Re: DVD Media not recognized
From: TimF (TimF_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:33:09 -0800
I don't have any writing software installed. I am just trying to read
pressed DVD's or blank DVD's. I get an invalid media error. Or the drive
spins up, the light flashes, then my systems crawl until I eject the DVD.
Reads, writes and formats CD's perfectly.
"Yves Leclerc" wrote:
> What software are you trying to use to write to the DVDs? XP's built-in CD
> writing tools normally can only do CD-Rs. It treats CD-RWs as CD-Rs.
>
>
> "TimF" <TimF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C465D64-219D-4CFF-BADD-AFD7E2275C6E@microsoft.com...
> >I have multiple systems with DVD_RW's installed. They will not recognize
> >any
> > DVD media, including the DVD that came with them for the
> > drivers./software.
> >
> > These systems each have different system board and DVD writer
> > manufacturers.
> > They all have the latest updates for the boards, the latest firmware for
> > the
> > DVD drives, and all are running the M$ IDE driver for the controller.
> >
> > They are set to use UDMA, have UDMA round cables installed on them, and
> > show
> > as using UDMA in Device Manager.
> >
> > These drives were working and would recognize DVD media prior to
> > installing
> > Windows XP. This includes OS upgrades and fresh installs. If I move the
> > drives to a PC running Win2K, they function perfectly. Updating to SP1
> > and 2
> > with latest patches, did not help.
> >
> > I have seen many others with the same problem all over the net. There
> > seems
> > to be no real solution. Some can fix it with the M$ IDE driver, or
> > firmware
> > updates, or using UDMA instead of PIO. But none of that has worked for
> > these
> > 3 systems.
> > I am sure by now M$ must realize there is a problem with XP and DVD-RW's
> > from mulitple manufacturers. But I haven't seen anything posted about a
> > possible solution.
> >
> > Has anyone had a similar problem, if so did you get a solid fix or are you
> > still having issues?
> >
> > For the record, the main system I need working has a Sony DRU-510A drive,
> > with an Abit NSF-7S2 board, running a fresh install of XP SP2.
>
>
>
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