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gecko_dre
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_ 		25. January 2009 @ 07:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165P6S (about 1 and a half years old) and could write to both DVD and CD previously. I wrote to a DVD+R some time back and could read it, but now suddenly I cannot. A friend copied that DVD+R to a DVD+RW but I cannot read that either - both discs are 'seen' as blank! Though one can clearly see the written 'band' on the disc.

However a normal DVD (like a movie) is seen correctly and I can play it too.
And even more strangely, the other day I was given another DVD+R to read and when I first tried it, it came up as a blank CD and then I tried again and the disc was 'seen' correctly...

I have since tried re-loading the problem DVD's X times but still nothing.

What has happened and how can I fix it?
All CDs are read fine and burning to CDs is also still fine - using Nero.
And I tried to use Nero to copy the DVD - Nero 'sees' the track written to the DVD but when asked to copy it, it fails...
Have used DVD identifier ... all seems fine.

Any solutions?
Much appreciated :)
Thank you
Andrea
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dailun
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_ 		25. January 2009 @ 12:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How about something simple like "replace the device"??

Everything you have stated is symptomatic of a device going/has become defective.

It is very possible that a DVD-RW drive can continue to function for one type media but not for another.

Think "Occam's Razor"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor
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gecko_dre
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_ 		25. January 2009 @ 12:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks... I was kinda hoping for a cheaper solution LOL
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