FOUND FOR DATA FIELD	Read
3	14	00	RECORDED ENTITY NOT FOUND	Write
3	14	01	RECORD NOT FOUND	Read
3	14	05	RECORD NOT FOUND - RECOMMEND REASSIGNMENT	Read
3	14	06	RECORD NOT FOUND - DATA AUTO-REALLOCATED	Read
3	15	00	RANDOM POSITIONING ERROR	Read
3	15	01	MECHANICAL POSITIONING ERROR	Read
3	15	02	POSITIONING ERROR DETECTED BY READ OF MEDIUM	Read
3	16	00	DATA SYNCHRONIZATION MARK ERROR	Random Write
3	16	01	DATA SYNC ERROR - DATA REWRITTEN	Random Write
3	16	02	DATA SYNC ERROR - RECOMMEND REWRITE	Random Write
3	16	03	DATA SYNC ERROR - DATA AUTO-REALLOCATED	Random Write
3	16	04	DATA SYNC ERROR - RECOMMEND REASSIGNMENT	Random Write
1	17	00	RECOVERED DATA WITH NO ERROR CORRECTION APPLIED	Read
1	17	01	RECOVERED DATA WITH RETRIES	Read
1	17	02	RECOVERED DATA WITH POSITIVE HEAD OFFSET	Read
1	17	03	RECOVERED DATA WITH NEGATIVE HEAD OFFSET	Read
1	17	04	RECOVERED DATA WITH RETRIES AND/OR CIRC APPLIED	Read
1	17	05	RECOVERED DATA USING PREVIOUS SECTOR ID	Read
1	17	06	RECOVERED DATA WITHOUT ECC - DATA AUTO-REALLOCATED	Random Write
1	17	07	RECOVERED DATA WITHOUT ECC - RECOMMEND REASSIGNMENT	Random Write
1	17	08	RECOVERED DATA WITHOUT ECC - RECOMMEND REWRITE	Random Write
1	17	09	RECOVERED DATA WITHOUT ECC - DATA REWRITTEN	Random Write
1	18	00	RECOVERED DATA WITH ERROR CORRECTION APPLIED	Read
1	18	01	RECOVERED DATA WITH ERROR CORR. & RETRIES APPLIED	Read
1	18	02	RECOVERED DATA - DATA AUTO-REALLOCATED	Random Write
1	18	03	RECOVERED DATA WITH CIRC	CD Read
1	18	04	RECOVERED DATA WITH L-EC	Read
1	18	05	RECOVERED DATA - RECOMMEND REASSIGNMENT	Random Write
1	18	06	RECOVERED DATA - RECOMMEND REWRITE	Random Write
1	18	07	RECOVERED DATA WITH ECC - DATA REWRITTEN	Random Write
3	19	00	DEFECT LIST ERROR	Random Write
3	19	01	DEFECT LIST NOT AVAILABLE	Random Write
3	19	02	DEFECT LIST ERROR IN PRIMARY LIST	Random Write
3	19	03	DEFECT LIST ERROR IN GROWN LIST	Random Write
5	1A	00	PARAMETER LIST LENGTH ERROR	General
4	1B	00	SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSFER ERROR	General
4	1C	00	DEFECT LIST NOT FOUND	Random Write
4	1C	01	PRIMARY DEFECT LIST NOT FOUND	Random Write
4	1C	02	GROWN DEFECT LIST NOT FOUND	Random Write
E	1D	00	MISCOMPARE DURING VERIFY OPERATION	Write
1	1E	00	RECOVERED ID WITH ECC CORRECTION	Read
5	20	00	INVALID COMMAND OPERATION CODE	General
5	21	00	LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS OUT OF RANGE	Read
5	21	02	INVALID ADDRESS FOR WRITE	Incremental, Streaming Write
	23	00	Reserved
5	24	00	INVALID FIELD IN CDB	General
5	25	00	LOGICAL UNIT NOT SUPPORTED	General
5	26	00	INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST	General
5	26	01	PARAMETER NOT SUPPORTED	General
5	26	02	PARAMETER VALUE INVALID	General
5	26	03	THRESHOLD PARAMETERS NOT SUPPORTED	General
5	26	04	INVALID RELEASE OF ACTIVE PERSISTENT RESERVATION	General
7	27	00	WRITE PROTECTED	Write
7	27	01	HARDWARE WRITE PROTECTED	Write
7	27	02	LOGICAL UNIT SOFTWARE WRITE PROTECTED	Write
7	27	03	ASSOCIATED WRITE PROTECT	Write
7	27	04	PERSISTENT WRITE PROTECT	Write
7	27	05	PERMANENT WRITE PROTECT	Write
7	27	06	CONDITIONAL WRITE PROTECT	Write
6	28	00	NOT READY TO READY CHANGE, MEDIUM MAY HAVE CHANGED	General
