On Jul 21, 10:28 am, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> MikeB wrote:
> > I think this might be more appropriate to a different forum, if so a
> > pointer would be appreciated.
>
> > I have a laptop (ca. 2003, Pentium 4, Win/XP) with a DVD/recordable CD
> > drive combo.
>
> > The Drive plays DVD movies just fine. Just recently I received a DVD
> > with file content.
>
> > When I put this DVD into my drive, it is as if there is nothing in the
> > drive. I can place the DVD into the DVD drive of an older computer I
> > have and I can get the DVD to run and display its contents.
>
> > I can't even begin to figure out how to troubleshoot this problem. Any
> > hints?
>
> Does the drive read other data DVDs? If yes, then the problem was caused
> by the way the DVD you received was created. Probably it was left open
> instead of finalized.
>
> Malke
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The DVD does display in other computers.

I think (although I cannot swear to it) that I have successfully used
other data DVDs in the past.