DVD-r's 0bytes of space?!

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Remove the DVD disk. Reboot the PC and reinsert the disk. It should now work.
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"Phil" wrote:

> Hi i have an interesting problem, which I just can't solve
>
> Okay so I was working on the computer last night and I burned a data dvd
> with nero. Which worked fine as have all my other dvd's.
> (I also installed doom 3, and itunes 4.8 around the same time)
>
> So today I was wanting to burn another dvd, but now it won't burn. If i look
> at the dvd properties in explorer the size is 0bytes and capacity is 0bytes.
>
> Windows does appear to recognise it is writable as it pops up the what
> action box which will elt me burn the dvd with nero.. etc.
>
> If i view the disc info in nero it says there is 4.38gb free but when i go
> to burn it says not enough space on disc!?
>
> Curiously iTunes is cabable of burning to a dvd. So i tried to uninstall
> that to no avail then went a step further by doing a system restore to a time
> when i knew the dvd buring had worked again with no success.
>
> The drive itself seems ok because it reads written dvd-r's, Normal DVD's,
> CD's, CD-R's (wirtes to cd-r just fine)
>
> Any ideas it's driving me mad it makes no sense.
>
> Sorry for the long windidness, i appreciate any input.