Windows refuses to burn data DVDs

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:30 am

Okay, a little problem....I have a really good DVD R/DVD RW/CD, etc. burner, right? Well, I wanted to back up several files (around 1.5GB) on a regular 4.5GB DVD RW. Well, Windows thinks it a CD and not a regular DVD, even if I put in a blank disc. It says that it's full yet the size in My Computer states "0MB used; 0MB availible". WHAT THE CRAP!? Am I doing something wrong?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:34 am

IIRC, RWs need to be formatted first.

Post by **pagefault** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:34 am

They need to be erased if they have been used, otherwise you can just use them.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:38 am

Holy cr--! Fast response! Yeah, I also realized that Ulead DVD burner works fine. But, doesn't WinXP have it's own DVD software?

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:42 am

No.

XP does not support burning DVDs natively, only CDs.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:27 am

Just go and pirate some burning software. It'll do you good.

ndru · Post by **ndru** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:20 am

Try InfraRecorder. It's open source and works well.

mudlord · Post by **mudlord** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:51 am

Or better yet, ImgBurn. Perfect replacement for Nero

Plus, zero bloat.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:24 pm

Try CDBurnerXP too, in addition to ImgBurn.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:03 pm

mudlord wrote:Or better yet, ImgBurn. Perfect replacement for Nero

can you do the following with it:

1) burn playstation 1 and 2 disks with it
and 2) dump CD images of said PSone and two disks?

mudlord · Post by **mudlord** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:34 pm

Alcohol can do that fine.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:53 pm

I've burned plenty of PS1 games using Alcohol... >.>

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:50 am

mudlord wrote:Alcohol can do that fine.

I know, but is there some free and/or open source app (besides shit like CDRWIN, Pete's ISO dumper thingy, ya know, the thing that comes with the AutoPopStation converter) that'll do it?

otherwise, there's no "perfect" replacement for Nero.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:21 am

it's a double sided sword, there are some formats of images say for like PCE CD games that nero can't burn, so.....

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:42 am

Thanks. I'll try the software you suggested.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:12 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
mudlord wrote:Alcohol can do that fine.
I know, but is there some free and/or open source app (besides shit like CDRWIN, Pete's ISO dumper thingy, ya know, the thing that comes with the AutoPopStation converter) that'll do it?

otherwise, there's no "perfect" replacement for Nero.

Alcohol's shareware. at least, the older versions are.

I have to use an older version due to being stuck with Windows ME for the moment.

DEFIANT · Post by **DEFIANT** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:56 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
mudlord wrote:Or better yet, ImgBurn. Perfect replacement for Nero
can you do the following with it:

1) burn playstation 1 and 2 disks with it
and 2) dump CD images of said PSone and two disks?

That's almost true. IMGBurn won't do multisession disks and there for won't copy or burn some ps1 games such as Air Combat. Also, it wont rip music cd's because of no multisession support. But if you can live with that, then IMGBurn is the best alternative out there.

mudlord wrote:Alcohol can do that fine.

Alcohol is good for just about everything you want copies of, however, it will not do data cds or dvds.

If you want a lighter version of Nero then try Nero LITE. Smaller download without all that extra you don't need or want.

bungiefan · Post by **bungiefan** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:29 am

odditude wrote:No.

XP does not support burning DVDs natively, only CDs.

Unless those DVDs are DVD-RAM, in which case you have to disable the normal CD recording from Windows Explorer ability on the drive to use. That's that I had to do to use my DVD-RAM discs.

Post by **odditude** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:31 am

bungiefan wrote:
odditude wrote:No.

XP does not support burning DVDs natively, only CDs.
Unless those DVDs are DVD-RAM, in which case you have to disable the normal CD recording from Windows Explorer ability on the drive to use. That's that I had to do to use my DVD-RAM discs.

..because the third-party software that came bundled with your computer (probably a Toshiba laptop) doesn't play well with XP's built-in CD burning.

Regardless, it's still not natively supported by XP. Try writing a DVD-RAM in that drive on a clean install of Windows - it's not going to happen.