Hard Drive wont read DVD+R

chmelina · 04-13-2007, 03:47 PM

Hi. I put some files onto a DVD+R and then I put the disc into another computer and the hard drive is not reading the disk. It opens up as empty but the files are there somewhere. Can anyone please give me some suggestions as to how to access these files? Thank you

**cjessee** · 04-13-2007, 03:59 PM

This should probably be moved to a different board - how about: removable media drives.

**justpassingby** · 04-14-2007, 02:27 PM

A computer is a computer, a hard drive or HDD or hard disk is this, thus a part of a computer, and there is no way a hard drive can read DVD's. A DVD drive reads DVD's, or, per metonymy, a computer does.

Are you sure the other computer has got a DVD reader ?

Are both computers (the one you burned your DVD on, and the one you're trying to read it with) running Windows XP ?

Do the files show on the DVD when you read it with the first computer ?

04-13-2007, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
chmelina Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Hard Drive wont read DVD+R Hi. I put some files onto a DVD+R and then I put the disc into another computer and the hard drive is not reading the disk. It opens up as empty but the files are there somewhere. Can anyone please give me some suggestions as to how to access these files? Thank you

04-13-2007, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	Re: Hard Drive wont read DVD+R This should probably be moved to a different board - how about: removable media drives.

04-14-2007, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,124 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: Hard Drive wont read DVD+R A computer is a computer, a hard drive or HDD or hard disk is this, thus a part of a computer, and there is no way a hard drive can read DVD's. A DVD drive reads DVD's, or, per metonymy, a computer does. Are you sure the other computer has got a DVD reader ? Are both computers (the one you burned your DVD on, and the one you're trying to read it with) running Windows XP ? Do the files show on the DVD when you read it with the first computer ?