DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R - Club CDFreaks

tsgrayson · 26-06-2007

I have a DVD8631 flashed to GD30 that will turn into CD drive on my computer: when I insert a blank DVD-R. If you try and click on the drive it says it is inaccessible....any ideas?

*qwakrz* · 26-06-2007

Yep.....

Ignore what windows tells you about the drive. Explorer has and will always report the drive as a CD-ROM when a blank DVD is inserted, its a bug and a) Its not fixable b) It does not affect anything.

Have you tried burning this DVD-R disc using Nero or the burning software that came with the PC / Drive as the built in burning software in XP will not work with DVD's as its CD only. Nero etc should work fine.

tsgrayson · 26-06-2007

Will it work even if the drive says it is inaccessible and there is no free space recognized by XP?

*qwakrz* · 27-06-2007

It should.

Its inaccessible because there is no data on the disc and thus windows does not know how to read it and because windows cannot see any data formating on the disc it assumes there is no free space.

Whisperer1 · 27-06-2007

In other words, it's not a DVD until you burn it ... it's just an empty piece of plastic with no formatting.

26-06-2007	#1 (permalink)
tsgrayson New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I have a DVD8631 flashed to GD30 that will turn into CD drive on my computer: when I insert a blank DVD-R. If you try and click on the drive it says it is inaccessible....any ideas?

26-06-2007	#2 (permalink)
qwakrz CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 872	Re: DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R Yep..... Ignore what windows tells you about the drive. Explorer has and will always report the drive as a CD-ROM when a blank DVD is inserted, its a bug and a) Its not fixable b) It does not affect anything. Have you tried burning this DVD-R disc using Nero or the burning software that came with the PC / Drive as the built in burning software in XP will not work with DVD's as its CD only. Nero etc should work fine. __________________ Current Setup Corsair 750W Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 3.33GHz (333x10) Swiftech H20 Ultra+ Watercooling CoolerMaster Tsunami Dream Case 6GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM @ 4-4-4-15 800MHz (2x2 + 2x1) Asus P5K Deluxe 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1000 + Water block 19" BenQ 4:3 TFT 19" Hannson 16:9 TFT BenQ 1655 Lite-on 20A1S LG BD-R/HDDVD Samsung 750GB x 3 Raid 5 Logitech G15 Keyboard iPhone 3G 16GB Archos 560 Please dont PM me directly with your problems..... Thats what these forums are for.

26-06-2007	#3 (permalink)
tsgrayson New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Re: DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R Will it work even if the drive says it is inaccessible and there is no free space recognized by XP?

27-06-2007	#4 (permalink)
qwakrz CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 872	Re: DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R It should. Its inaccessible because there is no data on the disc and thus windows does not know how to read it and because windows cannot see any data formating on the disc it assumes there is no free space. __________________ Current Setup Corsair 750W Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 3.33GHz (333x10) Swiftech H20 Ultra+ Watercooling CoolerMaster Tsunami Dream Case 6GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM @ 4-4-4-15 800MHz (2x2 + 2x1) Asus P5K Deluxe 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1000 + Water block 19" BenQ 4:3 TFT 19" Hannson 16:9 TFT BenQ 1655 Lite-on 20A1S LG BD-R/HDDVD Samsung 750GB x 3 Raid 5 Logitech G15 Keyboard iPhone 3G 16GB Archos 560 Please dont PM me directly with your problems..... Thats what these forums are for.

27-06-2007	#5 (permalink)
Whisperer1 CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,381	Re: DVD8631 will not recognize blank DVD-R In other words, it's not a DVD until you burn it ... it's just an empty piece of plastic with no formatting.

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