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I've been trying to burn a folder of photos onto a DVD for my father, but it doesn't work at all.  I have plenty of room on my computer (over 5 gigs, at least), and the photos themselves are about 800mb or less.  My computer will recognize the DVD-R as a blank CD, but when I try and copy anything onto it for the burner, it'll give me an error, both the default computer burner and Roxio.  Could anyone help me out please?

What exactly is the error. If the Computer is seeing a DVD as a CD, that could be that your problem. The DVD optic in the computer could be fried.

Cheers
Cameron

Thanks for your prompt response!

It sees it as a DVD-R, it just doesn't allow me to copy anything to it.  When ever I copy files to be burned it gives me the "file such-and-such could not be copied" and shows 0 bytes of data and 0 bytes of free space on the DVD

That dvd may be done for... do you have any others laying around to try and use? I've had 'mis burns' with CD-R's before and they wouldnt let me put data on them and they showed they were empty (After attempting to burn) Other than that I suggest you use a utility like NTI or Nero if you aren't already.

Gunny

I've tried it with a few DVDs, it might just be bad luck, I'll try a CD.  Thanks.

What program are you using to burn the data onto disks?

Gunny

I run first Nero's "InCD" small program, then burn or drag files in the CD & or DVD, which solved similar problems.

Even so sometimes have to restart the PC to clear out anything that may interfere.

CDs burn fine, but it still tells me all my blank DVDs have 0 bytes.

Sounds like your burner is fried. I had the same problem a while back. New drive and everything worked just fine!

Sounds like your burner is fried. I had the same problem a while back. New drive and everything worked just fine!

Well then why do the CDs have no problem burning and it has no trouble telling that it's a DVD-R?  Maybe I should try DVD+Rs next time.

I've got 2 burners in my machine. The old one can recognise things but can't read DVDs. Still burn 'em and read CDs. I don't know exactly why this happens but it does... something to do with the firmware and the laser methinks.