Help! DVD burning problem...
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The DVD-R discs are Verbatim make btw.
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Sounds like your drive is dodgy m8, they're easy & cheap enough to replace
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I'm wondering if this is a Driver issue, you could check to see if there is a more up to date driver than the one you currently have.
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Thanks for that suggestion. I used Device Doctor to run a scan...but no, apparently not.
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There are seperate lasers for CD & DVD. If it burns CD's ok then the drivers & are fine, the DVD side of the laser is faulty.
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I had this problem with a laptop about four years ago, in the end I bought an external
CD DVD writer. I bought a Liteon which accepts any type of disk (but not blu-ray) it is
brilliant and has not spat out a disk yet. It just plugs into a usb socket. It cost me about £40 but are now about half that price now.
The model below is a similar model.
http://goo.gl/hQG9P
Maybe this would get you out of a fix for now.
CD DVD writer. I bought a Liteon which accepts any type of disk (but not blu-ray) it is
brilliant and has not spat out a disk yet. It just plugs into a usb socket. It cost me about £40 but are now about half that price now.
The model below is a similar model.
http://goo.gl/hQG9P
Maybe this would get you out of a fix for now.
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Thanks all. I am not really "in a fix" - I was just trying to do what everyone else seems able to do and also not have to wait another month until I can get my hands on the DVD I want (and maybe save myself 10 quid in the process...).
No worries, I shall just have to be patient and not be so tight
No worries, I shall just have to be patient and not be so tight
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...... until the next film comes along!
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Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier
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These days most people don't bother recording to a dvd disc in dvd format. To me your best bet would be to buy a cheap stand alone normal dvd (you know the ones that go under the TV) for 30 quid and copy your downloads to a USB stick without having to convert them...In the end in will be cheaper too
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Best idea so farmarkwilding wrote:Most people These days don't bother recording to a dvd disc in dvd format. To me your best bet would be to buy a cheap stand alone normal dvd (you know the ones that go under the TV) for 30 quid and copy your downloads to a USB stick without having to convert them...In the end in will be cheaper too
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I do this, it works a treat.Alhaurincraig wrote:Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier
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Until the screen saver or the power saver kicks in and the PC screen goes off or starts the screen saver!Chunky Monky wrote:I do this, it works a treat.Alhaurincraig wrote:Connect your laptop to the tv & watch your films that way, mucho easier
BTW - please don't reply with "then switch them off then!"
but perhaps more like - "then switch them off then by doing this....."!!
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You cannot be serious morlandg ..........but if you are please post OS version...........
All my best learning experiences start with a problem I need to solve.
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Thanks JM. Actually I was thinking about the other OPs that might need to know how to do it!Enrique wrote:You cannot be serious morlandg ..........but if you are please post OS version...........
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I have a screen saver and never had this problem. Using XP.morlandg Until the screen saver or the power saver kicks in and the PC screen goes off or starts the screen saver!
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