Greetings all, I burned some DVDs with a RW burner (I don't know whether it was + or -) and my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 1405) will not play them. The DVDs play in two other DVD players. The computer easily plays and reads other DVDs. My guess is that my computer cannot play RW discs - but is there some way to download software or firmware or change some settings to at least get my drive to recognize a DVD is in it? Right now, it won't even do that.
It's called booktyping. Not every burner has the ability to booktype. Booktyping alters the plus format blank discs and turns it into dvd-rom,the more universal dvd format. The plus format for R/rw/and DL can be booktyped. Not the dash format. What is the brand name and model# of the dvd-rw drive? What's the brand name/format/ and speed of those rw's? The no-disc inserted error means that drive does not like: Format/Speed they were burned/and even the brand name of the media. If your dvd-rw drive has the bitsetting capability,it should help on that type of error. For me,rw's can be a bit trickier. Here's a free program to tell you your exact burner model#.It also can tell you your firmware version and the media code: MID code.Let us know what info it tells you on that dvd-rw drive. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfm
The DVD burner was a standalone, non-computer model made by Lite-On. The DVD RWs are HP+ 4.7 GB 1x/2.4x speed The program did not work, since my burner is not connected to my comp. Is there anything I can do to get my laptop's DVDrom to play these DVDs?
