I have been burning for some time with this burner & this media, when out of the blue ( after burning 2 or 3 discs that day) the dvd drive is now listing all of the blank dvd-r media that I have inserted into it as full. The media is not full & i have in fact tried 3 different brands of media and they are all the same.
I have removed the burner and re installed , no help , and as i said i have been burning with this burner for some time so i know that it works & it works with the exact media i am trying to use.
The problem is , is that for some reason this burner or puter now sees this media as full.
I have various software for burning dvd's that have all worked in the past , now they show media as full when in reality it is not!!!
I do not think it is a problem with the drive,media,or burning software! Firmware was working fine & no changes were made so it can not be this ( unless it is corrupted somehow).
Is there perhaps a setting that needs to be reconfigured? suggestions?
2007-02-08 04:43:09 · 4 answers · asked by axe_l22 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
just to add , dvd-r is the format that this drive has used successifuly for some time , so it is not the media type.Also the drive is not dead , though i appreciate the links to get a deal , may still use them.
As an update , am currently burning a disc with the drive , won't know if it worked for a while, but one point of interest in this problem ( at least for me) is that although when doing the properties of the drive in win xp it says that the media is full , however when i just went to burn this disc the burning software recognized that the media was blanc , so is this a bug in win xp?
2007-02-08 05:34:50 · update #1
3rd & final edit:
win xp still showing that media is full.
some software must be getting this setting from win xp & also lists media as full
Just burnt a disc (dvd-r)with avs video converter and the drive worked fine & the disc burnt fine as well.
So: the drive works , the media works , the firmware works one of umpteen pieces of software works. Win xp is giving a false reading of the media & some software / burning / converting programs are still seeing the media as full... definately a software / setting glitch! any suggestions on where to look?
thnx in advance!
2007-02-08 06:01:45 · update #2
your drive just died-sorry.
2007-02-08 05:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The means of an uncomplicated DVD is 4.4GB or 2 hours of video. yet this relies upon on the standard of the video you attempt to burn in. in case you want to burn an in basic terms about 3 hour video to an uncomplicated DVD, you should use the Roxio Media author 8 because it may compress a movie record to fit on your DVD. also, use a DVD+ media. it really is recognizable in maximum DVD gamers.
2016-11-26 02:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the drive finally broke down. My drive after 4 years, stopped reading period. So I got another one. If you do get the Sony DRU-830A. Google the stores and there is one that is $47. Cheaper than Circuit City. Use pricegrabber.com
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2007-02-08 04:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check your burner ther are dvd-r and dvd
+r if you have a dvd+r and tring to use dvd-r discks it will not work you would have to use the dvd+r
2007-02-08 05:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by michaeljamescarpenter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