Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 hi, when i first used my pc the dvd drive worked fine, but after i have been installed vista and then xp again (when i was really into burning) it didnt play dvd movies and not burn dvds. i was just wondering, do i miss some decoder or drivers or something??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 What exactly is the problem you're having with ImgBurn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 What exactly is the problem you're having with ImgBurn? i would think that this awnsers the question. just so u know it, i have updated the drive to the newest version i could find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Thanks, that made it much clearer! Ok, so your drive doesn't appear to be reading the disc in the drive properly - you do have a disc in it yeah? Can it see *any* discs? Like an original CD/DVD disc, not a burnt/writable one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 well, yes i had a disk in it when i took the picture. dont know if it is nessecary but her do you see what kind of disk i used you said: "Can it see *any* discs? Like an original CD/DVD disc, not a burnt/writable one." do you think of a dvd movie for example??? if so, the dvd drive dosent read it eather (wierd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 If it won't recognise any discs at all (movies, games, audio etc) the drive might just have broken. Any chance you could take it out of the PC and try it in another one? Or try another drive in your PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 (edited) my big brother has a usb dvd drive that works on my pc. it is a problem there, i dont want to use my brothers dvd drive all the time cause i burn dvd's often and he uses the drive to keep his pc working. But my dvd driver reads defult cd's Edited February 11, 2008 by Tv3gard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 So it reads CD's but not DVD's? Try running a cleaning disc through it. If that doesn't work and you're sure that no DVD's work on it at all, throw it in the bin and buy yourself a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 Try running a cleaning disc through it. can you tell me something about "cleaning disk" never heard so xtremly much about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 now i knew something. have you heard about Daemon tools??? its a program that makes "fake" dvd drives, do you think that can be the problem???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I very much doubt it or your brothers drive would be the same - i.e. not work. Besides, loads of us have DAEMON Tools installed, myself included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tv3gard Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 so i just wanna know, do you know what i should do instead of buying a new drive. do i need a spesial prog to run dvd's, decoder????? does it say something if i say that i have an Acer??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 If your drive won't even play an original DVD, it sounds like it is no good. You can try a drive cleaning kit (about $10) - but a new drive might be even more value for money. You can also try uninstalling the drive from Windows and reinstalling it and rebooting - a driver might have gone astray. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellwolf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yeah, I'm having the same problem. I'm using Sony DVD-R's and t says Device Not Ready (Medium not present) I was reading some other stuff and it said to update my firmware, how could I do that? Oh, and also, under "Destination" it only shows one drive which is the D drive but on my computer, the DVD Drive is the E drive. Is that normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh, and also, under "Destination" it only shows one drive which is the D drive but on my computer, the DVD Drive is the E drive. Is that normal? Seems like you're in one of the writing modes of ImgBurn, which only show drives that are able to burn. Switch to Read mode and all your devices will be shown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellwolf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh, and also, under "Destination" it only shows one drive which is the D drive but on my computer, the DVD Drive is the E drive. Is that normal? Seems like you're in one of the writing modes of ImgBurn, which only show drives that are able to burn. Switch to Read mode and all your devices will be shown Oh, so the D drive is the only one I'm able to burn on? I thought it would be the E drive since it was labeled as the DVD drive in "My Computer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh, so the D drive is the only one I'm able to burn on? I thought it would be the E drive since it was labeled as the DVD drive in "My Computer". To know the capabilities of each drive, switch to Read mode, select a drive, right-click on its name and choose Capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellwolf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh, so the D drive is the only one I'm able to burn on? I thought it would be the E drive since it was labeled as the DVD drive in "My Computer". To know the capabilities of each drive, switch to Read mode, select a drive, right-click on its name and choose Capabilities. Wow, my drives must be really outdated. My E drive can't write anything, and my D drive can only write CD-R and CD-RW. Is there any way to make my drives capable of writing DVD-R ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Nope, there's no way. It's time to ditch those old-timers and treat yourself to a brand new burner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I was reading some other stuff and it said to update my firmware, how could I do that? For future reference. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&...post&p=6175 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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