How do I...

[WhiteHawk]

Just got my dvd burner and everything works fine, but I cant get the blanks to be detected in the dvd ROM?  They are dvd RW blanks.  How do I format them???  Or set them up to even be detected.  It alwasys says 'no disc in drive'.

Hmmm..I have a dvd rom drive, but it rips dvd's to my HD.  I have dvd+r discs, do I need different discs?  I hope My dvd rom is writeable also

[zmeg]

I use In CD with mine, I can use DVD-RWs just like a hard drive.

[WhiteHawk]

Hmmm...niehter my cd rom drive or my dvd rom, rewritable drive can even detect  the discs when they are in the drive.

[Orig]

You need to install packet writing software to be able to use cdrw blanks as any other removable media.  You will also need to format the disc before it can be used, a somewhat time consuming process depending on the drive, disc type, and software.  The dvd drive should have come with software to do this.  If not, go to the manufacturer's web site and find it.

winxp already includes this for cdrw media in the basic windows xp installation or one of the updates, but native support for dvd-rw is not yet in winxp.

You can also probably run a program like nero burning rom or another dvd burning program and have it do the formatting for you, but I think you still need the packet writing drivers and software installed.  incat does that, the adaptec software does it, and nero comes with a packet writing driver as well.

[WhiteHawk]

thnx orig    I got a Lite on Sohc combo dvd rom rewritable and am trying to use the dvd shrink.  But nuthing came with the drive except 1 paragraph english install instructions.

[Orig]

That's one reason I went nuts and got a top of the line sony DVD burner...  I didn't want any problems at all, and sure enough, I didn't have any.

Try the manufacturer's website or do a google search for packet writing drivers.  Or hit nero's web site

http://www.nero.com/en/index.html

Maybe that will help.