Help needed flashing a verbatim 43889 Drive

[Andyyy1]

Dear MakeMKV community,

I just bought a new Verbatim 43889 (out of the box) and want to flash it so I can start ripping 4K UHD Blu-rays with MakeMKV.



The drive is detected by Windows and by MakeMKV itself, but the SDF tool is having problems.
When I open the SDF tool I get this error:

An error occurred trying to start process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\sdftool64.exe' with working directory 'C:\Users\Weiyi\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa20852.11408.rartemp'. The system cannot find the file specified



A popup appears saying I can continue and the application will ignore the error. (tried both v1.3.5 & v1.3.6)

If I press Continue, the drive does not appear in the dropdown menu at all.
A few details:



Drive is brand new, never used before
Windows and MakeMKV both see the drive normally
I extracted the SDF tool from a RAR (the path in the error shows a temporary RAR extraction folder)

I have also downloaded the All you need firmware Pack by MartyMcNuts



Questions:

Do I need to install any special drivers first for the Verbatim 43889?
Is the error caused by running the tool from the temporary RAR folder instead of a proper extracted location?
Anything else I should check or do before trying to flash it?

I’m setting this up so I can build a self-hosted movie library from the 4K Blu-rays my dad and I used to watch together. I’d really hate to have wasted money on this drive if it can’t be made to work.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Coopervid]

Extract the SDFFlasher and firmware and use it from where you it extracted to.

[MartyMcNuts]

Dear MakeMKV community,

I just bought a new Verbatim 43889 (out of the box) and want to flash it so I can start ripping 4K UHD Blu-rays with MakeMKV.



The drive is detected by Windows and by MakeMKV itself, but the SDF tool is having problems.
When I open the SDF tool I get this error:

An error occurred trying to start process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\sdftool64.exe' with working directory 'C:\Users\Weiyi\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa20852.11408.rartemp'. The system cannot find the file specified



A popup appears saying I can continue and the application will ignore the error. (tried both v1.3.5 & v1.3.6)

If I press Continue, the drive does not appear in the dropdown menu at all.
A few details:



Drive is brand new, never used before
Windows and MakeMKV both see the drive normally
I extracted the SDF tool from a RAR (the path in the error shows a temporary RAR extraction folder)

I have also downloaded the All you need firmware Pack by MartyMcNuts



Questions:

Do I need to install any special drivers first for the Verbatim 43889?
Is the error caused by running the tool from the temporary RAR folder instead of a proper extracted location?
Anything else I should check or do before trying to flash it?

I’m setting this up so I can build a self-hosted movie library from the 4K Blu-rays my dad and I used to watch together. I’d really hate to have wasted money on this drive if it can’t be made to work.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Do not use MakeMKV v2.0.0. Install v1.18.4 and yes, extract the files before running the flasher.

[Yethidran]

use "MartyMcNuts" (Modified Asus_ODD_FW_Changer) program...its the only one that works now..
The normal SDFtool (Any Version) just doesnt/cant work anymore since i updated my Windows 11 Desktop PC, to 26H2 version.. (it cant allow to pick or choose firmwares to flash)
Attached below is his link for the download of his (Modified Asus_ODD_FW_Changer) program

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18933

[MartyMcNuts]

use "MartyMcNuts" (Modified Asus_ODD_FW_Changer) program...its the only one that works now..
The normal SDFtool (Any Version) just doesnt/cant work anymore since i updated my Windows 11 Desktop PC, to 26H2 version.. (it cant allow to pick or choose firmwares to flash)
Attached below is his link for the download of his (Modified Asus_ODD_FW_Changer) program

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18933

Absolutely rubbish!!

Sdftool Flasher works just fine and is the recommended flasher. Just don't use MakeMKV v2 0.0. Use v1.18.4 and all is good.

[Yethidran]

No buddy, the day i updated and upgraded my Windows 11 to 26h2, the sdftool cant work anymore.. only your Modified Asus flasher works.

[MartyMcNuts]

No buddy, the day i updated and upgraded my Windows 11 to 26h2, the sdftool cant work anymore.. only your Modified Asus flasher works.

It's just you. Works fine for me and nobody else has mentioned anything about that.

[Yethidran]

i believe i saw a few post mentioning about the same problem i faced about "Cant choose firmwares into the box in sdftool"
Nevermind then.. its ok..
it happened to me.. and the only one that works now is the Modified Asus flasher which you developed. many thanks for that "Standby program/flasher that you developed"
Cheers!