DVD won't burn DVD Media!

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What DVD burning/recording program did you install?

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"Ed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
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|I got a DVD burner and I'm having problems with it. It
| burns a CD normally, plays DVD videos and all but when I
| put a blank DVD in it it doesn't do anything, I mean, It
| tries to read it but finally stops and when I try to burn
| files or video on a blank dvd the program keeps saying to
| inserv a blank dvd in the drive but the dvd is already
| there! Here are my Burner and Blank DVDs Specs:
|
| BURNER:
| DVD-R Write Speed
| 4x
| DVD-RW Rewrite Speed
| 2X
| DVD Read Speed
| 12x
| DVD Access Time
| 130 ms
| Compatible Writable Media
| CD-R
| CD-RW
| DVD-R
| DVD-RW
| Writing Modes
| Disc-at-Once
| Incremental Recording
| Packet writing
| Restricted overwriting
| Session-at-Once
| Track-at-Once
|
| BLANK DVD MEDIA:
| Format
| DVD-R
| Capacity
| 4.7GB
| Write Speed
| 4x
| Quantity
| 25 Disks
| Packaging
| Spindle
|
| PLEASE! HELP ME OUT!

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Are you sure you have the right DVD format type cd Some use + a some use -

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"Ed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I got a DVD burner and I'm having problems with it. It
> burns a CD normally, plays DVD videos and all but when I
> put a blank DVD in it it doesn't do anything, I mean, It
> tries to read it but finally stops and when I try to burn
> files or video on a blank dvd the program keeps saying to
> inserv a blank dvd in the drive but the dvd is already
> there! Here are my Burner and Blank DVDs Specs:
>
> BURNER:
> DVD-R Write Speed
> 4x
> DVD-RW Rewrite Speed
> 2X
> DVD Read Speed
> 12x
> DVD Access Time
> 130 ms
> Compatible Writable Media
> CD-R
> CD-RW
> DVD-R
> DVD-RW
> Writing Modes
> Disc-at-Once
> Incremental Recording
> Packet writing
> Restricted overwriting
> Session-at-Once
> Track-at-Once
>
> BLANK DVD MEDIA:
> Format
> DVD-R
> Capacity
> 4.7GB
> Write Speed
> 4x
> Quantity
> 25 Disks
> Packaging
> Spindle
>
> PLEASE! HELP ME OUT!
>
>

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>-----Original Message-----
>I got a DVD burner and I'm having problems with it. It
>burns a CD normally, plays DVD videos and all but when I
>put a blank DVD in it it doesn't do anything, I mean, It
>tries to read it but finally stops and when I try to
burn
>files or video on a blank dvd the program keeps saying
to
>inserv a blank dvd in the drive but the dvd is already
>there! Here are my Burner and Blank DVDs Specs:
>
>BURNER:
>DVD-R Write Speed
>4x
>DVD-RW Rewrite Speed
>2X
>DVD Read Speed
>12x
>DVD Access Time
>130 ms
>Compatible Writable Media
>CD-R
>CD-RW
>DVD-R
>DVD-RW
>Writing Modes
>Disc-at-Once
>Incremental Recording
>Packet writing
>Restricted overwriting
>Session-at-Once
>Track-at-Once
>
>BLANK DVD MEDIA:
>Format
>DVD-R
>Capacity
>4.7GB
>Write Speed
>4x
>Quantity
>25 Disks
>Packaging
>Spindle
>
>PLEASE! HELP ME OUT!
>
>
>.
>
Try another brand of DVD disks.

Also, my drive supports all media writing, except dvd-rom and cd-rom
Oh yeah, my dvd-r/rws read but in nero when burn-at once is disabled the burn stops at writing lead in and when burn at once is on the burn crashes at about quarter of the way through.