I recently had a similar experience. I was burning an iDVD for a presentation on my Mac laptop. It worked in my Mac & my PC. When they tried to play it on their (4-5 year old) HP laptop, it wouldn't recognize. I tried several things, then took a look at the HP laptop's DVD drive. It was a +R; I had been burning the DVD's on -R. I know this isn't supposed to affect playback, but I burned a DVD on +R, & this time it played.
david ________________________________________ From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CGUYS] DVD/CDRW Not recognized Hi, All I have an HP zv6000 laptop, running XP home version 2002, service pack 2. Installed in the laptop is a DVD/CD burner (Original with the laptop)that is no longer being recognized by the laptop. When I put a disc into it, the green activity light on the CD tray lights up, the CD seems to spin for a short period of time and then nothing. The optical device does not show up in the device manager. I have had to purchase a USB outboard drive to burn CDs and DVDs. Any thoughts on the matter? Thanks Tracy ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
