Recognizing new DVD RW drive

[Guest]

I recently installed a new Pioneer DVR-A08 drive in my computer. I have XP
home with sp2. plug & play recognized the drive and installed it but it will
only play and record cd's. it does not recognize dvd movies or blank dvd rw
discs. i installed the disc that came with the drive. I cannot manually run
or look at dvd disc contents with either explorer, my computer or power desk
5. properties shows it as a cd rw drive. thanks for any help!

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I recently installed a new Pioneer DVR-A08 drive in my computer. I have XP
home with sp2. plug & play recognized the drive and installed it but it will
only play and record cd's. it does not recognize dvd movies or blank dvd rw
discs. i installed the disc that came with the drive. I cannot manually run
or look at dvd disc contents with either explorer, my computer or power desk
5. properties shows it as a cd rw drive. thanks for any help!

See if this helps: "How to Troubleshoot Issues with Reading CD, CD-R,
CD-RW, and DVD Discs" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321641),
"Resources for troubleshooting DVD problems in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308012) and "CD-R Drive or CD-RW
Drive Is Not Recognized As a Recordable Device"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316529).

 

[Alex Nichol]

I recently installed a new Pioneer DVR-A08 drive in my computer. I have XP
home with sp2. plug & play recognized the drive and installed it but it will
only play and record cd's.

The inbuilt burning software in XP does not handle DVDs. And there is
no codec included for playing DVD movies; you have to buy one, eg at
http://www.cineplayer.com/decoder/default.htm?from=