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| Thread ID: 84720 | 2007-11-16 02:33:00 | My DVD-RW and no longer recognised as RW. PC thinks they are DVD-ROM... | Fishy (10540) | Press F1 |
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| 611910 | 2007-11-16 02:33:00 | I bought 5 Imation DVD-RW about a month ago and have been using all 5. Using at least one about every 2 - 3 days. Each time I Re-Write them I always make sure the "continue multisession disc" box is ticked in nero. Bu yesterday I went to Re-Write some stuff and it wouldn't let me. It won't let me erase the disc either. So I went and checked and the discs are being recognised as DVD-ROM. All 5 of them... Is there just a settings or something that needs changing? This is really frustrating because I need to burn something and ran out of normal DVD's. Sigh. By the way my DVD Writer is an ASUS DRW-1612BL Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance. |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 611911 | 2007-11-16 03:11:00 | A suggestion or two- If you have used your RWs several times they could be unable to do further re-writes. I have had experience of this brand 'pack a sad' after just a couple of uses. Two possible things, the dye is not handling multiple use, or there could be surface scratching or finger marks. First I would try another RW disk that has not been reused and see if it works; if it does not it might be quickest to re-install Nero. There is a lot of hate mail for Nero but I have used it successfully in the various versions for several years. After that, there are various possibilities! The unit might be at fault. |
PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 611912 | 2007-11-16 03:13:00 | there are no settings to enable re-write mode, most likely the discs are faulty. try a different brand. sony i suggest | MaXimus (13013) | ||
| 611913 | 2007-11-16 04:37:00 | I tried a fresh RW from the same pack and the exact same thing happened. It's not them stuffing up after a few uses. Could it be a program fault not the actual DVDs? |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 611914 | 2007-11-16 05:00:00 | From experience with Imation DVD-RW I'd say the disks are at fault that a fair few fail on me and therefore don't use them anymore 1. Try burning data to a different brand of disk. If that doesn't help: 2. Try burning stuff to a new disk using Windows itself not Nero, if that works it's probably Nero. If that doesn't help: 3. Try burning something to disk from a linux live CD to rule out windows. If that doesn't help: 4. Replace the DVD Writer |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 611915 | 2007-11-16 05:07:00 | Or dont use RW blanks. Or DVDRW if youre only using Nero's data option. Use CDR's. Multisession still works. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 611916 | 2007-11-16 05:19:00 | Ok i'll get some different branded ones and let you know. I thought imation was one of the best brands? What about verbatim are they good? I bought a 50 pack of them a while ago and they all worked perfect. What are the 'good' brands? |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 611917 | 2007-11-16 05:28:00 | Verbatim are reasonably good in my opinion. Check out this thread for others ideas on disks: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Starts off about burners but goes on to disks! |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 611918 | 2007-11-16 06:37:00 | From Personal and Business experiance the RW disks are rubbish - ANY brand . The failure rate is high and I have had many customers, who have writing problems and I'd go as far as saying 99% are using RW CD's or DVD's . Put in a standard CD/DVD works perfectly . If you have a DVD RW thats not working drop in a standard -R or + R and see if that works - if it does - its the RW disk . |
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