New writable DVD ruined on insertion

Harvey Pickover · 06-27-2008, 06:25 PM

I purchased a BenQ DVD DD DW 1625 Lightscribe drive a couple of years ago and it has performed very well (except in dealing with RW disks, either CD or DVD). I just attempted a DVD+R burn moving files in Windows Explorer and I ruined four disks in the process (apparently I am a slow learner). The disk shows full immediately upon closing the drive door. This does not happen moving the same files to a CD-R. How do I isolate the culprit here.
I am using Nero Burn 6.6.1.15 that came packaged with the drive. OS is XP. Help is appreciated

**bruiser** · 06-27-2008, 07:35 PM

Maybe it doesn't like those particular disks.

If you have a different brand, try them.

Harvey Pickover · 06-27-2008, 08:09 PM

I recorded on this same brand just two weeks ago and they were fine. Meanwhile I restored back to last successful DVD burn and that did not help. Interestingly I tried a new rewritable disk in my laptop which does not have a BENQ drive and it does the same thing. The one thing both computers have in common is Nero 6 (in both computers) which is no longer supported. Man! I'm running out of DVD+Rs just trying different things.
Before I buy a Nero Upgrad I would like to be fairly certain that ver 6 is the problem.
Thanks for your input.

06-27-2008, 06:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Harvey Pickover Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	New writable DVD ruined on insertion I purchased a BenQ DVD DD DW 1625 Lightscribe drive a couple of years ago and it has performed very well (except in dealing with RW disks, either CD or DVD). I just attempted a DVD+R burn moving files in Windows Explorer and I ruined four disks in the process (apparently I am a slow learner). The disk shows full immediately upon closing the drive door. This does not happen moving the same files to a CD-R. How do I isolate the culprit here. I am using Nero Burn 6.6.1.15 that came packaged with the drive. OS is XP. Help is appreciated

06-27-2008, 07:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
bruiser TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,648 OS: xp	Re: New writable DVD ruined on insertion Maybe it doesn't like those particular disks. If you have a different brand, try them.

06-27-2008, 08:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Harvey Pickover Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Re: New writable DVD ruined on insertion I recorded on this same brand just two weeks ago and they were fine. Meanwhile I restored back to last successful DVD burn and that did not help. Interestingly I tried a new rewritable disk in my laptop which does not have a BENQ drive and it does the same thing. The one thing both computers have in common is Nero 6 (in both computers) which is no longer supported. Man! I'm running out of DVD+Rs just trying different things. Before I buy a Nero Upgrad I would like to be fairly certain that ver 6 is the problem. Thanks for your input.