DVD burning problem

[Project86]

I just got this drive, used it the other day and burned a dvd flawlessly. Now I'm trying to burn something else, and Nero keeps telling me to insert a disc that isn't already full. I've tried a bunch of my DVDs, and even tried burning a cd, same thing. It ejects the (blank) media in the drive and prompts me to insert a blank disc...

Alcohol 120 wont let me burn either...

Help! I don't know what ha changed or why it isnt working now...

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Have you rebooted? Windows gets retarded about CD drives occasionally.

Do you have Easy CD Creator installed? Easy CD also includes DirectCD which interferes with Nero. You should uninstall them.

 

[imported_fatal]

What brand of Media

 

[Project86]

Tried rebooting, no luck.

Only have nero, and now alcohol. Should I try removing them and reinstalling?

Tried Imation and memorex cdr's, and tdk dvd-r's.

 

[Richard98]

The media should be ok. Check the IDE controller Transfer Settings to make sure that "DMA if Available" is highlighted from Control Panel==>System==>Device Manager. If that setting is OK or doesn't help, you could also try deleting the IDE controller and re-installing.

 

[yliu]

Try using the drive to read from a few commercially pressed CD or DVD first, make sure the CD-ROM drive is able to recognize the changes in the discs. I suspect there might be a firmware bug or something that is preventing the OS from recognizing the disc change. Updating the firmware might help.

 

[gimps]

and you're not trying to burn something that is larger than the blank media, correct?

 

[Project86]

OK, got the newst Nvidia chipset/IDE/etc drivers and it works now. Thanks everyone!