Won't recognise blank DVD - thanks :)

Movie Copy Software
#1

Hello all, I am new to this and I’ve been trawling around this great site/community for a couple of days. I haven’t found the answer to this question yet though:

I downloaded CloneDVD2 and AnyDVD
I have a DVD/CD-RW drive, brand: NEC DVD+RW, ND-5100A
Windows XP Home

When I go to write to the DVD, CloneDVD2 asks me to :
“Please insert a recordable DVD into drive D.” - ie my drive will not read that the DVD-R that I insert is blank.

I looked in MS help, and unchecked the “enable CD recording on this device”

After this, I still got the same error message on CloneDVD2. Restarted computer etc. If I go into windows explorer, and click on the drive when I’ve disabled the CD recording, it asks me to “Please insert a disc into drive D”.

My computer/drive whatever won’t recognise that the DVD is blank.

I would so appreciate any help at all. I love the look of these products and I’d love to get them to work.

Thank you.

#2

Which CloneDVD Version?
Any “Alien” IDE Busmaster drivers?
What exactly are you putting in your drive? (Manufacturer, Name of empty disc)

#3

You may want to check this link out first.

[URL=http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pw_cdrom&message.id=810&page=1]

Hope it’s not the problem in your case but it does look very similar.

#4

Thank you Olli and Cliffyboy…

Olli, it’s version 2.0.9.4, and looking at what I was putting in my drive was the answer - I feel quite stupid - had a -R instead of +R disc.

Cliffyboy, thanks for the link. I had found that and was hoping it wasn’t anything that drastic, but thanks for the tip!

Thanks again for your time :slight_smile: