Author Topic: need advice (Read 1773 times)

[TiG]Steven · « **on:** March 14, 2005, 08:59:36 PM »

i need some advice as regards my dvd drive .

1st off I'm sure as I can be that I do have a DVD-RW drive installed because it is marked as such in my computer and also on the front of the drive itself(along with cd-drive also) . also it is marked as such on my manufacturers website.

But here's the prob . when i put in a DVD-r or a DVD-RW disk my drive wont recognise it and starts calling itself a cd-drive . if i try to record stuff onto the DVD disk it asks for a CD-r or CD-RW to be put in .

So what the story here? Im lost . am i using the wrong type of disks . both the dvd-r and the dvd-rw ones are brand new . do i need a specific type?

by the way it is a SD-R5112 DVD-R/-RW Drive. (or so it says on the tin)

Brendy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2005, 09:12:38 PM »

i might be steven that your drive only accepts either +or- discs. check the format of the discs u are using against what the instructions say

[GiT] Karma · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2005, 09:50:53 PM »

use -RW's

[TiG]Steven · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2005, 10:00:49 PM »

ill try DVD-RW tomorrow . thanks for the reply .

tig|Bosco · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2005, 11:28:06 AM »

What burning software are you using Steven?

[TiG]Steven · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2005, 06:44:59 PM »

none that i know of . i just copy it to the new disk straight from the folder .

[TiG]Chunks · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2005, 09:06:11 PM »

tbh thats not the most reliable way...use summat like ahead nero or Roxio easy cd creator....they seem to be fairly user friendly and straightforward. I've a copy of nero if you want it

[TiG]Devil_Monkey · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2005, 10:06:20 PM »

So you're using the microsoft built-in brning software.
Does that support DVD burning?
Dodgy Roxio or legal stuff for cheap, the way forward.

tig|Bosco · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2005, 11:39:05 AM »

XP's built in burning doesn't do DVDs to my knowledge.

[TiG]Devil_Monkey · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2005, 12:02:01 PM »

That is my understanding of it.
A copy of Nero may be required.
This is something the web or friends can provide.

[TiG]Chunks · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2005, 04:11:12 PM »

I have a copy of Ahead Nero Burning ROM v6.3.1.10 Ultra Edition

Its 47mb's in size so im sure it can be uploaded to space or tranferred overnight via msn or somethin.....

.... if its any use to you let me know and we'll set up a way to get it to you

[GIT]Fairy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2005, 04:37:29 PM »

I'm sure you can download an evaluation copy from their website. All you need is a key then, wonder who has one of them, cough.

Fairy

[TiG]Steven · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2005, 07:34:14 PM »

nah its fine .my comp already has Sonic RecordNow on it, I just found out .

Moving important shit onto DVD's now and then hard-disk formatting we go!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TiG]Steven · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2005, 07:47:18 PM »

How long should moving 5GB of stuff from the hard disk to the dvd take? coz im getting told 700mins(7 hours) as we speak .

now im getting errors...................grrrrrrrrrr .

[TiG]Devil_Monkey · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2005, 06:33:54 PM »

I have a 12x DVD burner and it takes about 5 minutes with Nero on x8 speed DVD-R media.

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