I have a combo cd dvd R/RW drive and recently when i insert dvds that i've burned using that same drive they either come up as blank discs (even though they play fine in all other computers i've tried and all three of my standalone dvd players) or the drive completely disappears (and cant be opened) and i have to reboot to get it to show back up but then the disc still shows as blank. I used to have no problem playing my burned dvds. It's completely random whether they show up as blank or make the drive go offline. All my dvds have been burned using either Nero or convertxtodvd. If they are straight DVD rips then they do play but not stuff i've burned starting from avi files. i'm running vista on a dell (have always had vista on this computer and like i said, it worked fine before). I dont have any other computers that run vista that i could check them on so the other computers i play them on are XP. everything else, cds, regular dvds, data discs etc run fine. any suggestions?
ok just discovered something even weirder...maxell brand dvds play fine but not the imations. they are the same type of dvd-r just different brands. and again, the imations used to play fine.
Vista is very strange with disk reading. I have seen this kind of thing a few times, but as for a cure?... use a different OS. Imation are well known for data loss, but if they are working in other machines than it's most likely something to do with the data and fista's built in drm.
I just think it's odd that these discs used to run fine and i've always had vista, so what's changed?
"Vista is very strange with disk reading. I have seen this kind of thing a few times, but as for a cure?... use a different OS." I think I might try a new DVD drive first. If it doesn't work you can always return the drive you can't return the OS. I heard the very same complaints when Windows XP first came out. Vista (like it or not, and you have it) is here to stay until Windows 7. So make it work. If it were up to some people we'd still be using 98SE.
Yeah i don't plan on changing my operating system. Anyway, i've tried two other dvd brands and both work. So, it is only the imations that won't play. Strange. But i'll just stay away from imations from now on.
