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hello everyone... I've got a strange problem? : (which makes me think it's some stupid little thing I missed)

I just bought a lite-on DVD r/rw, I've installed (to my knowledge) all the necessary drivers (they came on the NERO 6 disc with the writer) .. and when I tried to burn a data disc on a DVD it lets me add files and whatnot but when I tell it to burn it gives me a error message saying I can't write to this type of media and that I need to insert a CDR/RW?? and I'm curious to know why a DVD writer is asking for CDRs ??

any help would be greatly appreciated..

:-D KOzS

Hi there and welcome to PCHF.

In Nero you need to specify the type of disc you are using cd/dvd. In Nero express the tab for doing this is at the top of the window on the right.

whoa that was quick.. thought I'd be waiting days for a reply... thanks man

but the thing Is I was just comming back to edit my message and let you guys know that ..
... in that pulldown menu for the DVD drive -which is G:- only gives 2 options to choose from

first:
G: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S [DVD]

second:
G: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S [CDR/RW]

I used the [DVD] option when trying to burn and it still asked for a CD ... I was thinking I need to get it to say [DVDR/RW] .. or something to that affect, but don't know where to do that.. I tried NERO's info tool and it says that that drive (G is capable of writing all the dvd types "DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL"


hope that helps ..


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ok.. I just went and checked out my computer ... and in there it's now telling me that this is a CD drive ... before it'd say DVD drive

hmmm ... why do these things only happen to me :-(

OK.. I don't know what I did.. but it's working now .. I think it had something to do configuring NERO .. I went into expert properties and enabled image recorder for all supported formats ... but I don't know why that would do anything??

ah well .. I still thank you hengis and the board for helping me

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