TSGL: DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable
Beezersmom at aol.com
Beezersmom at aol.com
Thu Oct 26 13:25:00 EDT 2006
Ron
Thanks a lot for taking the time to let us know the rest of the story, it's
greatly appreciated. I do save a lot of the information that comes through
the list just in case we would have the same or similar problem and it's all
condensed into one with all the possible fixes & websites.
I'm also glad to see that you rec'd my email in record time although once
again the time was changed to 11:52 PM Eastern from the original send time of
10:52 PM Eastern but at least the day was correct<G> and I'm not even going
there.
I maybe nuttier than usual, but I do have all the confidence in the world in
"Our Fearless Leader of the List & Keeper of the Server" and if the mail
delays were related in anyway, shape or form to TSGL's server, it would have
been fixed before it ever started. I think our Leader is the best and we're
lucky we have the one we have<gush, gush>just don't let it go to you head!!
Again, Ron, thank you.
Toni
Well, just to return to the original thread topic ... :-)
After I indicated that I had "fixed" the problem by restoring a clean image
of my system drive, the problem reappeared. Part of the problem is clearly
my inclination to play around with new software. Unfortunately I'm starting
to think the problem lies with a less experimental piece of software.
On the weekend, the problem came back. I was trying to figure out what I had
done to initiate the problem. To provide a wee bit more information, it
seems like something is telling InCD that the DVD-RW and CD-RW disks are
closed. Info tool doesn't indicate this, but I installed alternate burning
software to see if that software had a packet writing option and if it would
work. "No" and "no" on that score, but that software did report the disks
being closed.
On piece of system software that I had installed was the RAID software that
came with my motherboard, an Intel 975BX. I'm not using RAID at all, but I
don't like to see those yellow question marks in Device Manager. So I
installed the RAID software and it's after that I noticed my DVD-RW not
writeable (when trying to do a back-up). Of course, it's neither this clear
or immediate, so I'm still guessing. I've restored my system drive image and
once again things are fine. I'll now try to watch and see what, if anything,
triggers the problem. I'll live with the yellow question mark on the RAID
controller in Device Manager until the problem comes back and I know that's
not the problem.
By the way, the Ultimate Boot CD is a very worthwhile tool to add to your
kit. It's free and comes with drive imaging software. Check it out at
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Beezersmom at aol.com
Sent: October 25, 2006 11:52 PM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable
Well, please ignore this relic, I sent this 10/22/2006 2:15:44 P.M. Eastern
Standard Time
Strange that is has EST because we're still on EDT.
I don't know where it's been but I hope it had fun out there in dark
playing
with all the other emails.
All is not lost as it found it's way home at 10:13 which is a pretty decent
time.
We were following the DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable because I just got a
Dell 700XPS
360 GB HD
Dual Graphic Card 7900 GTX
System: Intel Core Duo w/ 4GB RAM
Sony DVD-RW~2 each
Floppy Drive
Windows Media Drive
We were trying to keep track of all the responses "just incase" and know
with the mix-up in mail we're completely lost because we never got the rest
of
the story...:(
Well, it's 10,25,06 and 10:50 PM EDT, hope you get this.
Toni
Russ:
I sent in a response to The Guys on the list that I too had the same
problem.
I sent it at 11:22:46 AM EDT and it's about 2:15PM.
Do you think it's TSGL's Server and the Keeper of the Server?
Toni
Jon,
I frequently see answers to problems before I see the original email. I'm
not sure why this is, but I'd bet your problem and this one is related.
Russ Coover
I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
wait
until I return.
-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of jonpan
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:23 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable
Hmmm, this reply from me took 2 1/2 days to get to the list and back to
me.
I've suspected similar delays in the past. Surely this can't be typical?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable
Have you looked at Nero Toolkit/ Nero Info Tool, Ron?
Choose CD/DVD or CD or DVD at top right. What does it say about the disc?
Does it perhaps need erasing?
Since you have the same problem with two RW drives, it sounds more like a
disc problem than a drive problem.
Best
John
Od/G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Brunton" <rbrunton at accesswave.ca>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:28 PM
Subject: TSGL: DVD-RW & CD-RW not writeable
Hi list,
I've just recently had my two DVD-RW drives stop recognizing rewriteable
media. I am using Nero Ultra 7.5 and I still seem to be able to burn
CD-Rs.
I haven't tested DVD-R because I don't want to waste the DVD (yet).
However,
InCD reports that I cannot write to the RW media and Windows Explorer
shows
0 bytes free. This behaviour has just started recently, but I don't know
of
any system changes that would have produced this effect, although there
obviously was something. I have re-installed Nero, but that hasn't made
any
difference.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
System: Intel Core Duo w/ 4GB RAM
Benq DVD-RW
Sony DVD-RW
WinXP SP2 (fully patched)
Ron
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