Changing bitsetting/booktype killed my DVD+RW disc - Club CDFreaks

Steve_the_Brit · 10-07-2004

I have a Sony DW-U18A, I upgraded the firmware to write DVD+RW discs as DVD-ROM.
I wrote one DVD+RW with the booktype set to DVD-ROM and now I cannot erase that DVD+RW because the drive thinks the disc is not writable. Also the drive then crashes and the computer forgets the drive exists.

Is there any way to force the disc to be written as a DVD+RW again, without the drive forgetting it exists when I insert the confused disc?

Help, thanks in advance.
Steve

*code65536* · 10-07-2004

I booktype my +RW discs to -ROM all the time and it's never done that to me.

Worst comes to worst, flash your drive to VS05 and play with the instant +RW booktype change feature.

10-07-2004	#1 (permalink)
Steve_the_Brit New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1	Changing bitsetting/booktype killed my DVD+RW disc I have a Sony DW-U18A, I upgraded the firmware to write DVD+RW discs as DVD-ROM. I wrote one DVD+RW with the booktype set to DVD-ROM and now I cannot erase that DVD+RW because the drive thinks the disc is not writable. Also the drive then crashes and the computer forgets the drive exists. Is there any way to force the disc to be written as a DVD+RW again, without the drive forgetting it exists when I insert the confused disc? Help, thanks in advance. Steve

10-07-2004	#2 (permalink)
code65536 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: .us Posts: 5,931	Re: Changing bitsetting/booktype killed my DVD+RW disc I booktype my +RW discs to -ROM all the time and it's never done that to me. Worst comes to worst, flash your drive to VS05 and play with the instant +RW booktype change feature. __________________ "You don't have to be a supporter of freedom of speech to protest when your own ox is being gored. You do have to be a supporter of freedom of speech to protest when the government tries to censor the speech of those who are goring your ox." -Alan M. Dershowitz LiteOn Stuff: LiteOn F.A.Q. \| OmniPatcher \| DVD-Writer Overview \| Changing Write Strategies \| Crossflashing \| XFlash Utility General Stuff: DVD-Writer F.A.Q. \| Rules of the Optical Drive Forums \| Attaching Scans \| The rpc1.org Firmware Database Code Guys: http://codeguys.rpc1.org/ \| send us e-mail I Use: Firefox + ClassicFox \| Google Talk (Jabber) using Gaim for Windows \| Winamp \| EAC \| Google Earth C64K: My Travel Photos \| In Retirement...

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