Re: DVD-RW won't detect a writable DVD-RW
- From: Jaymon <Jaymon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:36:07 -0700
The blinking is normal the steady light means it's ready.. What burning app
are you using? Can you format the disk?
Also, you said you switched the drives, are they both on the same secondary
IDE channel and set to computer select? There are jumpers on the drive M,S,CS
and it depends how the jumpers are set. If both are set to CS computer
select, then you can switch them without changing the jumpers, However, if
the 1st drive is set to M for master and the 2nd drive is set for S slave
then you will have created more of a problem.
Windows XP will not burn or format new media for you, you will need to use
the software that came with the DVD-RW drive to format for either drag and
drop burning like a floppy or erase the disk to burn and or copy video clips,
DVDs. Use the software's Wizard to help you decide the proper burning
technique.
j
"Brandon" wrote:
> Sorry about that. I went into BIOS and inserted a blank DVD and it did the
> same thing as win Windows: blinked roughly 25 times and then stopped
> blinking. I also opened up the tower and changed the positions of the
> DVD-ROM and DVD-RW drives just to see if anything different would happen,
> but no. I seriously doubt that it is a hardware problem, because again,
> this is a brand-new drive.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> >>
> >> For some reason, my DVD-RW drive(s) (I've bought more since this
> >> started to happen) will no longer detect writable DVDs or CDs. I
> >> installed a new DVD-RW burner earlier, about 30 minutes ago actually,
> >> and when I inserted a blank DVD-RW, the drive blinked several times
> >> and then just stayed lit. I'm fairly certain that this is a Windows
> >> problem instead of a drive problem. Can anyone help me with this?
> >
> > Shenan Stanley wrote:
> >> If you go into your system BIOS (before Windows ever loads) and then
> >> eject the empty drive bay, insert a DVD and watch the light - what
> >> happens?
> >
> > Brandon wrote:
> >> I know that it laready detect regular DVDs and CDs in Windows. I
> >> forogot to mention that.
> >
> > Okay - but that does not answer the question asked..
> >
> > How does it react when Windows is out of the picture. You were quick to
> > blame Windows - this is why I gave you the test to see how the drives
> > react when Windows is NOT in the picture.
> >
> > Or, are you saying it no longer pops up in Windows and ask uyou what to do
> > with the blank CD/DVDs and this is your problem? Can you still write to
> > the blank CD/DVDs using whatever method you had grown accustomed to using
> > *if* you go through the application(s) manually (without notification from
> > Windows that you have inserted a blank CD/DVD)?
> >
> > Have you checked the properties of the drive (the recording tab
> > specifically, and the autoplay tab) to make sure they are configured
> > properly?
> > Do you have more than one CD/DVD writer currently in your system (at the
> > same time) and do they both react like this?
> > What application(s) do you use to burn CD/DVDs?
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
>
>
>
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