DVD+R Discs won't burn?? Confused!!

Jim, the Glaws fan

I'm using a teac dvd+rw dv-w58e dvd burner (came with the Dell pc as standard a while ago, but never used it until now) and can't get the thing to burn onto the dvd+r discs I've bought. Also it says that it's an invalid format (or something like that) when I try to copy a dvd-r onto a dvd+r disc, is this always the case, or just the software (Sonic) I was using? Any help as to what software I should use and what discs I should burn to would be great, cheers.

SirQUK · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject:

Hi Jim, the Glaws fan and welocme to our forums. Not every writer can write to DVD+R media which is true of your TEAC writer. You can either stick to DVD-R media or upgrade your writer to one that handles both formats.

ray · Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 3

hello strange but true: i also have a dell pc with exactly the same dvd unit - and only now have got around to trying to write to DVD discs (am trying to back up all my data). The DVD reader won't write to a HiSpace DVD-R 4.7Gb disc - I'd appreciate help as to why this is? Do I use other DVD discs or is the machine not designed of writing to DVD discs? .... i.e., how do I do it? Thanks Ray Very Happy

SirQUK · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject:

Hi Ray and welcome to our forums You will need a software such as copytodvd or nero burning rom. Did any recording software come with your dell? Both nero and copytodvd offer trial downlaods. I would suggest trying one of these and seeing if you can record to your media.

ray · Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 3

Thx SirQUK .... My Dell PC came with Sonic MyDVD and Record now. I have downloaded both programs also but to no avail. Also, I have checked the IDE settings and seem correct. Any other ideas? Thanks Ray

SirQUK · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject:

It may be that Higrade emdia is unsupported in the firmware you have on your drive. If you tried a nother emdia and that works we can rule out a faulty drive. I would deffo get in contact with dell and ask them for a dload link for the latest firmware for this drive. Another thing you can try is goto my computer>>>right click on your teac drive icon>>choose properties>>recording and make sure the burning engine support option is disabled if you are running XP.

SirQUK · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject:

Latest dell firmware is DS0N available Here Please check your DMA settings after upgrading. This should add the latest media support to your drives Smile

ray · Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 3

I've sorted the problem, thx. I upgraded the firmware form the Dell site and then tried a few different media. Interestingly, there are DVD +R and DVD - R discs (amongst others I guess) though these are not all compatible. I was using DVD -R and these were wrong - using DVD +R solved the problem. I'm told also that there can be issues with different brands. Maybe a single page on all the issues would help everyone ....

SirQUK · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject:

You are quite welcome to start a thread with the results of your burning on the TEAC drive as i'm sure a lot of Dell users have them too. In time it could become a very useful resource for dell owners Smile

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