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violet_b
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11. July 2004 @ 07:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi everyone !

Well thanks to your frankly *rocking* guides I'm up to the stage of burning my first DVD having used DVD Shrink and now DVD Decrypter. I have an ISO file and DVD Shrink has opened up DVD Decrypter and there is a blank DVD-R in my E drive..but DVD Decrypter says:

"Device not ready, medium not present"

the CD is sat in the drive waiting, but the 'write' function is not enabled and it doesn't appear to recognise I have a DVD-R disk in the drive. I'm totally stuck at this point, so any help/advice greatly appreciated !

Thanks so much !
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Veblin
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11. July 2004 @ 07:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What model DVD burner do you have?

Also open DVD Decrypter and copy the log and post it.

The main reason for getting a medium not present error is trying to burn a -R/RW on a +R/RW only drive or burn a +R/RW on a -R/RW only drive or burn -R/RW or +R/RW on a DVD-ROM drive.
violet_b
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11. July 2004 @ 07:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi Veblin,

The model is an NEC DVD+RW (ND-2100AD) and the error log is:

I 16:35:10 DVD Decrypter Version 3.2.3.0 started!
I 16:35:10 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 1)
I 16:35:10 Initialising SPTI...
I 16:35:10 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 16:35:11 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD+RW!

My computer is brand new, and I bought it to burn DVD's on but being rather a donkey at all things remotely hardware-like I'm hoping you're not going to tell me I can't ! LOL !
Veblin
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11. July 2004 @ 07:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote:
I 16:35:11 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD+RW!
DVD+R/RW burner can't burn DVD-R/RW disc's.
violet_b
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11. July 2004 @ 07:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, that doesn't sound good ! So I can't burn my DVD's ? I have a DVD-R disk in the drive, do I just need to get a DVD-RW disk instead ? or am I totally skrewed ?
Veblin
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11. July 2004 @ 07:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, you need DVD+R or DVD+RW disc's.
violet_b
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11. July 2004 @ 07:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ahh, ok so I realise that I'm dipping dangerously away from 'newbie' territory into just plain dumb here...but what's the difference ? (ducks).

If I get a DVD+R disk intead of just...DVD R I'll be ok ?

Thanks for your help on this !
Veblin
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11. July 2004 @ 08:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
violet_b
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11. July 2004 @ 08:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Brilliant, thanks so much verblin !
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brobear
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14. July 2004 @ 03:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And hopefully you went into your settings, unchecked Nero as the burner and selected the DVD Decrypter as the choice to burn.

'Brobear'





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