DRU500A won't write or read DVD-R in Windows XP

[RyanD]

I have been able to write and read DVD+R and DVD+RW in XP, but DVD-R only works in Windows 98. I burned a data DVD-R in 98 and it works great in 98, but XP will not open the disc in Explorer. If I open Nero in XP, it recognizes the disc and correctly displays the total amount of data on it.

Every DVD-R I have tried to burn in XP stopped after the lead-in track. I have the firmware upgrade. I also updated my BIOS and IDE drivers. I have tried with the drive in UDMA and PIO modes.

I'm sure I read a post by someone else here that had a similar problem, but I can't find it. Any ideas?

Thanks

[bacondreamer]

Just burned a 4.2GB data back up of my HD on my new DRU-500A with a TDK DVD-R disc using Nero under WinXP Pro. Both my Lite-On 16X and my TDK 16x10x40 CD-RW read it without a problem in WinXP.

Here's my software versions:

WinXP Pro w/ SP1
Nero 5.5.9.17

Haven't try the Veritas software yet so I don't know how well it works.

Couple of questions:

- Is this a dual boot machine?
- Did you close the session on the disc after you burned it? Nero somehow uncheck the finalize disc box after you check it and click on another tab before proceeding with burn.
- What brand of media are you using?

[RyanD]

WinXP Pro w/ SP1
Nero 5.5.9.17

Couple of questions:

- Is this a dual boot machine?
- Did you close the session on the disc after you burned it? Nero somehow uncheck the finalize disc box after you check it and click on another tab before proceeding with burn.
- What brand of media are you using?

I'm using the same software. All other burning software I've tried does the same.

This is a dual boot machine, so the problem is definitely in the OS somewhere. Everything else is the same.

I clicked the "no multisession" box. Then when the disc burned, it asked me again and I clicked "no multisession" again.

I'm using TDK DVD-Rs.

[igalan]

Which motherboard do you have? Which IDE devices and how are they plugged? UDMA?

I had weird problems reading RW discs in XP (I can write but not read) and the work around was to unplug the slave DVD-ROM and setting the Sony DRU to PIO only (no UDMA in BIOS and Windows driver).

[RyanD]

Which motherboard do you have? Which IDE devices and how are they plugged? UDMA?

I had weird problems reading RW discs in XP (I can write but not read) and the work around was to unplug the slave DVD-ROM and setting the Sony DRU to PIO only (no UDMA in BIOS and Windows driver).

I have an Epox 8K7A. Two hard drives are on the primary IDE. The DRU500A is master on the second channel. There is no slave right now.

I tried setting the drive to PIO through my IDE driver utility (VIA Busmaster), but I did not disable DMA in the BIOS. That may be worth a try. Thanks.

[RyanD]

I had weird problems reading RW discs in XP (I can write but not read) and the work around was to unplug the slave DVD-ROM and setting the Sony DRU to PIO only (no UDMA in BIOS and Windows driver).

No luck. I disabled all UDMA on channel 2, then used the VIA Busmaster software to switch the drive to PIO4.

I sent an escalation form to Sony support, but I be them you guys could help me faster. Any other ideas?

[dun4cheap]

Just for what its worthe try to change the eide cable. If that does not work try and put it on the primary eide as slave.

[igalan]

[quote="RyanD"]

No luck. I disabled all UDMA on channel 2, then used the VIA Busmaster software to switch the drive to PIO4.

Isn't the Epox 8K7A based on the chipset AMD760? The web of Epox is not working right now so I can't check...

Just to clarify, a DVD-R recorded with Win98 will work fine in Win98, but not in WinXP, right? Also you can't burn CDs with WinXP. Do you have packet writting software installed in WinXP? If you do, disable or uninstall (just to be sure that it isn't confilcting). Also disable built in CD-Recording in WinXP. I guess that you disabled UDMA both in BIOS and WinXP drivers, didn't you? Is it possible for you to get a PCI IDE controller to test? Promise or similar (not RAID)?

[RyanD]

[quote="igalan"]

No luck. I disabled all UDMA on channel 2, then used the VIA Busmaster software to switch the drive to PIO4.

Isn't the Epox 8K7A based on the chipset AMD760? The web of Epox is not working right now so I can't check...

Just to clarify, a DVD-R recorded with Win98 will work fine in Win98, but not in WinXP, right? Also you can't burn CDs with WinXP. Do you have packet writting software installed in WinXP? If you do, disable or uninstall (just to be sure that it isn't confilcting). Also disable built in CD-Recording in WinXP. I guess that you disabled UDMA both in BIOS and WinXP drivers, didn't you? Is it possible for you to get a PCI IDE controller to test? Promise or similar (not RAID)?

I can burn CDs and DVD+Rs in XP, but not DVD-Rs. I did not install any packet writing software. I have disabled XP recording and autoplay. I disabled UDMA in BIOS and in the driver. I do not have access to a PCI IDE controller.

The Epox is a AMD760 chipset.

[rbarbehenn]

I had similar problems to what you are experiencing. I had to rip out all the VIA 4-in-1 drivers and then reinstall them. But, I did not install the VIA bus mastering IDE driver. I think this might be an issue with the bus mastering driver not liking the drive. Tryn doing this and see if you can burn DVD-R(RW)s.

RB

[RyanD]

I had similar problems to what you are experiencing. I had to rip out all the VIA 4-in-1 drivers and then reinstall them. But, I did not install the VIA bus mastering IDE driver. I think this might be an issue with the bus mastering driver not liking the drive. Tryn doing this and see if you can burn DVD-R(RW)s.

RB

I messed with the VIA drivers, and all I got for my trouble was BSODs. Maybe I'll just have to boot to Win98 to burn DVD-Rs.