I have a LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165P6S (about 1 and a half years old) and could write to both DVD and CD previously. I wrote to a DVD+R some time back and could read it, but now suddenly I cannot. A friend copied that DVD+R to a DVD+RW but I cannot read that either - both discs are 'seen' as blank! Though one can clearly see the written 'band' on the disc. However a normal DVD (like a movie) is seen correctly and I can play it too. And even more strangely, the other day I was given another DVD+R to read and when I first tried it, it came up as a blank CD and then I tried again and the disc was 'seen' correctly... I have since tried re-loading the problem DVD's X times but still nothing. What has happened and how can I fix it? All CDs are read fine and burning to CDs is also still fine - using Nero. And I tried to use Nero to copy the DVD - Nero 'sees' the track written to the DVD but when asked to copy it, it fails... Have used DVD identifier ... all seems fine. Any solutions? Much appreciated Thank you Andrea
How about something simple like "replace the device"?? Everything you have stated is symptomatic of a device going/has become defective. It is very possible that a DVD-RW drive can continue to function for one type media but not for another. Think "Occam's Razor" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor
