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21st November 2007, 16:59
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DVD burning help?
My computer doesn't recognise blank DVD-R discs anymore.. and just says there is no disk in the drive. but it will still recognise blank CD-R's CD-RW etc.
Does anyone know whats wrong? never had this problem before.
Thanks
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21st November 2007, 16:59
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try reinstalling (sp) the software
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21st November 2007, 17:05
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Drive is nakered mate nothing you can do just try different media but if it doesnt burn the media you always use 9 times out of ten the drive will be done in
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21st November 2007, 17:07
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Originally Posted by stiffler69
Drive is nakered mate nothing you can do just try different media but if it doesnt burn the media you always use 9 times out of ten the drive will be done in
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thanks.
it will still burn onto a cd-r, just wont recognise a dvd-r
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21st November 2007, 17:11
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Need to re-install it so it recognises the driver fella and re-adjusts the settings for DVD-r's
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21st November 2007, 17:12
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Nackered drive mate. Lots of drives do it.
We get lots of combi drives at work that should play dvd and cd, and they only play cd. We just throw them out.
Drives are cheap anywayz mate, they just dont last forever.
Personally i would try cleaning the DVDs (helps 85% of the time). If that fails, try what people are saying above. Then if that fails, buy a new drive.
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14 inches or so.
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21st November 2007, 17:12
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As above and DVD cleaning discs are a few quid
If that doesnt work and still nothing happens or it burns half way and then stops etc then your drive is fooked
around £30+ for a new one
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21st November 2007, 17:14
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i'll try re- installing it, if that doesn't work then i'll get a new one. how do i re-install it though?
thanks for the help
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21st November 2007, 17:15
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Control panel, and un-install all driver components and the program and then re-install it using the disc ( i hope) you got with it
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21st November 2007, 17:15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by middleweight
My computer doesn't recognise blank DVD-R discs anymore.. and just says there is no disk in the drive. but it will still recognise blank CD-R's CD-RW etc.
Does anyone know whats wrong? never had this problem before.
Thanks
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reinstall drivers first, if not faulty drive
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21st November 2007, 17:33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redbullet07
Control panel, and un-install all driver components and the program and then re-install it using the disc ( i hope) you got with it
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i didnt get a disk with it
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