Not able to read DVD+R disks

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My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is

not able to read DVD+R disks.



Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive. Am

new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great.

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Gene B
 
Gene wrote:

> My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks

> but is not able to read DVD+R disks.

>

> Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk

> drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too

> great.



What is the drive make/model?



(Use Belarc Advisor - free - to determine the optical drive make/model and

report it here.)



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Gene wrote:

> My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks

> but is not able to read DVD+R disks.

>

> Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk

> drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great.



Do you have a burning need to read DVD+R? If you are writing your own disks

just buy DVD-R.



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Yes, there are DVD drives which can read/write to DVD-R but cannot

read/write to DVD+R. And some Dell machines have such drives (my Dimension

4600 for ex.). It may be that Dell or the maker of the device has a patch

for this problem.



Your best approach would be to use only DVD-R disks.

Jim

"Gene" wrote in message

news:DE07AE70-41C6-475D-999A-66FDBBF50770@microsoft.com...

> My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is

> not able to read DVD+R disks.

>

> Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive.

> Am

> new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great.

> --

> Gene B
 
On Mar 3, 1:21 pm, Gene wrote:

> My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks but is

> not able to read DVD+R disks.

>

> Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk drive. Am

> new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great.

> --

> Gene B



Locate and download Nero Infotool. This tool should tell you what

medias the DVD drive can use. At first "glance" it seems that your

drive is an older model that can only use DVD+ medias and not the DVD-

medias. There is no "software" patch nor a firmware update to allow

the DVD- medias.
 
In news:DE07AE70-41C6-475D-999A-66FDBBF50770@microsoft.com

=?Utf-8?B?R2VuZQ==?= wrote:



> My Dell Dimentions 2400, XP, SP3 is able to read CD and DVD-R disks

> but is not able to read DVD+R disks.

>

> Is their a solution for this problem other than buying a new disk

> drive. Am new to the DVD field and my knowledge base is not too great.



Are you burning your own DVDs and have a large supply of DVD+R media that

you don't want to toss?



There are utilities around that will change the "booktype" of your media to

fool readers into thinking that your +R disk is really a -R. I have one

from LiteOn, but it may only work on LiteOn drives.



http://www.liteonit.com/DOWNLOADS/utilities/BookType135.zip





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