Re: DVD drive type

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From: Cari \(MS MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:56:45 -0700

Make sure you have DVD-R or DVD-RW disks and not DVD+R or DVD+RW disks. 

-- 
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"Bill Tieman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18af401c44b32$40025840$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Cari,
> Thanks.  My DVD is a Pioneer DVR-104.  It can recognize
> and read commercial DVDs.  But when I try to burn a movie
> to it from the software from Sony (Giga Pocket Click to
> DVD), it says Insert a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc.  But
> there is already one in the drive.  Could I be using the
> wrong type of writeable disc?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Have you installed DVD burning software and DVD codec
> software?  I have a
> >Pioneer A06 drive and under My Computer it says Drives
> with Removable
> >Storage... DVD-RW but under drive type, CD Drive.
> >
> >However since it works for both viewing DVDs and burning
> DVDs, I'm really
> >not at all fussed at what XP would like to call it!  If I
> put a blank DVD
> >drive in it, absolutely nothing happens... until I launch
> Roxio EMC v7.
> >Doesn't mean I haven't burned about 80 DVDs (both data
> and video)... and not
> >a single coaster yet!
> >-- 
> >Cari
> >MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
> >www.coribright.com
> >
> >"Bill Tieman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:18aa901c44b26$2408e660$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >>I am using Windows XP Home Edition.  I have a Sony PCV-
> >> RZ14G with a Pioneer DVD-RW drive.  Windows lists the
> >> drive as a CD Drive and it won't recognize a recordable
> >> DVD disc.  How do I change the drive type to DVD-RW?
> >>
> >> Thanks for help.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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