dvd-r read help

hi im new to forum so i hope this is the right section, i apoligise if its not..

I have a philips dvd+rw drive

and my friend burnt me a dvd-r

i cant get it to read on my machine.... is their any way i can get it to read

cheers

 

Hey macksimus,

I'm newbie too. Someone will confirm this but I'm 95% sure that DVD+RW drives are not compatible with DVD-R discs. Only way you'd get one to work is to kindly ask your friend to do another copy for you but put it on DVD+R media this time. Maybe buy some for him and yourself being the good friend he is

[bold]EDIT: k, I'm wrong aren't I guys? So much for newbies helping other newbies, ha ha [/bold]
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Paul L
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cheers guys, ive just spent last couple of days trying to download stuff which may be able to make it combatible.. obviously none of the stuff worked..

its just that i got a bunch of imation dvd+rws and on the back of the boxes it says whats compatible with what and its got a tick under a dvd+rw to read a dvd-r , but obviously not able to write??

 

Nephilim... are you sure about that? I've never tried but DVDInfoPro says that my +RW drive will read -R and -RW discs. And if you are right then why is infopro lying to me?

 

That's why I edited my posts guys coz I found a table that states a DVD+RW drive can read both -R and +R. Here's the link:

http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3.1

Above link takes short while to load, if any probs, omit the #4.3.1 and select question 4.3.1 from list at the top.

[bold] Nephilim I'll follow you round don't worry bud Doubt I'll be too much help but ya never know [/bold]

Hope someone can clarify once and for all,

Cheers
Paul
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Paul L
Liverpool, UK[/small]