DVD Drive

[rlp]

6 mo old Dell inspiron 530 won't write Data DVD's. It starts out ok then
stops stating that there was a problem writing to DVd. Will write data CD's
ok . I'm lost any help please?

 

[philo]

6 mo old Dell inspiron 530 won't write Data DVD's. It starts out ok then
stops stating that there was a problem writing to DVd. Will write data CD's
ok . I'm lost any help please?

I'd get it fixed under warranty

 

[Jim]

6 mo old Dell inspiron 530 won't write Data DVD's. It starts out ok then
stops stating that there was a problem writing to DVd. Will write data
CD's
ok . I'm lost any help please?

Windows XP by itself (no third party software) can't write to a DVD. It can
write to a CD. Nero or Easy CD Create solve this problem.
I don't know if Vista can write to a DVD or not.
Jim