Do I have a DVD Burner? It doesnt burn :(

[bullseye21]

I got my new computer about a week ago and just installed Nero. However I cant burn anything... When I go to the burn area, it says current recorder: image recorder [DVD].

My actual burner says: DVD multi recorder, dvd+rewritable, compact disc rewritable ultraspeed +

In my computer with no disc inserter it reads: DVD-RAM Drive
In device manager it says: Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-212.
Device type: DVD/CD-Rom drives

So do i have a DVD burner? if so why doesnt it work! ah

 

[peterdiva]

Where it says Image Recorder [DVD] is a drop down box. Click the arrow on the right and select your DVD burner. Then click the back button.

 

[bullseye21]

The drop down menu only has the image recorder. I tried burning audio files using windows media player 11 and that didnt work. Ahh whats wrong.. do i need to update BIOS or something? I havnt done that yet :/

 

[Cinders]

Yep yep yep Nero defaults to the image recorder,

 

[k.jacko]

peterdiva is correct. This usually (but not always) happens if you only have one rom drive in your pc and want to for eg, copy a disc. It expects you to copy the orignial disc data to an image on your hdd (via 'image recorder', then you put the blank disc in and burn the image you just made onto the disc.

 

[bullseye21]

Where it says Image Recorder [DVD] is a drop down box. Click the arrow on the right and select your DVD burner. Then click the back button.

My DVD burner isnt there to be selected. Only has the Image Recorder [DVD]

 

[peterdiva]

See if you can get one of the free ones to work. http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/dvdcdburning.shtml

 

[bullseye21]

I downloaded CDBurnerXP and tried it out. I cant get to the burn page because i get an error.

SYSTEM INFORMATION
==============================================
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service pack: Service Pack 2
OS Version: 5.1.2600
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CDROM Drive: (0)
Description: CD-ROM Drive
Name: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212
Caption: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212
Creation Class Name: Win32_CDROMDrive
Device ID: IDE\CDROMPIONEER_DVD-RW__DVR-212_________________1.21____\47_044473050383732395739204C202020202020
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Media Type: CD-ROM
Config Manager Error Code: 0
Config Manager User Code: False
Media Loaded: False
Status: OK
PNPDevice ID: IDE\CDROMPIONEER_DVD-RW__DVR-212_________________1.21____\47_044473050383732395739204C202020202020
SCSIBus: 0
SCSI Logical Unit: 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soundcard: (0)
Manufacturer: Realtek
Name: Realtek High Definition Audio
Description: Realtek High Definition Audio
Status: OK
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Memory Size: 2048 MB RAM
Memory Count: 2
Memory Type:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disk Drive (0): ST3250410AS
Description: Disk drive
Interface Type: IDE
Partitions: 3
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Device ID: \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
Manufacturer: (Standard disk drives)
Media Type: Fixed hard disk media
Status: OK
Size: 250056737280

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))

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[Tedster]

dumb question... are you trying to use +R in a -R DVD burner or vice versa?

 

[bullseye21]

not sure. my burner started working only in "CDBurnerXP". doesnt work for nero/windows media player (when i try to burn music). weird.

 

[Tedster]

look at the CDs you are trying to burn to. If they are +R they will not work in a -R burner.

 

[Daveskater]

your drive will write to anything that you put in it

i have a pioneer dvd-rw 112D
it says dvd-rw but it'll do +, - and +/- DL
the D on the end means that it won't burn to ram discs

perhaps your drivers installed wrong? that's all i can think of

also in nero there should be a thingy somewhere that lets you detect recorders, i think i had to do that before mine would show up

what version of nero are you using?