6	29	00	POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED	General
6	29	01	POWER ON OCCURRED	General
6	29	02	SCSI BUS RESET OCCURRED	General
6	29	03	BUS DEVICE RESET FUNCTION OCCURRED	General
6	29	04	DEVICE INTERNAL RESET	General
6	2A	00	PARAMETERS CHANGED	General
6	2A	01	MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED	General
6	2A	02	LOG PARAMETERS CHANGED	General
6	2A	03	RESERVATIONS PREEMPTED	General
5	2B	00	COPY CANNOT EXECUTE SINCE HOST CANNOT DISCONNECT	General
5	2C	00	COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR	General
5	2C	03	CURRENT PROGRAM AREA IS NOT EMPTY	CD Write
5	2C	04	CURRENT PROGRAM AREA IS EMPTY	CD Write
5	2C	05	PERSISTENT PREVENT CONFLICT	Morphing
6	2E	00	INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR OPERATION	Timeout
6	2F	00	COMMANDS CLEARED BY ANOTHER INITIATOR	General
2	30	00	INCOMPATIBLE MEDIUM INSTALLED	Read
2	30	01	CANNOT READ MEDIUM - UNKNOWN FORMAT	Read
2	30	02	CANNOT READ MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT	Read
2	30	03	CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED	Read
5	30	04	CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - UNKNOWN FORMAT	Write
5	30	05	CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT	Write
5	30	06	CANNOT FORMAT MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE MEDIUM	Random Write
5	30	08	CANNOT WRITE - APPLICATION CODE MISMATCH	Sequential Write
5	30	09	CURRENT SESSION NOT FIXATED FOR APPEND	Sequential Write
3	31	00	MEDIUM FORMAT CORRUPTED	Random Write
3	31	01	FORMAT COMMAND FAILED	Formattable
3	31	02	ZONED FORMATTING FAILED DUE TO SPARE LINKING	Formattable
3	32	00	NO DEFECT SPARE LOCATION AVAILABLE	Random Write
3	32	01	DEFECT LIST UPDATE FAILURE	Random Write
4	34	00	ENCLOSURE FAILURE	General
4	35	00	ENCLOSURE SERVICES FAILURE	General
5	35	01	UNSUPPORTED ENCLOSURE FUNCTION	General
2	35	02	ENCLOSURE SERVICES UNAVAILABLE	General
4	35	03	ENCLOSURE SERVICES TRANSFER FAILURE	General
5	35	04	ENCLOSURE SERVICES TRANSFER REFUSED	General
5	38	00	Reserved	Sequential Write
5	39	00	SAVING PARAMETERS NOT SUPPORTED	General
2	3A	00	MEDIUM NOT PRESENT	General
2	3A	01	MEDIUM NOT PRESENT - TRAY CLOSED	General
2	3A	02	MEDIUM NOT PRESENT - TRAY OPEN	General
6	3B	0F	END OF MEDIUM REACHED	Read
2	3B	11	MEDIUM MAGAZINE NOT ACCESSIBLE	Load
6	3B	12	MEDIUM MAGAZINE REMOVED	Load
6	3B	13	MEDIUM MAGAZINE INSERTED	Load
6	3B	14	MEDIUM MAGAZINE LOCKED	Load
6	3B	15	MEDIUM MAGAZINE UNLOCKED	Load
4	3B	16	MECHANICAL POSITIONING OR CHANGER ERROR	Load
5	3D	00	INVALID BITS IN IDENTIFY MESSAGE	General
2	3E	00	LOGICAL UNIT HAS NOT SELF-CONFIGURED YET	General
4	3E	01	LOGICAL UNIT FAILURE	General
4	3E	02	TIMEOUT ON LOGICAL UNIT	General
6	3F	00	TARGET OPERATING CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED	General
6	3F	01	MICROCODE HAS BEEN CHANGED	General
6	3F	02	CHANGED OPERATING DEFINITION	General
6	3F	03	INQUIRY DATA HAS CHANGED	General
4	40	NN	DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE ON COMPONENT NN (80H-FFH)	General
5	43	00	MESSAGE ERROR	General
4	44	00	INTERNAL TARGET FAILURE	General
B	45	00	SELECT OR RESELECT FAILURE	General
