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Usagi13
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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Hi Chaps...
Sorry if this is a bit of a long winded post...
I have an Acer Aspire 1670 Lap Top fitted with a Pioneer DVD drive
model DVR-K14RA.
This drive is compatible with DVD-R/RW and DVD +R/RW.
My problem is this..
When I load a DVD-RW that has a file on it into the computer and go to
My Computer in Windows XP it shows that there is a DVD in the PC but
doesnt show how much free space is on it.
I use an NIT DVD maker programme to burn onto the DVD-RW.
Even odder is that if I keep the disc in the PC it will show that it
has a file on it when I view the drive in my computer.
If I turn the PC off and start again and then insert the same disc it
will show the disc but now if wont show any files on it...
I am at a complete loss. After checking the drive in the device
manager it suggests that is working properly....
Please help :(
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Edward W. Thompson
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
Re: My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 05:08:12 -0000,
usagi13@blueyonder.co-dot-uk.no-spam.invalid (Usagi13) wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Chaps...
Sorry if this is a bit of a long winded post...
I have an Acer Aspire 1670 Lap Top fitted with a Pioneer DVD drive
model DVR-K14RA.
This drive is compatible with DVD-R/RW and DVD +R/RW.
My problem is this..
When I load a DVD-RW that has a file on it into the computer and go to
My Computer in Windows XP it shows that there is a DVD in the PC but
doesnt show how much free space is on it.
I use an NIT DVD maker programme to burn onto the DVD-RW.
Even odder is that if I keep the disc in the PC it will show that it
has a file on it when I view the drive in my computer.
If I turn the PC off and start again and then insert the same disc it
will show the disc but now if wont show any files on it...
I am at a complete loss. After checking the drive in the device
manager it suggests that is working properly....
Please help :(
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Edward W. Thompson
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:31 am Post subject:
Re: My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:13:07 -0700, "Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | Usagi13 wrote:
Hi Chaps...
Sorry if this is a bit of a long winded post...
I have an Acer Aspire 1670 Lap Top fitted with a Pioneer DVD drive
model DVR-K14RA.
This drive is compatible with DVD-R/RW and DVD +R/RW.
My problem is this..
When I load a DVD-RW that has a file on it into the computer and go to
My Computer in Windows XP it shows that there is a DVD in the PC but
doesnt show how much free space is on it.
I use an NIT DVD maker programme to burn onto the DVD-RW.
Even odder is that if I keep the disc in the PC it will show that it
has a file on it when I view the drive in my computer.
If I turn the PC off and start again and then insert the same disc it
will show the disc but now if wont show any files on it...
I am at a complete loss. After checking the drive in the device
manager it suggests that is working properly....
Please help :(
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The problem is the XP doesn't have much reference to CD-RW or DVD-RW.
It simply cannot read the files unless you have one of the CD/DVD drives
that have UDF reader capability. What you need at least for CD-RW is a
UDF file system interpreter; something similar is required for DVD but I
have no idea what it is. NTI, since it can burn both formats, can
certainly see and manage the files. It might be that once NTI is
running, XP can see the files using whatever interpreter NTI has.
The usual resource for UDF files is Roxio DirectCD or something along
those lines. Roxio has (or had) a free UDF file interpreter for
Windows.
The following page will offer more explanation of the UDF file system:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
Q
UDF is only relevant if you format the disk UDF. RW disks do not come |
formatted UDF as you imply. The WINXP native software will read/write
to RW disks. If the disks have been formatted UDF by the OP then the
requisite software is installed to read the disks. |
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Quaoar
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
Re: My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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Usagi13 wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Chaps...
Sorry if this is a bit of a long winded post...
I have an Acer Aspire 1670 Lap Top fitted with a Pioneer DVD drive
model DVR-K14RA.
This drive is compatible with DVD-R/RW and DVD +R/RW.
My problem is this..
When I load a DVD-RW that has a file on it into the computer and go to
My Computer in Windows XP it shows that there is a DVD in the PC but
doesnt show how much free space is on it.
I use an NIT DVD maker programme to burn onto the DVD-RW.
Even odder is that if I keep the disc in the PC it will show that it
has a file on it when I view the drive in my computer.
If I turn the PC off and start again and then insert the same disc it
will show the disc but now if wont show any files on it...
I am at a complete loss. After checking the drive in the device
manager it suggests that is working properly....
Please help :(
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The problem is the XP doesn't have much reference to CD-RW or DVD-RW.
