Hello all... I was wondering if anyone could help me with getting my HP laptop to... hmm how to put this... recognize the blank DVD I place in my disc drive... it's a blank DVD+R and my computer doesnt pick it up as anything being in my computer... does anyone know why this is?
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Jump to Postis the dvd drive a dvd -rw drive or just a dvd- rom drive
Jump to Postand it will not unless its a dvd-rw,just because it plays movies doesn't make it a dvd-rw.it has to be a dvd burner to recognize blank dvd's ,a lot of laptops have cd-rw/dvd player combos,so they only play dvd and burn CD's
Jump to Postits usually on the front of the drive tray .look for DVD-RW or DVD multi recorder
Jump to Postok ,that means it burns CD-R and playes DVD's ,it does not burn DVD's ,that why it doesn't read the blank dvd.
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caperjack
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is the dvd drive a dvd -rw drive or just a dvd- rom drive
Yoshi CLONE
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I really don't know... but it can play movies but it doesn't recognize blank DVD's...
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Well is there a way to see if its a burner or not? I run on an HP laptop.
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its usually on the front of the drive tray .look for DVD-RW or DVD multi recorder
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It says Compact Disc Rewritable and DVD Rom
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ok ,that means it burns CD-R and playes DVD's ,it does not burn DVD's ,that why it doesn't read the blank dvd.
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Oh... so is there anything I can buy or download or something?
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no it is the drive itself
you cannot make a cd burner burn dvds
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Alright, than you.
caperjack
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Oh... so is there anything I can buy or download or something?
only thing you can do is buy a dvd burner that is made for your model laptop.expensive!!
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or you could buy a usb one. havent seen any DVD ones about but i know they were popular when cd burners first came out. there expensive though.
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or you could buy a usb one. havent seen any DVD ones about but i know they were popular when cd burners first came out. there expensive though.
that right ,i always forget about that option.it would be cheaper than a laptop dvd burner with the cost of installing laptop burner.
e-bay --- http://cgi.ebay.ca/SONY-EXTERNAL-18X-DVD-BURNER-DRIVE-USB-DUAL-LAYER-NEW_W0QQitemZ130129137266QQihZ003QQcategoryZ116248QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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