a dvd burning problem

[coonsanders]

hi fellas

ive tried to copy a dvd on my old computer but to no avail.when i tried to do so i put the dvd in question into the writer
the software cant "feel"the dvd even thought its in there..its a sony burner...i dont know the model number but it does
say "dvd mulirecorder...i hope that helps.im on xp on my old dell.thanks

lenny

[Ian]

What you're saying is that the drive doesn't know that there's a disc in it?

What is on the disc? Movie? Data? Also, is it a recordable disc?

Can your new Dell read it?

[coonsanders]

hay ian

its a movie on it well i made it myself from a video tape.im not sure if my newer dell can burn a dvd or not..

lenny

[Ian]

I would see if your new dell can read it. If not, its a bad disc.

[coonsanders]

hi
i saw a thread about this very problem but i didnt see any real answersw to it..it happens on other disks too.im not sure if my new computers drive can copy and burn dvds..it does for cds but im not sure about dvds.thanks

lenny

[coonsanders]

hi ian

ok an update...its a sony burner so i went to the sony website and did a test of the burner and its working a ok...the test used staples dvds and the dvd
master that i want to make a copy from is a maxell.so at this point its either the blank dvds or the software im using to acrually do the whole pro-
cess.im using cd burner xp or ashampoo either or..is there a better one than these 2?

lenny

[Ian]

cd burner xp can copy DVD's.

[coonsanders]

hi
it didnt seem to work for me...i got the "cant feel the dvd in the burner"message

lenny

[coonsanders]

hi
i made a dvd copy.thanks with cdburner xp..thanks

lenny