DVD Writer wont burn DVD disc's

rwilts

My NEC internal DVD Re Writer has stopped burning to DVD discs. It will still burn CDR's but not DVD-R 's. It has work fine for a couple of years. Is it possible for it to loose the ability to burn DVD's but still burn CDR's? I have tried re installing drive amd tried several different software burners.

Babboon

This happened to a Philips DVD drive I had, spent ages fidlling with drivers, flashing the bios, etc. In the end I gave up after I found the reciept and founs that it was just inside its warranty.
Took it back to PC world who exchanged it no hassle (theres a 1st:D ) but when I installed my nice new drive but it was doing the same thing :eek:
Somehow, I got it working, think it may have been something to do with the DVD burning software that I had just installed a new version of rather than the drive failing. Once I removed the software, the new drive worked fine.

Best advice I could give is think back to what you have done to your PC since it last worked and try uninstalling that relates to the DVD drive, rebooting and give a try.

rwilts

Ok, thanks will give it some thought...

lipsthefish

Just a thought but my dvd writer doesn't like some brands of blank dvds and won't recognise them at all.

irnbru_2

rwilts wrote:

Is it possible for it to loose the ability to burn DVD's but still burn CDR's?

Two separate lasers. The dvd one has ceased to be .....

banger9365

i would say the drive is dyeing and new one are not that dear any more

alliyo

rwilts wrote: »

My NEC internal DVD Re Writer has stopped burning to DVD discs. It will still burn CDR's but not DVD-R 's. It has work fine for a couple of years. Is it possible for it to loose the ability to burn DVD's but still burn CDR's? I have tried re installing drive amd tried several different software burners.

did you eventually solve this? i am having the same problem at the moment!
when you uninstall and let windows re-install do you need the disc which came with the dvd-rw? cant seem to find mine

any help appreciated
thanks

Nanageddon

Problem could be, the rubber bands in the unit have [SIZE=-1]stretched.

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Idiophreak

Just to rule out the obvious - you're still using the same DVDs you always did?

One of my friends was about to buy a new drive until I pointed out the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R....