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01-05-2006, 07:26 AM
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Re: XP does not recognize blank dvd
I'm having the same problem. Did you find a solution?
"ctoro" wrote: > All drives on one cable. As I mentioned before I have burned DVDs and > everything was working great. Then the next day... the software doesn't > recognize that there is a blank dvd in the drive... but recognizes everything > else including blank CDs. I can't find anyone with an answer to this! Super > frustrating because I'm sure its a simple setting that windows or Pinnacle 8 > changed. > > "Bob Noble" wrote: > > > Are both drives on the same ribbon cable? They need to be for you to set a > > master and slave. > > If you are randomly setting master and slave on our drives without them > > being on the same cable, it won't work. If only one drive on a cable, it is > > set as neutral, usually jumpers removed, unless otherwise stated on the > > drive somewhere. If there are two drives on a cable, one drive is set as > > master and the other as slave. If your machine supports cable select, you > > can set all drives as cable select and the bios will sort it all out. Also, > > make sure the Ide channels in the bios are set to auto, so your bios will > > detect the drives properly. Just set all four to auto in the bios. > > > > -- > > Bob Noble > > www.sonic.net/bnoble > > "ctoro" <ctoro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:48637DB1-DB90-4FA4-83C6-87EA6D479E7B@microsoft.com... > > >I need to make a correction. > > > The DVD Drive does not recognize a blank DVD as "full" rather it says "0 > > > Bytes". So it thinks nothing is in the drive. > > > > > > When I insert the blank dvd the drive description also changes from DVD-RW > > > Drive (E  to CD Drive (E> > > > > > When I double click on the E: drive it pops up a warning box and says > > > "E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function." > > > > > > What's interesting is at the top of the warning window it says D:\ like it > > > thinks the E drive is the D drive. Windows XP Pro is confused! > > > > > > What I tried this weekend. > > > 1. Started in safe mode. Uninstalled the dvd drives. Shut down. Swapped > > > them. Set one as master one as slave (where before they were cable > > > select). > > > This did nothing. > > > 2. Tried Microsoft's CD-R fix (MSFT article 316529). This also did > > > nothing. > > > 3. Disabled IMAPI CD burning > > > 4. Reloaded Pinnacle Video editing software... and the dvd decoder. Still > > > no > > > success. > > > > > > Any suggestions? Ideas? Help! Thanks > > > > > > > > > "Jerry" wrote: > > > > > >> Before you swap the drives around boot into Safe Mode, open Device > > >> Manager, > > >> delete all instances of the burner devices you find. Shut down, swap them > > >> around, restart and Windows should redetect the devices and install the > > >> drivers. > > >> > > >> "ctoro" <ctoro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > >> news:757EF60E-E958-4CE4-B343-E38BBB8E3E76@microsoft.com... > > >> > Problem: Insert blank dvd-r and click on the drive properties and it > > >> > says > > >> > the disk is full. Pinnacle thinks the drive is empty and tells me to > > >> > insert > > >> > a blank dvd. Bottom line... I can't burn dvd anymore! > > >> > > > >> > Debug: Burned two home movies to dvd-r (same lot of dvds) the day > > >> > before. > > >> > Worked great. I have a Toshiba SD-R5112 (Mad Dog 4X burner). I also > > >> > have > > >> > an > > >> > NEC DV-5800A dvd player that came with my Dell desktop. This has to be > > >> > a > > >> > software issue because both drives think the dvd-r is full if you > > >> > insert > > >> > them. Inserting cd-r media works great... it recognizes the cd's as > > >> > being > > >> > empty and ready to burn to. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Tried: reboot, reinstall of dvd decoder, removing useless Nero > > >> > Going to try: remove hardware + reinstall, swap master with current > > >> > slave, > > >> > > > >> > I'm not a computer genius so I don't know what else to do. Any help > > >> > would > > >> > be > > >> > appreciated. I've been all over the web and seen this problem but have > > >> > never > > >> > found a solution. > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > 
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