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DVD writer does not recognize blank DVDs

Asked by Drock in DVD Players & Recorders

Hello. My DVD writer does not recognize blank DVDs so it cannot write them. Although it does play commercially recorded DVDs. I've updated the drive's firmware, done everything known to man with the drivers, installed DVD software, done a Microsoft fix, deleted filters. Still no dice. I'm not buying that it's bad drive because I can count the times I've used it on one hand and there are lots of guys out there with this same problem who have replaced the drive and it doesn't fix the problem. I'm at the end of my rope. I hope you guys have a longer rope.

I did see a post on another forum where somebody fixed it with a complicated registry edit but I couldn't follow it.

My computer is an HP a714X running a fresh install of XP. The DVD drive is a Philips DVD8421.

Thank you very much!

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DVD writer does not recognize blank DVDs

Asked by Drock in DVD Players & Recorders

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