Unable to write to blank DVD+RW

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Lee typed:
"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:


"Lee" wrote in message
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|
|
| "Ken Blake" wrote:
|
| In
,
| Lee typed:
|
| Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are
MR.DVDs
| that
| they have just started selling. I wanted these to copy
just
| over 50Gb
| of files n stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for
some
| reason I
| am unable to send anything to the DVD Rom while these
DVDs are
| in. It
| just says preparing to copy thats stays for a minute or
two
| then
| vanishes and thats it. My DVD drive is a Philips
DVDR824P
| DVD+RW
| recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I haven't
got a
| clue what
| is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee
|
|
| What software are you using to write to the drive? You
can't just
| copy files there, if that's what you're trying to do.
|
| --
| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|
| I am right clicking on the files, then send to then
clicking my
| dvd
writer. i been doing this since ive had a computer and its
just
these cds it
wont work on.

XP has no native DVD-writing capability, so you have never
been able
to do
that without the help of some third-party application. And now
you
say it's
CDs that won't work.


I have been using Windows XP built in cd/dvd writing
capabilities.
I have no other software installed that will be able to enable
me to
write cds/dvds. Its just these cds that are not working so I
guess
it is because they are not compatible with my DVD writer.


It has nothing to do with being incompatible. As several people
have told you, including in the message you're replying to, XP
has built-in CD-writing capability, but *not* built-in DVD
writing capability.

If you've successfully done this before, almost certainly you did
it with CDs, and not with DVDs.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Many times I have succesfully created data DVDs just by using windows xps facility that u can also use for cds. I am sorry if I am not being clear or something. OK so why when I put a DVD+R into my DVD+RW Drive it comes up with how much space is on the DVD and when I do the same with my DVD+RW DVD is shows 0 for space?

"Don MI " wrote:


"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

DVD comes in two formats DVD- and DVD+. To write to DVD+RW both your
software {I believe Nero does} and your DVD drive must support the DVD+
format.

Newer computer DVD drives support writing to both DVD- and DVD+ format.
However, older drives support only the DVD- format.

Don


Hi Don, as I have read in my manual my DVD does support DVD+RW DVDs. Below is the specs of my DVD drive.

Interface

ATA/ATAPI (PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4 DMA mode 0/1/2 UDMA mode 0/1/2)
Writing Speed


DVD+R: 8x max (10800KBps) ZCLV, DVD+RW: 4x max (5400KBps) CLV, CD-R: 24x max
(3600KBps) P-CAV, CD-RW: 10x max (1500KBps) CLV
Read Speed


DVD+R/-R/+RW/-RW: 8x CAV
DVD-ROM: 12x (16200KBps) CAV, CD-R/RW: 40x (6000KBps) CAV
Random Seek

DVD: 160msec, CD: 120msec
Buffer Size

8MB
Supported Disc Formats

DVD: DVD single layer / Dual layer, DVD+R (Ver.1.0), DVD+RW (Ver.1.1), DVD-R
(Read Only), DVD-RW (Read Only)
CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM XA (m1, m2f1/m2f2), CD-R CD-RW, Bootable CD, Photo CD
(single & multi-session), Video CD, Super Video CD, CD-Extra, Mixed-mode CD,
CD-Text, CD-Graphics
Supported Writing Types


Disc-at-once, Track-at-once. Multi-session, Packet writing, Raw writing,
Direct Over write, Test Write
OS Compatibility

Windows 98/ ME / 2000/ XP

Lee wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote:

Lee wrote:

Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

sounds like a compatibility problem, it just doesn't like the discs
you've chosen. My cdrw will not even acknowledge some cheap discs.
problem is you've spent good money on them and the shop won't
necessarily take them back. As you obviously haven't been able to use
any of them it's worth a try though. Take a look at the prices of
blanks somewhere online, such as

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acata...LICK_HERE.html

and you'll probably find you save money buying this way even taking
post and packaging into consideration.

--
Paul (It seems like I've been here before)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/


thank you yes i think that may be the case, well tesco with have to take
them back or i wont be very happy lol. thanks i will take a look at that
website i cant believe the stupid discs, maybe i will try then with my mums
dvd writer and if they work i will nick hers lol, thanks again

:O)
--
Paul (It seems like I've been here before)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before you
can write to them.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

No ive not formatted the DVD disc! This is 1st Ive heard of it. Thank u i
will give it a go!

