Re: Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

[Guest Doug W.]

Re: Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

 

Further to this "problem": IF one examines the drive by

double-clicking "my computer" and then switches the disks from

CD to DVD, the DVD disk will not initialize until AFTER Windows

Explorer is closed. A subsequent re-opening of Windows Explorer

then shows the DVD as having been initialized and listed.

Perhaps this scenario was in play with Perry's experience...or

maybe not.

 

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"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:...

> These drives can be tricky at times. I find that switching

> tasks back and forth from CDs to DVDs and/or DVDs to CDs can

> result in strange behaviour at times, depending on the burning

> software used. Maybe he has a bad drive for all I know. If so,

> a trip to the local service shop is in order.

>

> However, checking my empty drive will show it labelled as a

> DVD drive but when any disk is inserted it reads that it is a

> CD drive...but the DVD functionality has not changed.

> -

>

> "Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in

> message news:ODEA$bzxIHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Everything *doesn't* work just fine for the OP. Like he

>> said, it won't

>> recognize a DVD.

>>

>> "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message

>> news:eY2pFNzxIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> : It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the

>> same

>> : way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all

>> they

>> : are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.

>> : -

>> :

>> : "Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message

>> : news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...

>> : > Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several

>> days ago

>> : > I developed a

>> : > problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer,

>> it

>> : > shows up as a

>> : > DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD

>> drive,

>> : > and gives a

>> : > message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a

>> CD,

>> : > it reads and

>> : > opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under

>> : > System shows the

>> : > drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a

>> system

>> : > restore without

>> : > any change.

>> : > Any Ideas?

>> : >

>> : > Thanks in Advance

>> : > Perry B

>> :

>>

>>

>

[Guest Andrew E.]

Re: Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

 

Re: Help - My DVD Burner suddenly thinks it a CD only

 

As with liteonit dvd/cd/cdrom,most of these devices have a firmware

update for them.Go to the mfg web site & install it.

 

"Doug W." wrote:

> Further to this "problem": IF one examines the drive by

> double-clicking "my computer" and then switches the disks from

> CD to DVD, the DVD disk will not initialize until AFTER Windows

> Explorer is closed. A subsequent re-opening of Windows Explorer

> then shows the DVD as having been initialized and listed.

> Perhaps this scenario was in play with Perry's experience...or

> maybe not.

>

> -

>

> "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:...

> > These drives can be tricky at times. I find that switching

> > tasks back and forth from CDs to DVDs and/or DVDs to CDs can

> > result in strange behaviour at times, depending on the burning

> > software used. Maybe he has a bad drive for all I know. If so,

> > a trip to the local service shop is in order.

> >

> > However, checking my empty drive will show it labelled as a

> > DVD drive but when any disk is inserted it reads that it is a

> > CD drive...but the DVD functionality has not changed.

> > -

> >

> > "Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in

> > message news:ODEA$bzxIHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >> Everything *doesn't* work just fine for the OP. Like he

> >> said, it won't

> >> recognize a DVD.

> >>

> >> "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message

> >> news:eY2pFNzxIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> >> : It is just the nature of the beast. My DVD/CD drive is the

> >> same

> >> : way. No problem...everything works just fine...after all

> >> they

> >> : are dual-purpose devices. Rest easy...relax.

> >> : -

> >> :

> >> : "Perry B" <PerryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> >> message

> >> : news:D2A02AEE-334D-4BD8-8411-A97888B23556@microsoft.com...

> >> : > Although I have burned many DVDs in the past, several

> >> days ago

> >> : > I developed a

> >> : > problem. When I look at my drive with Windows Explorer,

> >> it

> >> : > shows up as a

> >> : > DVD-RW drive. But when I put in a disk, it becomes a CD

> >> drive,

> >> : > and gives a

> >> : > message that there is no disk in the drive. If I put in a

> >> CD,

> >> : > it reads and

> >> : > opens correctly. The hardware configuration option under

> >> : > System shows the

> >> : > drive correctly, and says it is working OK. I did a

> >> system

> >> : > restore without

> >> : > any change.

> >> : > Any Ideas?

> >> : >

> >> : > Thanks in Advance

> >> : > Perry B

> >> :

> >>

> >>

> >

>

>