Weird DVD Drive Problem. Please Help.
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Weird DVD Drive Problem. Please Help.
Hello,
Could anyone out there shed some light on a weird problem?
For some unknown reason, what used to be my DVD writer is now a CD writer! It won't write DVDs even though it used to. It will only write CDS now.
I have made a few changes, such as changing my hard drive as it was fucked, and changing the power supply. I don't understand why this has happened.
Please help. Thanks.
Could anyone out there shed some light on a weird problem?
For some unknown reason, what used to be my DVD writer is now a CD writer! It won't write DVDs even though it used to. It will only write CDS now.
I have made a few changes, such as changing my hard drive as it was fucked, and changing the power supply. I don't understand why this has happened.
Please help. Thanks.
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Thanks for your response aleme.
I tried your advice and different media etc... the trouble is when I place a DVD in the drive it changes status from DVD writer to CD only.
A thought occurred to me. I haven't got Nero installed, but I have it lying around somewhere. I was trying to burn the DVD with just Windows, so would installing Nero solve the problem? Is it because XP can't write DVDs?
Thanks.
I tried your advice and different media etc... the trouble is when I place a DVD in the drive it changes status from DVD writer to CD only.
A thought occurred to me. I haven't got Nero installed, but I have it lying around somewhere. I was trying to burn the DVD with just Windows, so would installing Nero solve the problem? Is it because XP can't write DVDs?
Thanks.
yeah, i think you need some type of utility, like nti or nero, when you did the fresh install, it didn't load whatever came on your computer when you bought it...Astral Fridge Magnet wrote:Thanks for your response aleme.
I tried your advice and different media etc... the trouble is when I place a DVD in the drive it changes status from DVD writer to CD only.
A thought occurred to me. I haven't got Nero installed, but I have it lying around somewhere. I was trying to burn the DVD with just Windows, so would installing Nero solve the problem? Is it because Windows can't write DVDs?
Thanks.
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Thanks for the response dcease. No writing software was installed at the time I did the fresh install. I'll find Nero and see if that does the trick.dcease wrote:
yeah, i think you need some type of utility, like nti or nero, when you did the fresh install, it didn't load whatever came on your computer when you bought it...
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I still have this problem after several drive replacements, and like you it happened after some upgrade. Problem is, even when i removed the upgrade, the problem stayed.
If you do some extensive searching on google you'll find the most common cause to this is power related. I can't remember the exacts, but one of the fixes was to rewire the power cable that runs to that drive. It had diagrams and everything. For me, too much freakin trouble. Other fixes though, were as simple as trying a different cable to power your drive.
I haven't tried the rewire, but still have the problem. Lemme know if you find a solution.
Good luck!
If you do some extensive searching on google you'll find the most common cause to this is power related. I can't remember the exacts, but one of the fixes was to rewire the power cable that runs to that drive. It had diagrams and everything. For me, too much freakin trouble. Other fixes though, were as simple as trying a different cable to power your drive.
I haven't tried the rewire, but still have the problem. Lemme know if you find a solution.
Good luck!