DVD rom wont Read DVD R?

StonedParadoX

ooookay you's have all seen this a hundred times over

and someone here will link me to a website for help like afterdawn or beforedawn or whatever the site is or some other Random site with help

BUT..i got a DVD rom right and i wanna read this DVD R ..and it wont

its s DVD. Cd-rom .. NOW why cant i view?.. upgrade firemare / codecs? / missing something?

i know the info giving is lacking on my side but im kinda stoned and well some of you's know where im at so lets all smile and help the Stupid Stoner who cant get his **** to work

aidan_walsh

There are different formats of writable DVD out there, most commonly DVD-R and DVD+R. Not all drives support all formats. Also, certain older operating systems don't support the UDF file format used, and so either may not read the disc, or will not read above the first session.

StonedParadoX

there we go i forgot to mention that

i checked with neros thingy reader info tool?... and it says it can read Dvd rs and i googled my _nec dv 5800A and it reads DVD r's!

aidan_walsh

Ah, now thats a little different. I would half expect Nero to be able to recognise the disk as it has its own ways of getting at the disk (as it would need to to be able to burn). That's no indication that Windows is able to read the disk.

StonedParadoX

so what ?? u think i should download nero and stick in the CD and see if it reads it?

uhh i didnt think nero did that or am i confused?

aidan_walsh

No, thats not what I am saying. I'm saying that Nero doesn't use Windows code to manipulate the disk, it has its own to do it. Just because Nero can identify the disk format doesn't mean Windows can. If Explorer doesn't open it, it won't open it. Simple as that.

However, you might be able to use a program like CD-Roller to grab the files and copy them to your hard disk.

StonedParadoX

right that might work

hopefully ..
ill check that out

StonedParadoX

nah ..it doesnt read it