DVD Burner not recognizing Blank DVD

[Dave]

Is your burner a -R, +R or +/-R? Some drives burn to -R media, some to +R
media and some will do either. You'll need to make sure the media disks
your using are compatible with your burner. Also, what software are you
using to burn it?




"Skirvinator" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi I am pretty much clueless on how to Burn anything, I just bought a
> Metal Gear Sony Portable 16x dvd burner external usb2.0, when I tried
> to burn a CD everything worked fine, however when I tried to burn a DVD
> (first time) it would give me a message that the CD in drive is either
> full or not a writeable CD, but it is, it is a DVD-R Memorex and it is
> blank I never have had any type of Burner/writer so this is my First
> time, can some one please help me? I use Windows XP. Thank you
>
>
> --
> Skirvinator

[Skirvinator]

Hi I am pretty much clueless on how to Burn anything, I just bought a Metal Gear Sony Portable 16x dvd burner external usb2.0, when I tried to burn a CD everything worked fine, however when I tried to burn a DVD (first time) it would give me a message that the CD in drive is either full or not a writeable CD, but it is, it is a DVD-R Memorex and it is blank I never have had any type of Burner/writer so this is my First time, can some one please help me? I use Windows XP. Thank you

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

XP has no built in DVD burning software so it cannot do this. You must use
third party burning software like Nero or Roxio.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies, Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"Skirvinator" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi dave,
> the Burner is DVD-Rom, DVD+/-RW, CD-Rom, CD-RW.
> I am not sure if I use a software, but what I do is, for example I want
> to burn a Movie, I have a copy of the file saved on my harddrive, and
> when I clik on it once it asked me to copy to cd, and I press ok, Then
> I go into "my Computer" on my desktop, and select my E: Drive in which
> the file shows in there and says this file is now ready to be burned on
> CD when I click on that it opens another window, where I can enter a
> name or leave it with the date that automaticley populates the box, and
> click ok, at that point I get the error message that the CD is either
> full or not writeable.
> Thank you
>
>
> Dave Wrote:
>> Is your burner a -R, +R or +/-R? Some drives burn to -R media, some
>> to +R
>> media and some will do either. You'll need to make sure the media
>> disks
>> your using are compatible with your burner. Also, what software are
>> you
>> using to burn it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Skirvinator" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> Hi I am pretty much clueless on how to Burn anything, I just bought a
>> Metal Gear Sony Portable 16x dvd burner external usb2.0, when I tried
>> to burn a CD everything worked fine, however when I tried to burn a
>> DVD
>> (first time) it would give me a message that the CD in drive is
>> either
>> full or not a writeable CD, but it is, it is a DVD-R Memorex and it
>> is
>> blank I never have had any type of Burner/writer so this is my First
>> time, can some one please help me? I use Windows XP. Thank you
>>
>>
>> --
>> Skirvinator
>
>
> --
> Skirvinator

[Skirvinator]

Hi dave,
the Burner is DVD-Rom, DVD+/-RW, CD-Rom, CD-RW.
I am not sure if I use a software, but what I do is, for example I want to burn a Movie, I have a copy of the file saved on my harddrive, and when I clik on it once it asked me to copy to cd, and I press ok, Then I go into "my Computer" on my desktop, and select my E: Drive in which the file shows in there and says this file is now ready to be burned on CD when I click on that it opens another window, where I can enter a name or leave it with the date that automaticley populates the box, and click ok, at that point I get the error message that the CD is either full or not writeable.
Thank you


Is your burner a -R, +R or +/-R? Some drives burn to -R media, some to +R
media and some will do either. You'll need to make sure the media disks
your using are compatible with your burner. Also, what software are you
using to burn it?




"Skirvinator" wrote in message
...

Hi I am pretty much clueless on how to Burn anything, I just bought a
Metal Gear Sony Portable 16x dvd burner external usb2.0, when I tried
to burn a CD everything worked fine, however when I tried to burn a DVD
(first time) it would give me a message that the CD in drive is either
full or not a writeable CD, but it is, it is a DVD-R Memorex and it is
blank I never have had any type of Burner/writer so this is my First
time, can some one please help me? I use Windows XP. Thank you


--
Skirvinator

[Kenneth J. Harris]

Did your new burner come with any CD/DVD software? Did you install it?

Ken

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> XP has no built in DVD burning software so it cannot do this. You must use
> third party burning software like Nero or Roxio.

[Skirvinator]

The only thing that came with the Burner was a Driver Installation CD for Windows 98 ??, which I don't think I need. I am in the process of getting Software called NERO6, so I am going to try once it is finished downloading. Hopefully that will work. Thank you everyone for your help.

Did your new burner come with any CD/DVD software? Did you install it?

Ken

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
XP has no built in DVD burning software so it cannot do this. You must use
third party burning software like Nero or Roxio.