dvd burner only burns cd's???

[ben bob]

I have recently purchased a lite-on 411s dvd +/- r/rw
drive. I am able to burn cd-r's no prob, but for some
reason it appears that xp pro doesn't recognize it as a
dvd player/burner? i can view a dvd in the drive but
however i cant use the "dvd-rom" only functions of the
dvd itself. i cant figure out how to burn dvd's either.
i have tried using a couple different programs to burn
but none work. i cant even use windows to burn, it won't
recognize any dvd media. i've tried some memorex + r
media & some fuji - r media...every time every dvd disc
comes up as saying no disc in drive or disc is full???
can you help? thanks! ben

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I have recently purchased a lite-on 411s dvd +/- r/rw
drive. I am able to burn cd-r's no prob, but for some
reason it appears that xp pro doesn't recognize it as a
dvd player/burner? i can view a dvd in the drive but
however i cant use the "dvd-rom" only functions of the
dvd itself. i cant figure out how to burn dvd's either.
i have tried using a couple different programs to burn
but none work. i cant even use windows to burn, it won't
recognize any dvd media. i've tried some memorex + r
media & some fuji - r media...every time every dvd disc
comes up as saying no disc in drive or disc is full???
can you help? thanks! ben

Most DVD burners come bundled with burning software. You cannot burn a DVD
using the XP burning feature.

It sounds like you may need a firmware upgrade for the drive. Contact
Lite-On support. They are usually very reliable.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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