I have installed 3 different DVD+RW drives now and also 4 or 5 different burning softwares and I can not get my pc to burn dvd's. I can burn cd's fine, but everytime I try to burn a DVD it says error reading drive. Plus sometimes when I go into My Computer, the drive isnt even showing. I have tried switching the order of the cd-drive and DVD+RW drive as slave/master nad vice versa, no matter what tho, I can not get it to burn dvd's. In Device Manager the drive shows up fine and that its working properly. Also, I can watch a dvd from that drive, just not burn it. And I have dvdx xopy, also Roxio, Nero, and also decrypting programs. I have tried variety's of everything. Please someone help me. I would be ever so grateful. TYSM in advance.
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DVD+RW will burn cd's but not DVD's
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A couple more things to consider:
1) Try the drive by itself on the IDE channel, set as Master, and connected to the end of the cable (not middle).
2) Disable the Windows "CD Recording" feature. Right-click the drive and go to Properties. Disable it on the CD Recording tab.
3) Go to Start->Run, type services.msc and click OK. Make sure the IMAPI service is started and set to Automatic. Reboot if you made any changes.
4) "Last-ditch effort": Take out your hard drive and throw in a spare. Do a clean install of Windows. See if you can get the drive to work immediately after installing Nero. You can throw your old drive back in at anytime to go back to where you left off.
It must be a Windows problem or application conflict since you've tried multiple drives. That's why I'm sure step 4 will show you results if the first three don't.
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
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1) Try the drive by itself on the IDE channel, set as Master, and connected to the end of the cable (not middle).
2) Disable the Windows "CD Recording" feature. Right-click the drive and go to Properties. Disable it on the CD Recording tab.
3) Go to Start->Run, type services.msc and click OK. Make sure the IMAPI service is started and set to Automatic. Reboot if you made any changes.
4) "Last-ditch effort": Take out your hard drive and throw in a spare. Do a clean install of Windows. See if you can get the drive to work immediately after installing Nero. You can throw your old drive back in at anytime to go back to where you left off.
It must be a Windows problem or application conflict since you've tried multiple drives. That's why I'm sure step 4 will show you results if the first three don't.
~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
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