Computer help needed please

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:08 am

My DVD writer wont recognise any blank discs for some reason, it says they have zero data on them and zero space.

I have uninstalled the DVD drive and reinstalled it to no effect. I now they're not expensive but I would like to get it working again. Google has yeilded no answers so any advice would be welcomed.

Bill

Post by **Supplanter** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:15 am

Can you try the drive in another PC/PC with another drive?

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:51 am

Try update the firmware on the drive itself. What brand / type is it?

Will it recognise any other brands of blank media?

bduffman · Post by **bduffman** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:37 pm

try putting the dvd in up the other way lol just joking

Domo · Post by **Domo** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:19 pm

Maybe your DVD drive may be dying. Have you had any problems burning things lately? Errors when burning DVDs. Any other problems lke disc reading times have been slow? etc?

Try putting in blank dvd's with data on them and see if they read.

tarkus · Post by **tarkus** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:16 pm

Domo wrote:Try putting in blank dvd's with data on them and see if they read.

WTF! its either BLANK or its got DATA ON IT. make up ya mind!

doh!

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:31 pm

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:55 am

tarkus wrote:
Domo wrote:Try putting in blank dvd's with data on them and see if they read.
WTF! its either BLANK or its got DATA ON IT. make up ya mind!

doh!

Domo · Post by **Domo** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:36 pm

tarkus wrote:
Domo wrote:Try putting in blank dvd's with data on them and see if they read.
WTF! its either BLANK or its got DATA ON IT. make up ya mind!

doh!

Hahaha oops

What I meant was a burnt dvd with data on it

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:16 pm

bduffman wrote:try putting the dvd in up the other way lol just joking

I actually found this funny in a super lame way, lol.

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sun May 01, 2011 10:00 pm

sublime19 wrote:
bduffman wrote:try putting the dvd in up the other way lol just joking
I actually found this funny in a super lame way, lol.

Trip to the emergency room

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Mon May 02, 2011 6:48 am

Weird but it works with EasyBurn but not Windows for some reason?

Oh well, only need one burning programme.

FTO AUSTRALIA