"David S. Heindel" wrote:

Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before you
can write to them.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

Hi again, how do you format a DVD+RW Disc? I've never come across this
process before!

"David S. Heindel" wrote:

Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before you
can write to them.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:11:54 GMT, "David S. Heindel"
wrote:

I write to my DVD+RW disks with Nero without formatting them first.
It's not necessary to format CDRW disks or DVD+RW disks in order to
write to them. The only time you would format them is if you wish to
drag and drop files\folders from Explorer or if required by a backup
program.

Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before you
can write to them.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

"Lee" wrote in message
news
Hi again, how do you format a DVD+RW Disc? I've never come across this
process before!

{SNIP}

Because you only need to format if your are using UDF {packet writing}
format software. I am not even sure that DVD supports UDF format. In any
case, unless you are using such you do not need to format.

WRT an other post of mine, I only mentioned drive compatibility for DVD+
since it was not mentioned in any of the post I read.

Don

Install the InCD software that comes with Nero. Using My Computer window,
right click the drive that contains the blank DVD disc and select Format.
After the disc is formatted, it should show up with 4.7 Gb available space.
You can then drag folders from your hard drive to the DVD using Windows
Explorer.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
No ive not formatted the DVD disc! This is 1st Ive heard of it. Thank u i
will give it a go!

"David S. Heindel" wrote:

Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before
you
can write to them.
Dave

"Lee" wrote in message
...
Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that
they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of
files
n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to
send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing
to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD
drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds
so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated.
Many
Thanks, Lee

"David S. Heindel" wrote in message
k.net...
| Have you formatted the DVD disc? All RW discs must be formatted before
you
| can write to them.
| Dave

Absolutely incorrect. It's only necessary to format RWs if you want to use
packet-writing. Otherwise DVD-/+RWs may be used just as DVD-/+Rs are used,
with the exception being that they may be erased and used again.

TRy Formating The DVD/RW's
With EASY Cd creator 4 I used to Have to Format RW's Before I cud
Drag And DROP .. It took about 90 minutes with 6x writer at that time..
But if I Dragged and Dropped to a CD-R Their was No formating , it
Worked right off the bat !!
TRy Right clickung on the DVD-Rw drive with a RW disk in it and See if
it will Format it ( PS I never Tried this YET, since I use Roxio
Direct Cd.. But Roxio 5 is suppose to do it



Lee wrote:


"Ken Blake" wrote:


In ,
Lee typed:

"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:


"Lee" wrote in message
...
|
|
| "Ken Blake" wrote:
|
| In
,
| Lee typed:
|
| Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are
MR.DVDs
| that
| they have just started selling. I wanted these to copy
just
| over 50Gb
| of files n stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for
some
| reason I
| am unable to send anything to the DVD Rom while these
DVDs are
| in. It
| just says preparing to copy thats stays for a minute or
two
| then
| vanishes and thats it. My DVD drive is a Philips
DVDR824P
| DVD+RW
| recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I haven't
got a
| clue what
| is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee
|
|
| What software are you using to write to the drive? You
can't just
| copy files there, if that's what you're trying to do.
|
| --
| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|
| I am right clicking on the files, then send to then
clicking my
| dvd
writer. i been doing this since ive had a computer and its
just
these cds it
wont work on.

XP has no native DVD-writing capability, so you have never
been able
to do
that without the help of some third-party application. And now
you
say it's
CDs that won't work.


I have been using Windows XP built in cd/dvd writing
capabilities.
I have no other software installed that will be able to enable
me to
write cds/dvds. Its just these cds that are not working so I
guess
it is because they are not compatible with my DVD writer.


It has nothing to do with being incompatible. As several people
have told you, including in the message you're replying to, XP
has built-in CD-writing capability, but *not* built-in DVD
writing capability.

If you've successfully done this before, almost certainly you did
it with CDs, and not with DVDs.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Many times I have succesfully created data DVDs just by using windows xps facility that u can also use for cds. I am sorry if I am not being clear or something. OK so why when I put a DVD+R into my DVD+RW Drive it comes up with how much space is on the DVD and when I do the same with my DVD+RW DVD is shows 0 for space?

