Windows DVD +R/W Issue

[Guest]

I have a pioneer DVR-108 DVD +-R/W drive, everytime I try to use it for
writing it thinks the blank DVD's r/w media are CD R/W's. Even explorer
identifies the drive as a CD disk not a DVD when I insert a DVD+RW into the
drive.

What do I do?

Duftopia

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a pioneer DVR-108 DVD +-R/W drive, everytime I try to use it
for writing it thinks the blank DVD's r/w media are CD R/W's. Even
explorer identifies the drive as a CD disk not a DVD when I insert a
DVD+RW into the drive.

What do I do?

Tell us what application you are using to burn DVDs, as Windows XP does not
natively support DVD+/- R/RW...

 

[Stan Brown]

in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:

I have a pioneer DVR-108 DVD +-R/W drive, everytime I try to use it for
writing it thinks the blank DVD's r/w media are CD R/W's. Even explorer
identifies the drive as a CD disk not a DVD when I insert a DVD+RW into the
drive.

Windows XP doesn't have native DVD burning software; you beed to
get a third-party program.

Since Windows _does_ have native CD burning software, it assumes
that anything in the dive must eb a CD.

 

[Guest]

I am using Drive Image pro vr 7.0 (Now owned by Symantec), I have followed
numerous instructions since november 2004 and they all have failed, in
addition a sony product called "Click to DVD" which retorts that it can
create Multiple create to multiple DVD's several home movies I've tried to
copy has also failed but this could be entirely a different case.

I have downloaded something called gear and any ms updates, but right now
the drive in an idle state says its a "DVD-RW", but when I insert a blank DVD
into the drive it chages (In MS Explorer) to report that its a "CD Drive".

Also when I ran drivepro (Symantecs version) and tried to first time backup
of my drive to DVD it went to my usb harddisk and formatted it, I stopped in
in about 2 seconds but thats 2 seconds too late in computer time, is there a
free program to unformat on the web somewhere since I know I've done it in
the past with norton utils (until symantec got hold of that as well)

Thank You!
Michael (duftopia)