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DVD+RW drive won't copy data onto DVD discs - help!

  • 11-09-2006 6:12pm
    #1
    eskimo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭


    So my Dell desktop is now about a year and a half old. It came with a DVD+RW drive.

    Whenever I've tried to burn a DVD in the past, it has never worked and I don't know why. It doesn't give error messages, it just spends ages doing something but nothing.

    Today is the first day I've tried to put just actual general files onto a DVD+R disc. Whenever I drag any file into the window it says "An error was encountered while trying to copy this file." It doesn't give any more details.

    "Philips DVD+RW DVD8601" is the name of the drive when I right-click the drive's folder.

    Can anyone help?? I really need to copy this data onto the DVD+R discs tonight :(


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    What software came with the DVD-RW drive?


  • #3
    sinjin_smythe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭sinjin_smythe


    you cant simply drag files over tyo the dvd disk, you need some sort of software that will change it into a DVD readable disk. are you trying to put your own mpgs, avis on it ? or and actual dvd?


  • #4
    eskimo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭eskimo


    Sorry its a DVD+RW not DVD-RW.

    It came with CyberLink Power DVD, Sonic MyDVD, and RecordNow...

    I'm trying to put mp3s onto it; I'm also gonna put word documents, avi's and various other stuff on it... I want to store data on it, I don't want to put video on it.

    I really don't know anything about DVD-R's!


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Use Record Now, that should be all you need and if you are getting an error message then write it down and post it up here.


  • #6
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Your drive can write DVD-R/RW's just not in it's current form ;)

    (Philips limited the DVD8601 to the + format only)

    You can upgrade it to a BenQ 1620 drive through a firmware update (basically running a piece of software) of course this invalidates your warranty on the drive but that frankly isn't worth keeping when you get a more capable burner out of the bargain (& given how cheap DVDRW drives are).

    Also if you find Sonic RecordNow too much hassle try CopyToDVD a very straight forward program just drag & drop into the window and from the action menu select write that's all there is to it (a demo version is there to try out)


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