Alright. If you want us to really be of help to you, don't jump. Let's go slow. First off, there's some mitakes on your description. This burner is NOT DVD-R burner. It is a DVD±RW/CD±RW Burner, which means its capable of recording on DVD+R, DVD-R, and CD-R media. Now look at the burner specs: DVD Family Write : DVD+R 8X(10800KB/sec) by Z-CLV DVD-R 8X(10800KB/sec) by Z-CLV ReWrite : DVD+RW 4X(5400KB/sec) by CLV DVD-RW 4X(5400KB/sec) by CLV Read : 12X(16200KB/sec) maxmium by CAV Access Time : 160ms CD Family Write : CD-R 40X(6000KB/sec) maxmium by P-CAV ReWrite : CD-RW 24X(3600KB/sec) maxmium by Z-CLV in UltraSpeed disc Read : 40X(6000KB/sec) maxmium by CAV Access Time : 160ms The media you can properly burn to is specified in the under the DVD Family and CD Family. Do you understand? If you do, we'll proceed to discuss Nero.

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yes,So in other words I bought the wrong disc?

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Since you asked, what kind of disc did you buy especially the X factor and its brand name?

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Actually the discs came from CompUsa.. They are Comp-USA DVD-R Recordables. 4.7 GB 120 MIN

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Do u know what's the X speed of those discs?

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Wow I am not sure about that, but when I tried to burn them, I believe they were 2x.

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Any computer should be able to read those disks "IF" they have a DVD rom - but not in a CD rom. Just thought I would mention this in case. . and the DVD media -R or +R will almost always be common to almost all DVD players - there will be exceptions though - must check the box or of course try it - if it doesn;t work that would be a good indicator. If you ever decide to back up your DVD movies you will want DVD Shrink - it is free. Good luck Greaner

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One more thing I would like to add to your replies. Until you get the hang of it, burn your programs to a DVD-RW or DVD+RW this way, if you mess up all you have to do is erase it and try again. You won't be burning a coaster! I have made backups of my movies and have had no coasters. I DID use an RW for the first few times to get the hang of it. The programs I use are, DVD Decrypter, DVD2ONE, and Nero Burn. Thanks, Jim

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Just a quick note with burning data to DVD disk. +R format is a better type of format when burning data (ie - not movies). +R can be used for movies although the majority of home theater DVD players don't have the ability to read +R disks so hence why -R formats are the preferred media type. As to why you can't view your data on other machines - the answer is little known secret that can be summised as follows; -R formats when burning data become unstable if the disk session is left open. You need to burn and close the session for it to be visable on other DVD burner. Otherwise they are unpredictable. So in short try to use the disk entirely and not allow multisession on it. +R format disks are a lot friendlier and will quite happily accept multisession burns without giving you grief on other machines whilst trying to access them. (This is not a fault of Nero - infact Nero is a leader in this technology and try and avoid Roxio's EZ creator programs - they pose more headaches than functionality) Try and use quality disks. Firmware on certain drives disallow certain makes of disks to be used. Often cheap brands who's manufacturers avoid paying royalty's to the creators of DVD. There are firmware update availables for most drives but very carefully making sure you have the manufactures firmware update for the correct DVD model(Nero Info Tool is great in assertaining the correct information about your drives) otherwise it could render your drive useless. Regards Soldano Work Is The Rent We Pay For The Space We Occupy On Earth AMD Athlon XP2500 Codegen 550W P/S Gigabyte GA-8KNXP 1 Gig ECC-DDRAM 2x200gig SATA Seagate HDD Pioneer A06 DVD Burner

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