DVD-RW Drive not reading copied DVDs

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Hey everyone,

I have recently been having trouble with my NEC DVD_RW ND-4571A drive.
Whilst it still reads official disks perfectly (a DVD movie or software CD
for example), if I put one of my DVD data disks in the cursor displays a CD
whilst the drive reads the disk, but once it has finished reading, the icon
in My Computer changes from "DVD-RAM Drive (D:)" to "CD Drive (D:)" and the
open disk options window pops up saying "Blank CD".

The drive is less than 2 months old, and until recently read all of my data
disks perfectly. It's worth noting that I recently installed a new PSU, it's
a 430W Tagan TG420-U01, I'm not an expert but I have built and rebuilt my pc
for years and have had no problems.

I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions.
Thanks!
Alex

System Specs:
AMD Athlon XP Thoroughbred 2400+ (A Socket) CPU
Gigabyte 7VT600-P-RZ VIA - KT600 Motherboard
2 Gig of DDR RAM
250 Gig Maxtor DiamondPlus HD
300 Gig Maxtor Max Line III Data HD
Radeon x1600 Graphics Card
Sound Blaster Audigy Sound Card
 
I'm going to jump on this bandwagon - I have the NEC DVD ND-3540a (dual
layer burner).

The behavior problem you describe is very similar if not the same as
the problem I'm having. The drive reads commercial DVDs/CDs and does
not seem to recognize data/video DVDs that I have burned (and others
have burned for me on other systems). So in my case it's not just DVD
movies - data DVDs also.

Strangely enough, even though blank CDrs/DVDs don't appear in "my
computer" (blank - I can use Nero to burn to them. The CD shows up
after the burn (audio or data burned in iTunes) and if
ejected/reinserted. The burned DVD shows up after burned (I can right
click explore and see files), but then if I eject and reinsert, the
burned DVD will not appear.

I've had this drive for a bit under a year and it's been pretty good.
In terms of "what has changed" - I recently installed IE 7 beta and
Windows Media 11beta. Upon having problems with certain applications I
rolled back to the non-beta/stable versions. I have a vague sense the
problem began cropping up (though not always) around the time the betas
were installed, but now it happens every time I put a burned disc in.

I would just order a new burner if I thought it was simply a hardware
problem...

Any ideas greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Wayne
 
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