So, I wanted to make a backup of a few gigs of pictures, using Sony DVD-RW discs and the Roxio software, on a HP laptop running Vista. The option “finish the disc” was chosen.
DVD was burnt successfully ; tray ejected it. Problem is, putting it again in the very drive it was burnt on, nothing happens : two seconds of noise, then nothing. Clicking on “D:” just makes appear a dialog box, “please insert a disc” and tray opens.
Weirdest thing is that *this DVD is correctly read on a desktop running Linux *!
What are you opening it in? Not every program recognizes DVD video by default. Try downloading VLC Media Player (freeware) and see if it works in that.
It may be that this is not the issue, because the errors you describe seem odd. But it is worth a try.
Well, as nothing happens when tray is closed, I can only try to “open” it through My Computer, but it shows this dialog box and tray opens. Roxio finds no disc, also.
For the record, it’s a data DVD, with folders of pictures, not a film.
The driver currently successfully plays audio CDs, market DVDs and even DVD-RWs from friends (burned on another comp).
The only thing it doesn’t recognize is its own DVDs…
DVD players are prone to errors as they write. More errors the faster you set it to write a disk. Next time you are burning the disc set it at 2x instead of 16x writing speed. That should solve the problem.
Though you will have to wait longer.
Well, driver went at a 2.4x speed. And after burning (before disc was terminated), data was verified (successfully), something which took as much time as the burning.
No error message displayed on the screen at any moment, and the disc actually works on an other computer (and I guess, as Murphy’s Law wants it, on all computers than aren’t my laptop).
It’s a bug with the OS. I forget exactly how to fix it at the moment, but I’ve had the same issue before.
Maybe go into Device Manager, remove the driver for the DVD drive, then let Windows search for new hardware and reinstall the driver (should be automatic, not on a disc or anything). This may be above your tech level, I don’t know how computer savvy you are, if you have no clue what Device Manager is or find my suggestion confusing, ask someone who does know to help.
I understand some dvd drives are more sensitive than others to bad discs. That’s why some DVD players will skip a lot with bad burned discs, and others will be just fine. It could be your hardware just doesn’t like bad discs. Though that is not offering a solution. Sorry.
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