DVD writter not recognizing blank dvd's

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AYmn

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It does read games pre recoreded DVD's ie Films, it reads dvd burnt on other machines and it reads all sorts of CD's. Wen i insert a a blank DVD of any kind the drive instantly turns from a DVD RAM into a cd drive on My computer. Any help anyone could suggest would be great and it show's Free space 0 and total size 0

my dvd writter is sony ad 7200s
 
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AYmn

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no my writter is a new one AD 7200S

Burning process sucessfull

but still when i insert a balnk dvd it shows total size 0 free space 0 why is it so?
 
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imgame2

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looks like bad writer to me ..same things happened to me ..with my sony writer ...thrice after sending it to rashi for repair ..newer got alright ..bought a moserbear/liteon instead ..its working fine ..so far ..
 

dheeraj_kumar

Legen-wait for it-dary!
Sony drives with NEC/Optiarc hardware suck, like the one you have now. Get it replaced, and if possible, from another brand.
 

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
Get another one.......I bought a Sony Optiarc writer with my new PC and had to get it replaces the next day but the replaced writer (this on is Sony too) is working nice and fine but I dont expect too much from it. Get a LG H55n or LiteOn LH-20-A1P writer :|.
 

ayush_chh

Ambassador of Buzz
a blank media shows 0 free and 0 total probably because there is no file system on it.....once u write some data on it gets a file system and then shows the actual data.......:)
 

acewin

Point Blanc
ok, my suggestion because I faced same problem wih my ASUS burner gives same solution, of replacing the burner. But for one thing Blank DVDs show zero space only. You can check it in nero express there is an option called Disc Info which gives size of the disc and free area info.

2nd comes DMA reset for burner if it taking very long to burn dics
burning at 16x time taken to burn is 6.5-7 minutes
12x in 8.5-10 minutes
8x 13-16 minutes
These are normal timings compare with your timings

3rd is a precaution you need to take while burning DVDs, while burning a DVD it is recommended not to do anything else, it can cause problems which you are getting.
Multi-tasking should be avoided while burning discs. People will say no it does not effects, that is why I am telling this beforehand that this does.
 

realdan

Ambassador of Buzz
if i read correctly..
you burn then fail
you burn then succeed..fine
you can read what you burnt..fine
then there are no issue...
and as said above..it is just the way it is supposed to be.
 

static_x

In the zone
what i suggest is to get your writer replaced....beware of Sony DVD writes...I bought a sony DVD writer in 2005 and i replace it thrice under the warranty and finally dumped it...now using Samsung without a single problem :)
 

Ross

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It does read games pre recoreded DVD's ie Films, it reads dvd burnt on other machines and it reads all sorts of CD's. Wen i insert a a blank DVD of any kind the drive instantly turns from a DVD RAM into a cd drive on My computer. Any help anyone could suggest would be great and it show's Free space 0 and total size 0 my dvd writter is sony ad 7200s
Do you another CD or DVD writer in your PC..??
 
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