DVD RW drive does not recognize DVD discs

[JasonG]

I have a SONY DVD RW DW-U55A drive and I can not burn files to a DVD discs.

When the My Computer window is open it says "DVD-RW Drive (F" but when I
put in the DVD it changes to "CD Drive (F"

If I right click on the drive with the disc in the computer is says that
there is 0 free space. Used space = 0 bytes and Free space = 0 bytes.

I have burned many data and audio CD's but can not get my computer to burn
them to a DVD.

I have also gone into the properties of the DVD drive and unchecked the
"Enable CD recording on this drive" under the Recording tab and I have
unchecked the "enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" under the
properties of the dvd drive. - neither seem to change anything.

What can I do? I just want to burn some files to a DVD to clear space on my
hard drive.

Thank you,
Jason G

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

It is most likely a weak laser or dirty lens. Get a CD lens cleaner kit or
buy a new drive.

The price of a CD/DVD Cleaner kit is about 15% of anew DVD drive so you may
want to instead replace the drive with a new one rather than buying a
cleaner kit.

Regards,
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[Jim]

I have a SONY DVD RW DW-U55A drive and I can not burn files to a DVD discs.

When the My Computer window is open it says "DVD-RW Drive (F" but when I
put in the DVD it changes to "CD Drive (F"

If I right click on the drive with the disc in the computer is says that
there is 0 free space. Used space = 0 bytes and Free space = 0 bytes.

I have burned many data and audio CD's but can not get my computer to burn
them to a DVD.

I have also gone into the properties of the DVD drive and unchecked the
"Enable CD recording on this drive" under the Recording tab and I have
unchecked the "enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" under the
properties of the dvd drive. - neither seem to change anything.

What can I do? I just want to burn some files to a DVD to clear space on
my
hard drive.

Thank you,
Jason G

XP cannot burn to a DVD. You need the third party tools such as Nero or
Easy CD Creator. There some free tools as well.

Jim

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have burned many data and audio CD's but can not get my computer to burn
them to a DVD.

You need third-party software to do that. The built-in XP program can
burn CDs only, and not DVDs.

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

Please ignore my earlier reply. It only applies if you are not able to read
all the DVD discs you have.

Regards,
Singapore Computer Home Repair Service
http://www.bootstrike.com/ComputerService/
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http://www.bootstrike.com/VHSVideoConvert/