redrum217uk Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Hi, I can't get my DVD RW to write to DVD'S! I put the DVD + RW disk into my DVD RW. I open up the drop and drag program from the system try and drag a file into it. I then get the error message "connont copy pic1: The disk media is not recognized. It may not be formatted. If I try to format it view the roxio drop and drag i get the error "format operation on drive D:\failed: The drive has reported a problem with the media" I have tried the disks on another PC and they work fine. It WILL write CD's though which I find strange! I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers which didn’t help. Spoke to Evesham tech support and they suggested restoring the pc to factory settings as there must be someone wrong deep down in the registry! I thought this was a little extreme! Any ideas would be great! I don’t mind doing a restore but I cant be bothered to back up everything on CD’S! Paul
christophicus Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 It may be that your dvd drive only supports DVD-rw, not DVD+RW
redrum217uk Posted January 30, 2007 Author Posted January 30, 2007 I have tried a few disks they all do the same, on the dvd drive itself it has the logo DVD + RW, which matches the disks. Also the disks works fine on other pcs
redrum217uk Posted January 30, 2007 Author Posted January 30, 2007 Its all roxio media, its just what came with the PC. Even if i drag a file directly into the drive in the "my computer" thing it still gives me the same errors! Also if it helps, the drive doesn't always refresh when i change disks I have to reboot for it to pick up on the new disk, also nothing auto runs on my PC cheers for helping me
Jasper Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Why use RW's? I never got that. If you wrtie something away, it's gone and you don't need it anymore. Or you store it there. But to 'rewrite' a disc is so innecesarry. get yourself a USB-stick. Or SD-cards...
Blue_Ninja0 Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Try using another program like Nero or something. Maybe the one you're using is not that good.
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