Problems writing to a cd

[donnal]

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Hi,
I'm trying to write to a cd and it keeps telling me there is no cd in the
drive. i have checked the divice manager and it says it is working
properly. I've put in other cds and they work. does anyone have any oother
suggestions or am i doing something wrong. I just purchased these cds they
are dvd+r.
Thanks for your help
Donna

 

[donnal]

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Mrtee,
well now i feel stupid. i bought these at office max and i told the man
what i needed them for, backing up data to a cd and these are the ones he
recommended.
I hope the solution is as simple as that.
thanks again
donna

"» mrtee «" wrote:

> A DVD is not a CD. Buy CD blanks for recording.
>
> --
> Just my 2¢ worth,
> Jeff
> __________In response to__________
> "donnal" <donnal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B3937AE1-1B46-43ED-841A-DA3B7BC68778@microsoft.com...
> | Hi,
> | I'm trying to write to a cd and it keeps telling me there is no cd in the
> | drive. i have checked the divice manager and it says it is working
> | properly. I've put in other cds and they work. does anyone have any oother
> | suggestions or am i doing something wrong. I just purchased these cds they
> | are dvd+r.
> | Thanks for your help
> | Donna
>

 

[Guest]

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donnal wrote:

>I'm trying to write to a cd and it keeps telling me there is no cd in the
>drive. i have checked the divice manager and it says it is working
>properly. I've put in other cds and they work. does anyone have any oother
>suggestions or am i doing something wrong. I just purchased these cds they
>are dvd+r.

Cds are not dvds.

The inbuilt burning in XP does not support burning to DVD - you need a
third party package like Nero.

And BTW I presume it *is* a DVD+RW drive you are using?


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