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DVD size is wrong in My Computer
Name: scazzum Date: March 29, 2005 at 21:54:42 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 1.1GHz/ 768mb
Comment:
Hello,
I have just burnt a DVD data disc and have a problem. When I open "My Computer", the size of the DVD shows as only 0.99 GB. However, when I highlight all the data on the DVD and check "Properties", it shows what it really has, 4.2 GB. I've tried on another DVD drive and it shows the same in "Properties" - 4.2 GB. How can I get "My Computer" to recognize the correct size of the disc?
Name: RobbieDickon Date: March 29, 2005 at 22:44:20 Pacific
Reply:
I had a client with the very same problem... At first I didn't know what caused it, but I noticed that when I looked at his DVD-rom's properties it said that file system was UDFRDR, not UDF. Well, I unistalled udfreader and everything worked perfectly! I don't know if you have this problem, but check what file system is in use on your dvd-rom...
Hope this is of some use
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Response Number 2
Name: scazzum Date: March 30, 2005 at 04:01:22 Pacific
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