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Solve : My computer won't recognize a burnt DVD?!??

Answer» <html><body><p>Please all, bear with me. So I don't have a fancy pants computer at all, but it does have a DVD burner. My friend lent me a burned dvd (not anything thats copyrighted) that i was hoping to make a copy of for myself. This DVD has played without any problems in numerous stand alone DVD players, So I know that it was burned correctly, but whenever i put it into my laptop, it thinks it's a blank disc. I am running Vista and can't seem to get it to work. I have updated drivers, and done everything a somewhat experienced windows user might try, all to no avail. It however has no problems playing store bought dvds, or cd's, and will even play other burned music cd's. What am i missing???   PLEASE HELP ME!!!PS: I have a cheap-o COMPAQ Presario C571NR Laptop. stickers on the front of the cd drive say RW DVD+R DL,  Compact Disc ReWritable Ultra Speed, and DVD Multi Recorder.If the DVD plays in standalone players, then I wonder what the format of the file burnt onto the DVD is, and whether it's a format that is recognized by computers?Im not sure what the format is, but im pretty sure he burned it off his computer. I plan on taking it to work today to try on computers there. Hopefully one of them will recognize it, and if so, i will let you know what the file format is.So I went to work and tried it in the computer there (at least a 6 year old HP with DVD-ROM drive) and it worked fine. Explored the disc and found Audio and Video files just like a store bought DVD. Still can't figure out why my laptop reads it as a blank disc?!?!? Also asked my buddy and he did burn it off of his computer, not a stand alone DVD burner. I am at a complete loss.....Do you get the pop-up asking what you want to do with the blank DVD?Yes. and if i go to computer and try to "explore" the disc, it wants me to title it to begin formating it. I havn't let it go past that point, because it is an only copy and i don't want to risk damaging it.Does your laptop read ANY DVD?Yes with no problem. It will read store bought dvd's (I dont have any other burned ones to try) as well as music cd's BOTH store bought AND burned (even tried one I burned like 8 yrs ago... Worked!)Have him burn you another one...<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tell-1240910" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TELL">TELL</a> him to use the slowest recording speed and not play any RPG games while burning it...I'm beginning to think i may have a defective drive... The original disc I tried to burn, is a Verbatim DVD+R. Borrowed another buddy's laptop, and was able to make copy's no prob. Thinking it may have been a BRAND error, I burned a copy on an Imation DVD+R, still nothing. Burned on the slowest speed and walked away, nothing. SO, this morning, I dug out my ENTIRE DVD colection and tried them all, one by one. ALMOST all of them worked, BUT a few didn't. Noticed that the ones that didn't work were dual sided DVD's (silver on both sides) Has anyone ever heard of a dvd drive not reading a disc without a picture on the front? Or at least not a Dark picture (<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/example-239971" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXAMPLE">EXAMPLE</a> recordable dvd's)? I know a cd drive reads via a laser that reflects off the disc, might mine be to powerful and shine <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/right-239192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RIGHT">RIGHT</a> through it? Doubtful. But if so, why can i play burned music cd's? This is really driving me crazy trying to figure it out... Thanks again and in advance for your guy's help. Quote from: pontiacben on April 09, 2008, 09:22:56 AM</p><blockquote>why can i play burned music cd's?<br/></blockquote> <br/>A DVD/CD drive uses different lasers for CDs and DVDs<br/><br/>This is not surprising to me. My one year old Dell E520 with a T(as in  Toshiba) SST TS-H493a DVD+RW (no updates offered) will not recognize some burned DVD's that my Pioneer 111D does on an 20.00 (ebay) external enclosure (pata). I would recommend you try your drive on one of those (or installed in) another PC with the disk in question.  <br/><br/>Commercial DVD's are not burned, but are "replicated;" a very expensive and complex process but 100% compatible.  Burned DVD-r's are said to be slightly more compatible than DVD+r disks (which otherwise are a bit better). Lower bit rate as well as bit setting (which some burners allow you to change) also improves compatibility percentages.   I must say daniel1212 you have enlightened me and made me feel better, knowing I am not alone in this. Thank you for that. <br/><br/>However, now that I have found other discs which ARE "commercial" that my computer won't recognize, I still can't help but think that there may be something else wrong. Especially since I WAS able to read and burn a copy on another COMPAQ, VERY similar to my own. <br/><br/>Does anyone know if Compaq uses local authorized warranty repair centers, or just one main place that you have to ship to? Not being sure that there is something physically wrong, I am hesitant to spend the $ to send it off. Not to mention the period of "computer-less boredom" and the anxiety involved in wondering if I'm going to get it back completely intact. I know that it would be foolish to ever ship a computer without <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/proper-1169819" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROPER">PROPER</a> insurance, but in the event that something does happen in-transit, (and with how inexpensive just buying a replacement drive would be) I'm not sure I would want to go through all of the hassle of trying to get it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/replaced-613867" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REPLACED">REPLACED</a>. <br/>^I know I kind of contradicted myself there, but if I don't HAVE to spend money to be happy with my computer's performance, I really don't want to.A brand new DVD dual layer burner is about 40 bucks shipped from newegg if you are in the U.S.<br/>Only tool needed to replace it is a Phillips screwdriver.<br/>Possibly someone you know is familiar with replacing drives.<br/>This would be the easiest/cheapest solution by far...</body></html>


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