Phillips DVD+RW-D28 Problem

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The burner might be bad or the media you are using.

"Mike" <Mike@SunnyOrlando.com> wrote in message
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> After almost a year of flawless operation and some 50 DVD's later my
> Phillips DVD+RW-D28 has started acting erratically. My last 4
> attempts at burning a DVD have produced 4 'coasters'. And these are
> the first 4 I have ever had a problem with. Trying to burn a data DVD
> (twice) and a movie DVD (twice) I've started getting an error at the
> end of the burn stating the DVD drive is no longer accessible. This
> has occurred in both Nero Burning ROM and Ulead's Movie Factory 3.
> Device manager states the drive is working correctly and Norton's
> SystemWorks also can find no problems with WinXP. Does anyone know
> why this might be happening ? Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> Dell 8200 2.53 Ghz
> 512 Megs RDRAM
> Window XP Home Edition SP1
> 80 Gig 7200 RPM IBM Hard Drive
> 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
> SoundBlaster Live!
> PHILIPS DVD+RW-D28