My system doesn't recognize my DVD+R Disc, why?

Question

I have a DVD+-RW Drive, and recently I successfully burned a DVD-R.

But for the DVD+R, when I insert the disc, it only shows CD-Drive.
I have Alcohol 120%, and it recognizes that it is DVD+R.

What do you think I should do? Do you think that built-in Roxio software in Winxp has anything to do with it? Or it needs to be updated or something?

Anyone?

Answer 1

You stated that your burner is a +- burner, so I will trust you on that. Sometimes you will get a bad disk, that just wont burn. Who knows why. Try a new disk. Some brands are more likely to have bad disks than others, but you will likely find a bad one at some point if you use them a lot. I have a +/- burner, and it doesn't like to burn -R most of the time for some reason, so stick with -R, since you have been successful with that before. There is no real price difference between the two, so stick with what worked. Oh and Alcohol 120% is a great program, that shouldn't be the cause.

Answer 2

Try checking the device driver:

cl Start
cl Settings
cl Control Panel
cl System
cl Hardware
cl Device Driver
R-cl on the item to be checked. Click Properties.
That will tell you if the item is working properly.

To update the driver:
Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Hardward, Device Driver
click the icon for the item you want
click the “update driver” button on the toolbar.

Answer 3

Did you finalize the disc? If you did, and it still doesn't play, then the program won't support that format.

Answer 4

maybe your burner doesn't support + media...