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hedgerock
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_ 		30. March 2009 @ 00:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My DVD burner (Phillips DVD8801) has worked for many years using the same blank media and now it ends up showing as a CD player after inserting the blank media. I have searched the internet and the forums for a solution and tried everything from uninstalling the driver & rebooting, to updating to the latest firmware from Dell. Any help would be appreciated.
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grampyga
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_ 		30. March 2009 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hedgerock:
 now it ends up showing as a CD player after inserting the blank media.
Showing in what?

If you mean that;
with Windows XP, your burner is showed as ?DVD-RAM Drive? without any disc, though it is showed as ?CD-Drive? with blank DVD disc under ?My Computer?.
I believe that?s how it is (at least mine is), and yours must have been.

I know Vista is different, and I do not know older than XP.

If you have problem burning discs or above is not your case, please post more details.
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