dvdrw

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:27 pm

i got a new dule layer dvd burner. it seems to be recognized by the system and it reads everything fine, but its not recognized as a burner. well when it installs the drives it says NEC DVDRW drive but then once its installed it just becomes a CD ROM drive. i have windows xp pro. any suggestions on what to do?

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:33 pm

You need a burning program to master DVDs. Get a copy of Nero or see if the drive came with any software.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:21 pm

i have nero. thats the problem nero isnt recognizeing it as a burner. the drive is oem so it did not come with any software. i read somewhere that you need drives to suppport dvdrw drives besides the windows drives (dont know how true this is) then i did some more reaserch and found that NEC does not have these drives up for download.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:27 pm

What version of Nero are you using? Perhaps it's outdated?

As far as I know, DVD-RW is no different from CD-RW, just so long as the software you use supports DVD-RW. :/

I do not have a DVDRW drive, so I am not the master of it.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:31 pm

i had a singal layer dvd burner a while ago and it did not require any extra drives but this one is dule layer so i wasnt sure. i have nero 5 so i dont think its outdated. besides it suported my singal layer burner.

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:35 am

madmag9999 wrote:i have nero 5 so i dont think its outdated.

Whoa whoa whoa... Nero only added dual layer burning support in v6.3.1.6, so yeah that's outdated.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:56 am

o really? damn. thanx ill go grabb that version and see if that works

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:12 am

Dual-layer burner? You bitch ;_;

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:46 am

lol. i worked hard for that $90. and besides is only 2.4x dule layer, well thanx dokidoki, that fixed the problem.