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Can't play DVD+RWs on Windows.
Name: java13690 (by soren) Date: August 17, 2006 at 10:45:00 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Versi CPU/Ram: AMD Sempron+ 2600, 1.84 G Product: American Megatrends Inc.
Comment:
When I try to play DVD+RWs in my computer's DVD drive it does not recognise them, saying:
'Disk not formatted' 'Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows.'
The DVD+RW was made on a Sony RDR-HX525 DVD Recorder and has been finalised so it should play on other DVD players.
Name: java13690 (by soren) Date: August 17, 2006 at 10:51:31 Pacific
Reply:
Forgot to say, the DVD drive in my computer is a 'Maxtor 6Y080L0'.
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: August 17, 2006 at 12:39:57 Pacific
Reply:
Your PC need to have a third party software such as Nero or Roxio to read DVD+/-RW discs. Windows XP CD disc read & write never have been updated to go beyond CD-RW (don't ask me why - ask M$).
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: Kurt S Date: August 17, 2006 at 14:24:50 Pacific
Reply:
You need third party software to write to a DVD but not to read it in XP.
What is on the DVD, data or a movie?
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Response Number 4
Name: java13690 (by soren) Date: August 18, 2006 at 12:32:44 Pacific
Reply:
The DVD+RW contains video recorded from the television.
I have a copy of Nero Burning Rom although it is quite old (1999) and I doubt it has DVD support.
Are there any free programs that would enable my PC to read DVD+RWs?
Thanks.
P.S. My DVD drive is not a 'Maxtor 6Y080L0' as I said before, that is my hard drive.
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Response Number 5
Name: oldfogey Date: August 18, 2006 at 16:16:06 Pacific
Reply:
Your drive appears to be failing to read the disk, rather than failing to process the contents.
Is your drive working OK? Can it read a commercially produced DVD (movie or data)?
Assuming your drive is OK, is it one that can read DVD +? Check the make and model, then Google to see what it can read.
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