4	46	00	UNSUCCESSFUL SOFT RESET	General
4	47	00	SCSI PARITY ERROR	General
B	48	00	INITIATOR DETECTED ERROR MESSAGE RECEIVED	General
B	49	00	INVALID MESSAGE ERROR	General
4	4A	00	COMMAND PHASE ERROR	General
4	4B	00	DATA PHASE ERROR	General
4	4C	00	LOGICAL UNIT FAILED SELF-CONFIGURATION	General
B	4D	NN	TAGGED OVERLAPPED COMMANDS (NN = QUEUE TAG)	General
B	4E	00	OVERLAPPED COMMANDS ATTEMPTED	General
3	51	00	ERASE FAILURE	Random Write
3	51	01	ERASE FAILURE - Incomplete erase operation detected	Sequential Write
4	53	00	MEDIA LOAD OR EJECT FAILED	Load
2	53	02	MEDIUM REMOVAL PREVENTED	General
5	55	00	SYSTEM RESOURCE FAILURE	General
3	57	00	UNABLE TO RECOVER TABLE-OF-CONTENTS	Read
6	5A	00	OPERATOR REQUEST OR STATE CHANGE INPUT	General
6	5A	01	OPERATOR MEDIUM REMOVAL REQUEST	General
6	5A	02	OPERATOR SELECTED WRITE PROTECT	Write
6	5A	03	OPERATOR SELECTED WRITE PERMIT	Write
6	5B	00	LOG EXCEPTION	General
6	5B	01	THRESHOLD CONDITION MET	General
6	5B	02	LOG COUNTER AT MAXIMUM	General
6	5B	03	LOG LIST CODES EXHAUSTED	General
1	5D	00	FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED - Predicted Logical Unit Failure	General
1	5D	01	FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED - Predicted Media Failure	General
1	5D	03	FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED - Predicted Spare Area Exhaustion	Random Write
1	5D	FF	FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED (FALSE)	General
6	5E	00	LOW POWER CONDITION ON	General
6	5E	01	IDLE CONDITION ACTIVATED BY TIMER	General
6	5E	02	STANDBY CONDITION ACTIVATED BY TIMER	General
6	5E	03	IDLE CONDITION ACTIVATED BY COMMAND	General
6	5E	04	STANDBY CONDITION ACTIVATED BY COMMAND	General
5	63	00	END OF USER AREA ENCOUNTERED ON THIS TRACK	CD Read
5	63	01	PACKET DOES NOT FIT IN AVAILABLE SPACE	CD Read
5	64	00	ILLEGAL MODE FOR THIS TRACK	CD Read
5	64	01	INVALID PACKET SIZE	CD Write
4	65	00	VOLTAGE FAULT	General
5	6F	00	COPY PROTECTION KEY EXCHANGE FAILURE - AUTHENTICATION FAILURE	CPP
5	6F	01	COPY PROTECTION KEY EXCHANGE FAILURE - KEY NOT PRESENT	CPP
5	6F	02	COPY PROTECTION KEY EXCHANGE FAILURE - KEY NOT ESTABLISHED	CPP
5	6F	03	READ OF SCRAMBLED SECTOR WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION	CPP
5	6F	04	MEDIA REGION CODE IS MISMATCHED TO LOGICAL UNIT REGION	CPP
5	6F	05	DRIVE REGION MUST BE PERMANENT/REGION RESET COUNT ERROR	CPP
3	72	00	SESSION FIXATION ERROR	Sequential Write
3	72	01	SESSION FIXATION ERROR WRITING LEAD-IN	Sequential Write
3	72	02	SESSION FIXATION ERROR WRITING LEAD-OUT	Sequential Write
5	72	03	SESSION FIXATION ERROR - INCOMPLETE TRACK IN SESSION	Sequential Write
5	72	04	EMPTY OR PARTIALLY WRITTEN RESERVED TRACK	Sequential Write
5	72	05	NO MORE RZONE RESERVATIONS ARE ALLOWED	Sequential Write
3	73	00	CD CONTROL ERROR	CD Read
1	73	01	POWER CALIBRATION AREA ALMOST FULL	Sequential Write
3	73	02	POWER CALIBRATION AREA IS FULL	Sequential Write
3	73	03	POWER CALIBRATION AREA ERROR	Sequential Write
3	73	04	PROGRAM MEMORY AREA/RMA UPDATE FAILURE	Sequential Write
3	73	05	PROGRAM MEMORY AREA/RMA IS FULL	Sequential Write
1	73	06	PROGRAM MEMORY AREA/RMA IS (almost) FULL	Sequential Write