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DVD+RW problem

CaptainHilts · 2005-01-27 09:42:31

hey, anyone any idea why after i've installed a replacement DVD+RW drive into my PC that it shows up in device manager as DVD+RW, but in My Computer as DVD/CD-RW.... its not recogniaing blank DVDs at all, its acting like a dvd/cd-rw drive? Much love for any ideas? :confused:

27-01-2005 10:42AM

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CaptainHilts

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hey,
anyone any idea why after i've installed a replacement DVD+RW drive into my PC that it shows up in device manager as DVD+RW, but in My Computer as DVD/CD-RW.... its not recogniaing blank DVDs at all, its acting like a dvd/cd-rw drive? Much love for any ideas?

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#2 27-01-2005 10:48AM

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Did you install drivers from CD/Web, or did you let windows auto detect?

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#3 27-01-2005 10:49AM

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uninstall and reinstall any burning software youve got..

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#4 27-01-2005 04:19PM

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CaptainHilts wrote:

hey,
anyone any idea why after i've installed a replacement DVD+RW drive into my PC that it shows up in device manager as DVD+RW, but in My Computer as DVD/CD-RW.... its not recogniaing blank DVDs at all, its acting like a dvd/cd-rw drive? Much love for any ideas?

What version of windows you got??? what brand/model is the new drive??

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