DVD-RW drive doesnt recognize blank dvd

[omega_weapon]

Hello. i have an Emachin that came with a dvd writter. It recognizes perfectly cds, blank cds, and dvd-roms, but it doesnt recognize blank dvd. i have just tried with un disc, but im worried about it.

[g_shocker182]

Theres no DVD information to recognize.

[omega_weapon]

ha.. ha... ha.. not funny. need help please.

[Skynet107]

If I had to guess I would say you have a DVD-R + model and are trying to use - (minus) media in it. You cannot interchange media types in burners unless the burner supports both plus and minus media.

[omega_weapon]

ooohh, i think i get it...
Well, my drive says:
Cd Rewritable. DVD +Rewritable
so? i must use dvd+r discs?

[g_shocker182]

Yes. And I was serious before. There's obviously no video on a blank DVD (or CD), so only your DVD burning software would recognize the disc.

[omega_weapon]

yes, but it Should recognize the fact that the DVD is Blank!
.. and thanks.

[overloaded_ide]

Depending what you actually meant and what we thought you might have meant,

If you put a blank disk into your DVD burner, then click that drive with windows explorer or just about any other non-burning program you will get an error like, "Drive not ready", "Error reading Drive?", etc...
Or maybe a "Disk is not formated" error.

But normally the disk is not really even detected as being in the drive if it is blank.

Also depending what software you have, sometimes a blank CD will be reconized or a CDrw will be, like if you have Sony ABCdrive installed for packet writing re-writeables.

[g_shocker182]

yes, but it Should recognize the fact that the DVD is Blank!
.. and thanks.

Go ahead and try to burn something onto the disc, and see if it works.