DVD-R problem

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Jim Ludwig

Hi all,
I have not burned a dvd disc in a LONG time, but recently, I wanted to burn
my digital pics (about 2500 of them) to a dvd-r blank disc. I have tried
both Roxio Easy cd/dvd creator and also, just doing it in Windows explorer.
I have WinXP SP 2 and my burner is a Plextor px-712A. I have burned this
same media before (sony dvd-r) with no problem and I don't know why it won't
let me do it now. Windows wizard will let me add all the files to the
drive, but when I go to burn the disc, it says "there is no cd in the
drive." Roxio lets me set everything up and tells me "there are no
supported burners available" when I hit the burn button. Like I said, I've
used this exact media before. I notice in Windows explorer that when there
is no disc in the drive, it is listed as dvd-rw Drive (D) in the left pane,
but when I put a blank disc in, the screen refreshes and relist the drive
as CD Drive (D). I suspect this all has something to do with differences
between dvd-r and dvd+r, but how do I resolve the problem? Like I
mentioned, it worked a couple of times in the past. Any help is greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
jimlud@sbcglobal.net
 
On Nov 6, 6:06 pm, "Jim Ludwig" <jim...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have not burned a dvd disc in a LONG time, but recently, I wanted to burn
> my digital pics (about 2500 of them) to a dvd-r blank disc. I have tried
> both Roxio Easy cd/dvd creator and also, just doing it in Windows explorer.
> I have WinXP SP 2 and my burner is a Plextor px-712A. I have burned this
> same media before (sony dvd-r) with no problem and I don't know why it won't
> let me do it now. Windows wizard will let me add all the files to the
> drive, but when I go to burn the disc, it says "there is no cd in the
> drive." Roxio lets me set everything up and tells me "there are no
> supported burners available" when I hit the burn button. Like I said, I've
> used this exact media before. I notice in Windows explorer that when there
> is no disc in the drive, it is listed as dvd-rw Drive (D) in the left pane,
> but when I put a blank disc in, the screen refreshes and relist the drive
> as CD Drive (D). I suspect this all has something to do with differences
> between dvd-r and dvd+r, but how do I resolve the problem? Like I
> mentioned, it worked a couple of times in the past. Any help is greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jim
> jim...@sbcglobal.net

First thing, XP can not burn and DVD-R(w) or DVD+R(w) media directly
without using software like Roxio.

If the Roxio software is telling you that there is no supporrted
burners, then you have a OEM version of Roxio that does not support
your "current" Plextor drive. You need to get a "retail" version of
Roxio 10 or re-install the Plexor version.
 
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