pop3 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) Today I bought a dvd rewriter, model... LG GSA-H55L It will play dvd ok but I can not get it to rewrite ? When I try I get the message ( windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this file what do you want windows to do ) the option is to retry or cancel, if I retry the message is the same ? anyone know whats going on ? Edited March 6, 2008 by pop3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajarnmark Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Do you have DVD-RW disc with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop3 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Do you have DVD-RW disc with you? Im trying to copy onto a princo dvd-r 4.7gb sp 120 min disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 And what Windows and software are you using? Have you been able to write any other files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop3 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am using windows XP pro. I have tried to write to the DVD disc the same way I used to write to my old CD disk by clicking on what I want to write to disc and clicking copy to DVD-RAM Drive (D:) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Perhaps your software does not support DVD write or needs to be set up for it. Didn't the new unit come with software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffdog Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) I think the OP is confused between rewriting and writing .... so what is it you try to do? It seems that you want to write to a DVD within Windows using drag and drop. It is my opinion that that only works for CDs. You must use a compatible program like Nero 8 .... and for rewriting you need a DVD-RW with Nero 8 or a special program (forgot the name but is sold by Nero) to use your DVD-RW as a hard disk ... Edited March 6, 2008 by sniffdog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hi A CD software disk should have come with your burner. As already mentioned to write DVD you will need a special program. Also a “writable” disk is different to a “re-writable” the first you can only write to once and the re-writable can be used many times. Here are some free burners. Burn Aware CDBurner XP Final Burner Active ISO Burner Be Lucky. Daffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop3 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Thank you for your replies everyone, I did not realise windows XP cannot within its programs burn a dvd and that you require an extra program to allow you to do this, Now I know this I have installed power producer and everything is working ok ! Thank's again for your time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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