Medium not present

I have copied a DVD to my harddrive using dvd decrypter, but when I try to burn it to a DVD it says Device not ready (medium not present) but I have a DVD-R in the burner.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Matt

 

Did you change the Mode to ISO Write from ISO Read?

 

yes I did

 

On the right side of the DVD Decrypter window: what is the manufactuer ID for the disk? What is the name and model number of the burner? What is the firmware version (right after burner model and number)?

 

mattbyrne,
You said your burner is DVD-R, can you check whether you are using blank dvd+r? If you dvd burner is only dvd-r burner, it will not recognise R+ format dvd disk.

 

@henryting
He said that he has a DVD-R IN the burner, meaning he is using -R media.
I think a firmware update would probably fix this problem, sounds like a firmware problem.

 

I think the problem was that my burner only takes dvd+r and I was using dvd-r. Thanks.

I've got another question. I am trying to burn to the dvd+r now but I don't have a .dvd file on my system just .VOB, .IFO, and .BUP files.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Matt

 

I am going to need to know what model your burner is. VOB IFO and BUP are dvd files in a sense.

 

Here's are links to guides for copying DVDs:

http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/guides.htm
http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/tutorial007.html

You ripped files to a folder on your hard drive. The other option is to rip to an iso image file. If the files are too large to fit on a single layer dvd you will have to use DVD Shrink, Nero Recode, or some other program to reduce the size of the files or the resulting iso image file. The newly reduced in size files or the iso image file can be burned using DVD Decrypter, Nero or any number of other programs. DVD Decrypter can only burn iso image files. If your burning to a dual layer disk, you should use the ISO Read mode of Decrypter and not Files. I'm assuming you are new to all of this, so please read and use the guides cited above.

 

It is a NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD.

I just meant that according to the DVD Decrypter user guide on this site I should be looking for a .DVD file after I copy the DVD to my hard drive, but there is none. Maybe I copied it wrong.

This is my first time using this. Thanks for your patience.

 

BTW I didn't need to shrink it. It fits on a 4.7GB dvd

 

is your firm ware up to date? Here's the link, find your burner, did you mean Nec ND2100A? B/c I don't see ND2100AD.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=23

YOu choose 106F if you have a dell and 1.8a if you have Fujitsu/siemens

 

Followed the step by step instructions on that first link that laddyboy listed and everything worked fine. I'm sure it was pilot error before.

Thanks everyone for the help.