It simply cannot read the files unless you have one of the CD/DVD drives
that have UDF reader capability. What you need at least for CD-RW is a
UDF file system interpreter; something similar is required for DVD but I
have no idea what it is. NTI, since it can burn both formats, can
certainly see and manage the files. It might be that once NTI is
running, XP can see the files using whatever interpreter NTI has.
The usual resource for UDF files is Roxio DirectCD or something along
those lines. Roxio has (or had) a free UDF file interpreter for
Windows.
The following page will offer more explanation of the UDF file system:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
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The Electric Fan Club
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:
Re: My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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"Edward W. Thompson" <thomeduk1@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:13:07 -0700, "Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net
wrote:
Usagi13 wrote:
Hi Chaps...
Sorry if this is a bit of a long winded post...
I have an Acer Aspire 1670 Lap Top fitted with a Pioneer DVD drive
model DVR-K14RA.
This drive is compatible with DVD-R/RW and DVD +R/RW.
My problem is this..
When I load a DVD-RW that has a file on it into the computer and go to
My Computer in Windows XP it shows that there is a DVD in the PC but
doesnt show how much free space is on it.
I use an NIT DVD maker programme to burn onto the DVD-RW.
Even odder is that if I keep the disc in the PC it will show that it
has a file on it when I view the drive in my computer.
If I turn the PC off and start again and then insert the same disc it
will show the disc but now if wont show any files on it...
I am at a complete loss. After checking the drive in the device
manager it suggests that is working properly....
Please help :(
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Electronics Forums
The problem is the XP doesn't have much reference to CD-RW or DVD-RW.
It simply cannot read the files unless you have one of the CD/DVD drives
that have UDF reader capability. What you need at least for CD-RW is a
UDF file system interpreter; something similar is required for DVD but I
have no idea what it is. NTI, since it can burn both formats, can
certainly see and manage the files. It might be that once NTI is
running, XP can see the files using whatever interpreter NTI has.
The usual resource for UDF files is Roxio DirectCD or something along
those lines. Roxio has (or had) a free UDF file interpreter for
Windows.
The following page will offer more explanation of the UDF file system:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
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UDF is only relevant if you format the disk UDF. RW disks do not come
formatted UDF as you imply. The WINXP native software will read/write
to RW disks. If the disks have been formatted UDF by the OP then the
requisite software is installed to read the disks.
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You are both getting confused.
UDF is the standard format for DVD disks [1] (both video and data). You are
getting confused with Packet Incremental Format (PIF) in which disks are
formatted in UDFRW (for CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW) which is a variant
offering features necesary for PIF to operate. Current versions of
Drag-to-Disk (Roxio's current PIF offering) auto write a reader to any
written disk to allow reading on systems without Drag-to-Disk. Nero offer
InCD to do the same job, but compatibility is flakey at best.
Other variants are UDFR (PIF for CD-R disks - unsupported by InCD); UDFRDR
(for DVD-RAM disks in Video recorder) and a forth variant for DVD-RAM disks
under Drag-to-disk (UDFRDRM?), which is wholly unnecessary as DVD-RAM works
perfectly under FAT32, and is also unsupported by any windows (natively)
and InCD [2].
[1] Older versions of Nero wrote data DVDs in the totally non standard CDFS
which was not universally recognised (and dual layer disks were hardly
recognised at all).
[2] Windows XP will read UDFRDR but not write. It won't work at all with
UDFRDRM. XP will refuse to reformat any DVD-RAM disk written in either
format (but drag-to-disk will reformat both). |
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Usagi13
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
re:My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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Thanks for the advice however I am a complete numpty when it comes to
all things computer related.
Could somebody explain in simple terms what I can do to try to resolve
my problem.
Thanks :roll:
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Barry Watzman
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:
Re: My DVD Drive wont read DVD-RW or DVD+RW |
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Probably nothing, other than to stop using RW media (which I'd recommend
anyway). The drive may be defective, or it may simply not be supposed
to read RW media, but either way there is no way to get that drive to do
what it won't. Of course you can replace the drive, but .........
However, seriously, RW media (either CD or any of the multiple flavors
of DVD) shouldn't be used anyway. It's unstable, and the data has a
tendancy to "fade" after a period of months to years. On top of that,
it write slower, and it costs more, a LOT more, enough so that in most
cases, even with it's rewriteability, it's not really cheaper. So stop
using it, and stick with one-time media (DVD+R or DVD-R)(and "-R" has
proven, in practice, to be slightly better in terms of reliability and
compatability).
Usagi13 wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for the advice however I am a complete numpty when it comes to
all things computer related.
Could somebody explain in simple terms what I can do to try to resolve
my problem.
Thanks :roll:
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