My PC can't read Blank DVDs/CDs

[jrisgod]

For some reason, my PC has stopped recognizing blank media. I've got a blank DVD in at the moment, when I click on the E: symbol in My Computer, it says that there is Free Space of 0 Bytes and Total Size of 0 Bytes.

It reads normal DVDs/CDs fine. One thing I did today was look at a CD that was full of pictures and stuff from a mate but that shouldn't really effect it.

Any ideas? I've run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Norton but no clues there.

[demon9k]

I had this problem and I found out that the discs were not formatted or they need to be erased before my computer would read them, not sure which though. I only know how to fix it if you have nero start smart

and basically you just do erase disc in the start smart extras menu.

[jrisgod]

I had this problem and I found out that the discs were not formatted or they need to be erased before my computer would read them, not sure which though. I only know how to fix it if you have nero start smart

and basically you just do erase disc in the start smart extras menu.

Cheers

I'm not sure that it's the same problem though, I've been using the same DVDs/CDs (I'm about 90 cds through a spindle of 100) so I'm don't think that it's the media. I may try a system restore... Thanks for the reply though.

Bah, System Restore didn't fix it. I last copied a DVD last night at about 11pm, annoying!

[marcus]

It showing 0 bytes free in explorer on a DVDR is normal and isnt a problem with your software or writer. Perhaps what you are trying to copy onto the disk is too large? Have you tried copying smaller data files?

[jrisgod]

It showing 0 bytes free in explorer on a DVDR is normal and isnt a problem with your software or writer. Perhaps what you are trying to copy onto the disk is too large? Have you tried copying smaller data files?

I thought that it normally says the amount of free space on the disc? *insert doubt smilie*

I just tried copying a single MP3 onto a blank CD. When it brings up the "Welcome to the CD Writing Wizard" screen, click next and then it says "There is no CD in the drive"

Just tried using WMP though and it managed to burn it onto a CD. Clone CD is working too. It must be a problem with explorer then and its cd writing wizard.

Thanks for your help all.

[marcus]

I may be wrong about this, but I didnt think XP was even able to write straight from explorer to DVDR, and only had the capability to copy to CDR. Im pretty sure if you use Nero you wont have any problems.