Can anyone help? My dvd burner doesn't fully cooperate. It reads all discs I use on it without any problem. When it comes to burning video files (dvd), it will go through the motions (formatting media, writing lead-in, writing files, yada, yada, yada), finishes, tells me the files were burned successfully, and ejects the disc. But when I check the disc, it's empty. No files are written to it. When this first happened, I thought it was my burner (AOpen DUW1616L-31), so I replaced it with a Lite-On SHM-165H65. But that didn't correct the problem. I don't know what to do. I have Nero 6.6.0.18 and have used Fuji, Maxell, and Memorex media without any problems whatsoever (all 3 brands are identified as "RicohJpn W11" by Nero InfoTool) System AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.6 GHz Windows XP Pro SP2 512 MB Ram Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 Please don't tell me i don't have enough RAM. I had been doing Ok with what I have up until recently. Thanks in advance.
I know this sounds wierd but is your copy of nero legit or a hack, if it's legit have you updated it recently or made any other software installs perhaps one is conflicting with the software since you changed hardware it has to be somehow software related.
Originally had 6.6.0.17 for the AOpen drive. The Lite-On came with 6.6.0.19. As for other software, Alcohol 120% is the only other thing that can be used for burning that I have on my system. However, I've had that for nearly a year and has never caused me trouble. Also, I don't see how it could be software related if the problem carried over to a different drive. I'm at a loss.
well you might try doing a clean boot and see if that resets anything here is a link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 only reason i think its a software prob is that you tried 2 different drives and as far as your post you haven't changed anything on your hard drive. I always work backwards from software related items to hardware until nothing else remains a'la sherlock holmes and when all else fails its the obvious as he would say and that would mean your hard drives are no good but thats not what i think.
My bad. Forgot to mention that I had uninstalled 6.6.0.17 then installed .19 which is the reason I didn't think it was software related. I will attempt a clean boot as you suggest. Here's hoping that does the trick.
@elliot Problem solved (or so I hope). I tried the clean boot you suggested. At first it seemed like it hadn't worked because my dvd drive appeared to be idle. But after a few more attempts it finally burned the file to dvd. I'll try to burn some more dvds tomorrow and see if it works Thx for the assist. I really appreciate it.
Yes, it worked. I didn't realize how quiet my Lite-on drive actually was compared to my AOpen drive. Thx for all the help.
