My DVD writer can't detect DVDs

My Sony dvd writer isn't detecting certain DVDs, which are working fine
on my friend's laptop.

Mine is SONY DVD RW AW-


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how old is it? could be bad.
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My Sony dvd writer isn't detecting certain DVDs, which are working fine
on my friend's laptop.

Mine is SONY DVD RW AW-


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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0530, L0rd_Aryan
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My Sony dvd writer isn't detecting certain DVDs, which are working fine
on my friend's laptop.

Mine is SONY DVD RW AW-

This is a PHYSICAL problem with the drive, or a problem with your DVD
software (probably the former). Either way, it has NOTHING to do with
the OS so the question is out of place here.

Ask elsewhere

Well, its 8 months old

And, where else should I ask? there isn't any tech support available
for my model...


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chk if the dvds are not corrupted?


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No Consequence is a troll who thinks he's in charge of something. Ignore
him.

Possible this is a Windows problem, absent any evidence to the contrary so
far.

You need to determine what kind of disks work in your drive. CDs? What's
special about the "certain DVDs" you can't read? Maybe just DVDs burned by
the friend? Maybe all burned DVDs? What about commercially made DVDs? See
where I'm going here?

-John O


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Well, its 8 months old

And, where else should I ask? there isn't any tech support available
for my model...


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`Yes, those "certain dvds" were burned by a friend of mine, but , as I
said earlier , they are running on my other frnds' PCs and laptop

All other disks I own are working fine...but why these 5 dvds aren't
working?

And it isn't the case that all self-burned dvds might not work, as all
of them worked until these 5...

These contain standard video files(DVD) i.e., .VOBs etc.


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Perhaps yours doesn't read that type. Check the specs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD

DVD recordables are now also used for consumer audio and video
recording. Three formats were developed: DVD-R/RW (minus/dash), DVD+R/RW
(plus), DVD-RAM.



L0rd_Aryan wrote:

`Yes, those "certain dvds" were burned by a friend of mine, but , as I
said earlier , they are running on my other frnds' PCs and laptop

All other disks I own are working fine...but why these 5 dvds aren't
working?

And it isn't the case that all self-burned dvds might not work, as all
of them worked until these 5...

These contain standard video files(DVD) i.e., .VOBs etc.

`Yes, those "certain dvds" were burned by a friend of mine, but , as I
said earlier , they are running on my other frnds' PCs and laptop

OK, that probably leads somewhere....


All other disks I own are working fine...but why these 5 dvds aren't
working?

Something about the way they were burned, is the best guess at this point.


And it isn't the case that all self-burned dvds might not work, as all
of them worked until these 5...

All of them from this friend worked until now? (just need to clarify) If
yes, start looking at the type/brand of disk, as Bob wrote. Some brands
don't work in some writers and some readers. Maybe your drive can't do -R,
or +R, who knows? Also, has the friend upgraded or changed his/her burning
software?


Something is different, the trick is figuring out what it is. Of course,
your drive could be broken, too.

BTW, what's with the "Aryan" handle?

-John O

JohnO;3457067 Wrote:



And it isn't the case that all self-burned dvds might not work, as
all
of them worked until these 5...

All of them from this friend worked until now? (just need to clarify)
If
yes, start looking at the type/brand of disk, as Bob wrote. Some
brands
don't work in some writers and some readers. Maybe your drive can't do
-R,
or +R, who knows? Also, has the friend upgraded or changed his/her
burning
software?


Something is different, the trick is figuring out what it is. Of
course,
your drive could be broken, too.

BTW, what's with the "Aryan" handle?

-John O



Well, I ran Nero disk check and it showed all 3 mentioned types as
marked ones, so that one's ruled out...

And, yes all his burned dvds worked until now(I mean those 5)...

Thanx anyways..

What's with this Aryan handle? What do you mean by that, as I didnt'
got it
..... Aryan is my name & by prefixing L0rd, I am just respecting
myself..


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