Re: DVD after SP2

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From: John J. Hughes II (no_at_invalid.com)
Date: 10/25/04


Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:48:25 -0400

Did not help. I also tried some Memorex DVD+R disks but it still says they
are not comptible.

Regards,
John

"D.R." <D.R. @ NZ> wrote in message
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>
> "John J. Hughes II" <no@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:%231%23bDaguEHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> I have a Sony DVD RW DW-U14A that was writing DVD-R and CD-R without
>> problem
>> before SP2. Since installing I am still able to write CD-R but when
>> trying
>> to write TDK 2X DVD-R (from the same box) it fails with a message saying
>> that feature is not supported. I am currently using the latest version
>> of
>> Nero on their website. The Nero drive information program says the drive
>> supports DVD-R but it won't burn it.
>>
>> Now the only thing that I can find odd is if I insert a blank CD in the
>> drive the default window that pops up and wants to burn the disk is from
>> Roxio but I don't have the Roxio easy creator installed. Is the Roxio
>> driver installed by default in WinXP? Is there a way to remove it so
>> Nero
>> can control the drive? I looked on the Roxio website and all the help
>> stuff
>> is about the easy creator which is not on my system.
>>
>> I tried talking to Sony but they say the drive is OEM so they don't
>> support
>> it. I also tried the place where I purchased it and they say the default
>> Windows driver should work.
>>
>> Any other suggestion?
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>
> Run:
> ftp://ftp9.nero.com/attach/cleanpack.zip
> ftp://ftp9.nero.com/attach/Nero-CleanTool.zip
> Then reinstall Nero.
>
>



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