How do you tell what media your DVD drive uses

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  1. Big_Guy01

    Big_Guy01 Member

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    I have seen DVD+R and DVD-R I have some +R and during a burn attempt I as prompted to put in a media disc, when I put in the +R DVD it whirred around and then prompted me again. I have a compac lap top. On the dvd drive it says DVD ROM,CD rewrtable
     
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    Hi, your burner is

    1) a dvd reader only (dvd-rom) does not burn dvds
    2) a cd burner Including rw discs


    Hope this helps :)


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    Well that explains a lot of things, as to why I can't burn any dvd's thanks.
     
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    You are welcome :)

    And Merry Christmas !


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