Are DVD-R/RW's literate?

[tecnique]

I bought a cheap cheap computer second hand and stripped it of everything usable. One little treasure I found was a DVD-R/RW drive. It is recognized on BIOS but it has not acknowledged there being any media in it yet. Since it is used I do not know if it is busted or if DVD R/RW DOES NOT in fact stand for dvd reader/re-writer as I was led to belive years ago.

Pioneer DVR-105VE

Thanks

 

[locky28]

As far as i know DVD R/RW means it can read DVD's and read Re-written DVD's so it sounds your drives just broken. Try smashing it on the road or something.

 

[tecnique]

See thats what I was thinking. Could the fix be a big hammer?

 

[bacis]

hi.
any drive doesn't worth fix it.
it will cost you cheaper if u buy a new one.