Not able to read DVD+R disks
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From: Gene on 3 Mar 2010 08:21 My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is not able to read DVD+R disks. Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great. -- Gene B
From: Shenan Stanley on 3 Mar 2010 08:32 Gene wrote: > My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks > but is not able to read DVD+R disks. > > Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk > drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too > great. What is the drive make/model? (Use Belarc Advisor - free - to determine the optical drive make/model and report it here.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: dadiOH on 3 Mar 2010 09:47 Gene wrote: > My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks > but is not able to read DVD+R disks. > > Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk > drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great. Do you have a burning need to read DVD+R? If you are writing your own disks just buy DVD-R. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: Jim on 3 Mar 2010 09:59 Yes, there are DVD drives which can read/write to DVD-R but cannot read/write to DVD+R. And some Dell machines have such drives (my Dimension 4600 for ex.). It may be that Dell or the maker of the device has a patch for this problem. Your best approach would be to use only DVD-R disks. Jim "Gene" <Gene(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DE07AE70-41C6-475D-999A-66FDBBF50770(a)microsoft.com... > My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is > not able to read DVD+R disks. > > Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive. > Am > new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great. > -- > Gene B
From: smlunatick on 3 Mar 2010 11:45
On Mar 3, 1:21 pm, Gene <G...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is > not able to read DVD+R disks. > > Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive. Am > new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great. > -- > Gene B Locate and download Nero Infotool. This tool should tell you what medias the DVD drive can use. At first "glance" it seems that your drive is an older model that can only use DVD+ medias and not the DVD- medias. There is no "software" patch nor a firmware update to allow the DVD- medias. |