cd,dvd burning problems

[Guest]

I have a Toshiba Satellite that came with a Matshita (pioneer) dvd-ram
player/burner. It has been working great till recently. It will play all
types (cds and dvds) but it will not burn anything in any program (windvd,
real player, windows media player and several more) it says "no rewritable
drive detected. help please..going crazy here...thanks

 

[Guest]

You need a burning app, don't see one in your list..?
Whats the actual drive string for the optical drive..?
j;-j

 

[Guest]

sorry not sure what you mean...kinda comp. dumb ha

 

[Jim]

I have a Toshiba Satellite that came with a Matshita (pioneer) dvd-ram
player/burner. It has been working great till recently. It will play all
types (cds and dvds) but it will not burn anything in any program (windvd,
real player, windows media player and several more) it says "no rewritable
drive detected. help please..going crazy here...thanks

Unless you have a program such as Easy CD Creator or Nero, you are out of
luck. WinXP cannot burn to a DVD device of any kind.

Jim

 

[Guest]

Yup, I agree with you, and Jim.. Without a burning app it won't crank on all
8's or 6's or 4's or even a 2 stroke for that matter, ha...
j;-j

 

[Guest]

thanks jim, but i do have intervideo windvd creator wont work there
either..not sure if thats what you are talking about but that program says it
will make movies and burn them to a disc....just when i try it says no
rewritable drive detectable...not sure whats going on.......

 

[Jim]

thanks jim, but i do have intervideo windvd creator wont work there
either..not sure if thats what you are talking about but that program says
it
will make movies and burn them to a disc....just when i try it says no
rewritable drive detectable...not sure whats going on.......

That is the kind of program that I meant...
I am not certain what the significance of "no rewriteable drive" is as a
DVD-RAM isn't rewriteble (AFIK).
My inclination is that you have a hardware issue with the drive. Don't
mention that XP says that the drive is working properly. All that means is
that the electronics in the drive and in the computer can communicate. The
drive hardware may still be bad even after receiving such a message.
What does the manufacturer's diagsnostics say about the drive?
Jim

 

[Guest]

Crunk,

You might just try unistalling the Windvd Creator app. then reinstall it
again..
Might even try contacting their customer support..
http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Support.jsp?mode=Customer

Might try uninstalling the drive in device manager, reboot and let XP find
it again..
Investigate these links they may be relevant..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/EN-US/
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=314096
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316529
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=314096
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283588
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826510
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM
Cheers..
j;-j