laptop won't recognize CD-rom

[josephine198]

I used a DVD-burning device to produce a DVD for a friend, but when she puts it in the drive of her laptop it acts as if there is nothing in it, it doesn't act like the DVD is empty, but as if there is no DVD at all. It does work with other CD-roms. Does anyone know what could be the problem?

 

[micker377]

Which type of DVD standard? There are several types (+ and -) and they don't intermix.

 

[josephine198]

how can you find out? I don't even know that of my own.

 

[FredWagner]

Does the laptop ready ANY DVD's - commercial ones, not CD-burned? If so, then the issue is with the PC-burned versions - there are CD+R and CD-R - need to find out (from laptop vendor?) which, if either, the laptop will read. remember, a DVD is way different from a CD-ROM. It is possible to put video files onto a CD-ROM, but you do it with a CD-burner, not a DVD-burner.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@longbeach.gov

 

[josephine198]

I found the box of the burning device, it says "DVD+R and +RW CD-rewriter" It can be used to burn DVD's, but I don't think I actually burned something that can be read with a DVD player, the burner could do both, but I put 4,5 Gb's worth of video files on it in what I think must have been data mode.

 

[FredWagner]

Even though you've put data on the disc, rather than video, it's still using DVD coding. The laptop must be able to read DVD's to be able to read the disk. Can the laptop view DVD movies? If not, then it wouldn't be able to read data from a DVD disk either.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@longbeach.gov

 

[josephine198]

I am very sure it can read DVD's, the plus minus thing remains a mystery, she has no idea.

I guess I will have to learn to live with the fact that it's acting weird with this particular cd-rom.
Thank you all for your sugestions.

 

[rclarke250]

What fred is saying is wrong...You can write files to a dvd and a dvd drive will read the files,and not have to be able to read dvdmovies...say you save some quicktime movies to a dvd-r disk,you would need a dvd drive and quicktime installed on the other pc,you would not need say powerdvd to read the disk. And there is no such thing as cd-r or cd+r, they are dvd-r ,dvd+r. Nor can you create a dvd on a cd burner,you can however create a cdr on a dvd burner. Sounds like the laptop drive doesn't read burned dvd's which is possible...What should have been asked is if you put the disk in your computer can you read the files? I have several dvd's with avi files on them that play in my wife's laptop,but no dvd decoder software loaded,so dvd movies won't play.

Rich

 

[FredWagner]

Sorry if I said CD+R when I meant DVD+R -same point though. I wouldn't be a bit surprised of a drive which will read commercial movie DVD's won't read 'burned' DVD's from a PC -I have many older Pentium II and III PC's which won't read a 'burned' CD - has to do with the color of the laser in the drive, and the color of the plastic on the burnable CD - usually the no-read problem occurs with blue recordable CD's.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@longbeach.gov

 

[rclarke250]

yep The silver and gold ones do a little better.