You should read the whole thing, James. Then you'll see what we've replied
to hours ago.
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"James Gockel" <flibbertigibbet007_at_hotmail_dot_com> wrote in message
news:uvmXgkAOFHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I just want to put in my ten cents.
> I didnt read the whole thing, so i dont know if you went to the
> manufacture.
> But I do know that CD or any optical drives have been poorly made. I have
> seen many dell machines with DVD drives that just quit! And they are out
> of warenty, so they are required to just buy a new one. I have seen CD-rw
> drives just not work... I don't know how many other people have seen
> problems with optical drives... they just make them so cheap anymore.
> I wish there was a better way, but I just recommend forking out the cash
> for a new one. that is if you can afford it.
>
> -James
>
>
> "tattingbird" <tattingbird@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B54C9272-623A-468D-8BBF-877A28611150@microsoft.com...
>> Sorry if this is a long post, I want to give as much detail as possible
>> of
>> the problem I am having.
>>
>> I have an Acer TravelMate C303XMi Tablet PC running Windows XP Pro. It
>> came
>> with a Pioneer DVD-RW drive installed. When I bought it last November,
>> everything worked fine. I was even able to burn a DVD data disk to backup
>> my
>> files. But, ever since I used the recovery disks to get my system back to
>> the
>> original setup, I can no longer write to DVDs.
>>
>> My drive will play movie DVDs, read CDs, read previously burned DVD-RWs,
>> and
>> burn to CDs. What I can no longer do is write to a DVD disk of any type.
>>
>> From the following information, it seems to me like my recovery disks
>> have
>> the wrong drivers on them (Acer says these are the only drivers they
>> have -
>> no upgrades). Windows only sees blank DVDs as CDs. Please take a look at
>> this
>> info and let me know what you think. Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>> I'm pretty frustrated at the moment.
>>
>>
>> The following is a summary of what Windows shows when I put a DVD in the
>> drive:
>>
>> When a blank DVD-RW disk is in the drive, this information appears when
>> viewing "My Computer": The icon has "DVD-R" under it but the drive is
>> listed as "CD Drive (E:)"
>>
>> When right-clicking on the DVD drive and clicking on "Properties", this
>> is
>> what is seen under the "General" tab: Type: CD Drive, File System:
>> RAW,
>> Used space: 0 bytes, Free space: 4.38 GB
>>
>>
>> When checking the DVD drive properties in the Device Manager, this is the
>> information seen:
>>
>> Under "General" tab
>> Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K14RA Properties
>> Device type: DVD/CD-ROM drives
>> Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
>> Location: Location 0 (0)
>> Device Status: This device is working properly.
>>
>> Under "Driver" tab
>> Driver Provider: Microsoft
>> Driver Date: 7/1/2001
>> Driver Version: 5.1.2535.0
>> Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Publisher
>>
>>
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