are you sure you are putting it in the write drive there are 2 of them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Parent To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dvd issue
Hi, When I put the dvd in, I think it is trying to read the disc but in about 30 seconds, it pops back out. My machine is about 6 years old. I was told to use a dvd burning program but I'm not sure if the disc will stay in. I have windows xp home edition. It is a Dell dimension 2400 computer. It uses a Celeron interface. Linda Parent -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dvd issue The disc is ejected when Windows cannot cope with it. This may be because it is a faulty disc or the drive cannot cope with the format. AT the very least you should be getting a message asking what you want to do with the disc. How many DVDs have you tried? Some DVDs stacks are not of great quality. And I have had to discard quite a few. If many DVDS are getting this reaction it is difficult not to conclude that Your drive is behaving as if it is not a DVD burner. For 33 gb of backup I would normally recommend anyway that you use an external drive. Actually I would backup on more than one external drives if the data is really important. I realise that this is a more expensive option but at least it will be possible to easily update your backup. Regards David Griffith Read my comparison between the Victor Reader Stream and the Pocket Plextalk on http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/Stream_v_Plextalk.htm My Low Vision Resources Web Site is http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Parent Sent: Monday, 18 May 2009 23:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dvd issue Hi, When I put the dvd in the drive, it spits it out so will this software recognize it is a dvd? I have a 33 gig drive and I need to back up my stuff. Linda Parent -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dvd issue It may be that you have a CD burner but only a DVD read capacity. Some older drives did not have a DVD burn capacity. If you do believe that you have a DVD burner you will need DVD burning software. There is no DVD Burner included with XP . I would suggest that you go to the Jaws User Programs page where there are several free programs which will burn DVDS. Regards David Griffith Read my comparison between the Victor Reader Stream and the Pocket Plextalk on http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/Stream_v_Plextalk.htm My Low Vision Resources Web Site is http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Parent Sent: Monday, 18 May 2009 22:08 To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] dvd issue Hi, I have windows xp home. My d drive I believe is a cd/dvd burner. When I put a blank dvd in the drive, it spits it out. I don't have a dvd player attached with my computer but I am just trying to back up my system onto dvd's. Do I have to buy some kind of program so the dvd's don't spit out or something? I have tried the minus dvd's and the plus ones and they both spit them out. Linda Parent For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
