DVD+RW shows up as DVD-ROM

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johan

Hi,

I've burned almost 4.7GB of backup data onto a DVD+RW, no problem
whatsoever. However, in the My Computer tab the Windows Explorer (WE) shows
the DVD+RW always as a DVD-ROM.

In the properties WE shows:
File system: UDF
Used space: 1,653,098,873 bytes (this is always correct)
Free space: 0 bytes

So in the properties Free Space is always 0 bytes, as is with a ROM, but
nonetheless I can burn as much data on the DVD I want, until the 4.7GB is
full.

QUESTION ; Why does WE shows the DVD+RW as a DVD-ROM??

The computer is a Sony Vaio PCG-GRT916Z laptop with Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
software that burns the DVD in a bridge format UDF/ISO/Joliet.
OS: WindowsXP sp2
Drive: All optical +/- CD and DVD. So DVD+RW is no problem

The DVD driver is still the original one and I have not found any updates
yet.
The drive is:
Sony DVD RW DW-U54A version 1.5A \4146343845303532_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0

Do you have any knowledge of websites to update DVD drivers??, please let me
know.

thanks, johan
 
"johan" <johan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA98C1FF-485C-4A65-AA04-E07FBCBEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've burned almost 4.7GB of backup data onto a DVD+RW, no problem
> whatsoever. However, in the My Computer tab the Windows Explorer (WE)
> shows
> the DVD+RW always as a DVD-ROM.
>
> In the properties WE shows:
> File system: UDF
> Used space: 1,653,098,873 bytes (this is always correct)
> Free space: 0 bytes
>
> So in the properties Free Space is always 0 bytes, as is with a ROM, but
> nonetheless I can burn as much data on the DVD I want, until the 4.7GB is
> full.
>
> QUESTION ; Why does WE shows the DVD+RW as a DVD-ROM??
>
> The computer is a Sony Vaio PCG-GRT916Z laptop with Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
> software that burns the DVD in a bridge format UDF/ISO/Joliet.
> OS: WindowsXP sp2
> Drive: All optical +/- CD and DVD. So DVD+RW is no problem
>
> The DVD driver is still the original one and I have not found any updates
> yet.
> The drive is:
> Sony DVD RW DW-U54A version 1.5A
> \4146343845303532_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0
>
> Do you have any knowledge of websites to update DVD drivers??, please let
> me
> know.
>
> thanks, johan

That's normal with XP. Besides DVD±RW, my LG writer also reads/writes
DVD-RAM, so it shows up in Explorer as DVD-RAM. XP can't natively burn
a DVD, therefore doesn't recognize the writing capability. Vista, on the
other
hand, does write DVDs natively, and DVD±RWs are properly listed in WE
as DVD RW.
 
"johan" <johan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA98C1FF-485C-4A65-AA04-E07FBCBEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've burned almost 4.7GB of backup data onto a DVD+RW, no problem
> whatsoever. However, in the My Computer tab the Windows Explorer (WE)
> shows
> the DVD+RW always as a DVD-ROM.
>
> In the properties WE shows:
> File system: UDF
> Used space: 1,653,098,873 bytes (this is always correct)
> Free space: 0 bytes
>
> So in the properties Free Space is always 0 bytes, as is with a ROM, but
> nonetheless I can burn as much data on the DVD I want, until the 4.7GB is
> full.
>
> QUESTION ; Why does WE shows the DVD+RW as a DVD-ROM??
>

Windows XP doesn't recognise the existence of either DVD+R or DVD+RW (and
indeed has not got the appropriate icons in its library). As a consequence
it always shows disks of this type as DVD-ROM. Since windows doesn't
support writing of any DVD, except DVD-RAM, third party utilities have no
difficulty with the + version of the DVD format.
 
Hi Ian,
Is SP3 going to contain any drivers for DVD+/-RW reading and writing??
johan

"Ian D" wrote:

>
> "johan" <johan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA98C1FF-485C-4A65-AA04-E07FBCBEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've burned almost 4.7GB of backup data onto a DVD+RW, no problem
> > whatsoever. However, in the My Computer tab the Windows Explorer (WE)
> > shows
> > the DVD+RW always as a DVD-ROM.
> >
> > In the properties WE shows:
> > File system: UDF
> > Used space: 1,653,098,873 bytes (this is always correct)
> > Free space: 0 bytes
> >
> > So in the properties Free Space is always 0 bytes, as is with a ROM, but
> > nonetheless I can burn as much data on the DVD I want, until the 4.7GB is
> > full.
> >
> > QUESTION ; Why does WE shows the DVD+RW as a DVD-ROM??
> >
> > The computer is a Sony Vaio PCG-GRT916Z laptop with Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
> > software that burns the DVD in a bridge format UDF/ISO/Joliet.
> > OS: WindowsXP sp2
> > Drive: All optical +/- CD and DVD. So DVD+RW is no problem
> >
> > The DVD driver is still the original one and I have not found any updates
> > yet.
> > The drive is:
> > Sony DVD RW DW-U54A version 1.5A
> > \4146343845303532_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0
> >
> > Do you have any knowledge of websites to update DVD drivers??, please let
> > me
> > know.
> >
> > thanks, johan
>
> That's normal with XP. Besides DVD±RW, my LG writer also reads/writes
> DVD-RAM, so it shows up in Explorer as DVD-RAM. XP can't natively burn
> a DVD, therefore doesn't recognize the writing capability. Vista, on the
> other
> hand, does write DVDs natively, and DVD±RWs are properly listed in WE
> as DVD RW.
>
>
>
 
On Nov 19, 2:36 pm, johan <jo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> Is SP3 going to contain any drivers for DVD+/-RW reading and writing??
> johan
>
>
>
> "Ian D" wrote:
>
> > "johan" <jo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:CA98C1FF-485C-4A65-AA04-E07FBCBEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I've burned almost 4.7GB of backup data onto a DVD+RW, no problem
> > > whatsoever. However, in the My Computer tab the Windows Explorer (WE)
> > > shows
> > > the DVD+RW always as a DVD-ROM.
>
> > > In the properties WE shows:
> > > File system: UDF
> > > Used space: 1,653,098,873 bytes (this is always correct)
> > > Free space: 0 bytes
>
> > > So in the properties Free Space is always 0 bytes, as is with a ROM, but
> > > nonetheless I can burn as much data on the DVD I want, until the 4.7GBis
> > > full.
>
> > > QUESTION ; Why does WE shows the DVD+RW as a DVD-ROM??
>
> > > The computer is a Sony Vaio PCG-GRT916Z laptop with Drag'n Drop CD+DVD
> > > software that burns the DVD in a bridge format UDF/ISO/Joliet.
> > > OS: WindowsXP sp2
> > > Drive: All optical +/- CD and DVD. So DVD+RW is no problem
>
> > > The DVD driver is still the original one and I have not found any updates
> > > yet.
> > > The drive is:
> > > Sony DVD RW DW-U54A version 1.5A
> > > \4146343845303532_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0
>
> > > Do you have any knowledge of websites to update DVD drivers??, please let
> > > me
> > > know.
>
> > > thanks, johan
>
> > That's normal with XP. Besides DVD±RW, my LG writer also reads/writes
> > DVD-RAM, so it shows up in Explorer as DVD-RAM. XP can't natively burn
> > a DVD, therefore doesn't recognize the writing capability. Vista, on the
> > other
> > hand, does write DVDs natively, and DVD±RWs are properly listed in WE
> > as DVD RW.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Probably not. MS is wanting everyone to go to Vista so mainly SP3 may
only contain "minor" fixes.
 
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