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Won't read DVD
Name: longhitter04 Date: November 15, 2006 at 21:44:23 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: Pentium
Comment:
I have video files that I burned onto a DVD from my desktop, but they won't play on my laptop.
Both computers are Dell, but my desktop is XP, and laptop is 98.
When I put the DVD into my laptop and try to open, it makes weird noises and asks to format the disk. Why won't the videos play? Please help. Big presentation on the line.
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: November 15, 2006 at 21:49:43 Pacific
Reply:
Just to make sure, do you have a DVD player in the laptop and not just a regular CDrom or CD burner?
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Response Number 2
Name: longhitter04 Date: November 15, 2006 at 21:52:08 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, it is a DVD player.
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Response Number 3
Name: longhitter04 Date: November 15, 2006 at 22:00:22 Pacific
Reply:
Actually my OS on my laptop is 2000. Sorry.
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: November 15, 2006 at 23:12:55 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure if it's the same with DVDs but with regular cd-r's you can leave the recording session open and add stuff later. Often doing that causes problems when attempting to read the cd-r in another player. If that doesn't appear to be the problem (and you're sure the laptop DVD is working) try altering the recording speed and the blank disk brand.
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Response Number 5
Name: JPW Date: November 16, 2006 at 07:40:14 Pacific
Reply:
Keep in mind that not all DVD's are the same!!
1st If you have a DVD-R/-RW It will not read DVD's Burned with DVD+/+RW.
2nd If you have a DVD+R/+RW and try to read DVD-R/_RW media it will not read it.
3rd If you have a DVD-R/-RW /+R/+RW DVD then you will beable to read both. The last DVD is considered Dual Format/Dual Layer DVD's.
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Response Number 6
Name: street1 Date: November 19, 2006 at 05:47:02 Pacific
Reply:
There may also be a conflict between Fat-32 and NTFS.
I wouldn't touch you, with a 39 and 1/2 Ft. Poll!
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Response Number 7
Name: jboy Date: November 19, 2006 at 15:42:21 Pacific
Reply:
... hard to credit anything like that - CDs & DVDs don't employ either (and the connection to Windows 98 has turned out to be an imaginary one)
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