Hi - just to let you know that I am also having the same problem and it's
nothing to do with the discs.

I, like you, used to be able to drag and drop files onto DVDs (using the
preinstalled sonic/roxio software and the Windows wizard) but Windows/my
Computer no longer sees the blank DVDs - I also get 0 free space and 0 total
size.

Even after formatting, the DVDs are no longer recognised, so I cannot write
to them using any third party software.

The reason you are being asked about third part software is that there is
some pre-installed, but it looks like Windows as it comes up with a Windows
wizard.

I have just tried to use send to for a file and I get an error message,
saying that "Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this file.
What do you want Windows to do?"

This is also making me fed up as it used to work very easily.....

"Lee" wrote:



"Paul Heslop" wrote:

Lee wrote:

Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

sounds like a compatibility problem, it just doesn't like the discs
you've chosen. My cdrw will not even acknowledge some cheap discs.
problem is you've spent good money on them and the shop won't
necessarily take them back. As you obviously haven't been able to use
any of them it's worth a try though. Take a look at the prices of
blanks somewhere online, such as

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acata...LICK_HERE.html

and you'll probably find you save money buying this way even taking
post and packaging into consideration.

--
Paul (It seems like I've been here before)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/


thank you yes i think that may be the case, well tesco with have to take
them back or i wont be very happy lol. thanks i will take a look at that
website i cant believe the stupid discs, maybe i will try then with my mums
dvd writer and if they work i will nick hers lol, thanks again

Really Global wrote:
just to let you know that I am also having the same problem
and it's nothing to do with the discs.

I, like you, used to be able to drag and drop files onto DVDs
(using the preinstalled sonic/roxio software and the Windows
wizard) but Windows/my Computer no longer sees the blank DVDs - I
also get 0 free space and 0 total size.

Even after formatting, the DVDs are no longer recognised, so I
cannot write to them using any third party software.

The reason you are being asked about third part software is that
there is some pre-installed, but it looks like Windows as it comes
up with a Windows wizard.

I have just tried to use send to for a file and I get an error
message, saying that "Windows encountered a problem when trying to
copy this file. What do you want Windows to do?"

This is also making me fed up as it used to work very easily.....

Replace the likely defective DVD burner.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

This could possibly be one reason. Applies to DVD's also

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q316529

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Really Global" wrote in message
...
Hi - just to let you know that I am also having the same problem and it's
nothing to do with the discs.

I, like you, used to be able to drag and drop files onto DVDs (using the
preinstalled sonic/roxio software and the Windows wizard) but Windows/my
Computer no longer sees the blank DVDs - I also get 0 free space and 0 total
size.

Even after formatting, the DVDs are no longer recognised, so I cannot write
to them using any third party software.

The reason you are being asked about third part software is that there is
some pre-installed, but it looks like Windows as it comes up with a Windows
wizard.

I have just tried to use send to for a file and I get an error message,
saying that "Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this file.
What do you want Windows to do?"

This is also making me fed up as it used to work very easily.....

"Lee" wrote:



"Paul Heslop" wrote:

Lee wrote:

Hi, I just bought 15x Blank DVD+RW from Tesco, they are MR.DVDs that they
have just started selling. I wanted these to copy just over 50Gb of files n
stuff so I can format my hard drive. But for some reason I am unable to send
anything to the DVD Rom while these DVDs are in. It just says preparing to
copy thats stays for a minute or two then vanishes and thats it. My DVD drive
is a Philips DVDR824P DVD+RW recorder. It is enabled to write to dvds so I
haven't got a clue what is wrong. Your help will be much appreciated. Many
Thanks, Lee

sounds like a compatibility problem, it just doesn't like the discs
you've chosen. My cdrw will not even acknowledge some cheap discs.
problem is you've spent good money on them and the shop won't
necessarily take them back. As you obviously haven't been able to use
any of them it's worth a try though. Take a look at the prices of
blanks somewhere online, such as

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acata...LICK_HERE.html

and you'll probably find you save money buying this way even taking
post and packaging into consideration.

--
Paul (It seems like I've been here before)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/


thank you yes i think that may be the case, well tesco with have to take
them back or i wont be very happy lol. thanks i will take a look at that
website i cant believe the stupid discs, maybe i will try then with my mums
dvd writer and if they work i will nick hers lol, thanks again