I am trying to burn my first DVD-R , but I can't get my burner to actually recognize the blank DVD-R disc that is in the drive. I used DVD Decrypter and IMGTool to get to an ISO file that is ready to go to disc, but now DVD Decrypter won't go to the next step b/c it won't see the blank DVD-R in the drive. Any suggestions for a first timer?
My first suggestion would be to have a look at your ASPI layer. It's the interface between your drive and the rest of your system amd a bad one can cause many problems. Here's a good link:
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ok,
I've gone in and run the process outlined on your linked site to make sure that everything with the ASPI layer is installed correctly, but I still get the same error. I know that the computer is able to see the drive fine b/c when I have DVD Decrypter open and change out a DVD-R disc, while the machine is spinning the disc, DVD Decrypter has this message at the bottom of it's console: "Device Not Ready (Logcal device is in the process of becoming ready)". But as soon as the machine stops spinning the drive, the message changes back to: "Device Not Ready (Medium Not Present)".
Are there some sort of special DVD-Rs that I should have purchased? I was the budget route and got a spindle of 25 CompUSA brand discs, but none of them seem to work.
Thanks for your help with this.
It's possible the discs are bad although the drive should at least acknowledge them being in there. If you have a single-format drive it may be that you're using the wrong format disc.
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My drive is a NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD that came in my box straight from Dell. I have also installed DVD Region+CSS Free, so from what I can tell from the info at the link you posted I do not need to do a firmware upgrade. Is that correct?
If not, any idea what firmware version I need? (I was a little confused by the message for my drive at http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php.))
The NEC DVD+RW ND-2100 AD is a DVD+R and DVD+RW writer. It will not write to DVD-R and DVD-RW so I can see why you are having problems.
I would suggest getting the right type of disc's and trying again.
Of course you could change the Firmware to a 2500 which would allow you to write to minus disc's. But that would be risky and void your warranty and have a possibility of ruining the drive. Not something you should do if you don't know what you are doing.
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Veblin is correct. I also have the same 2100 burner. It only burns to +R and +RW. As mentioned there is a way to change the firmware, but the little difference in cost I am not going to bother. It burns +r and +RW just fine.
OK. I guess I'm even worse at this than I thought. After reading what kind of media I needed to buy time and time again, I still managed to go out and get the wrong stuff. My drive is able to recognize DVD+R discs just fine. Thanks for your help with this really basic issue.
