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Offline Mike M

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DVD Drive Problems
« on: March 28, 2008, 04:26:27 PM »
I'm trying to burn something to a DVD, but it tells me that the drive is not accessable and it's an "incorrect function." Does anyone know what's causing this? I hope this doesn't mean I have to buy a new replacement drive. 
« Last Edit: March 28, 2008, 04:28:21 PM by MikeM2010 »

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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 04:28:55 PM »
I've encountered similar problems before. Usually it happens when another application is using the DVD drive. Try closing all the programs except the burn program. If that doesnt work, tech support would help. Definitely won't have to replace the drive.
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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 04:52:30 PM »
I didn't have any other applications running that would be using the drive. :no:

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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 05:00:59 PM »
What dvd drive is it? Mine is InterWinDVD

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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 05:10:08 PM »
What dvd drive is it? Mine is InterWinDVD
THats a software program, not a drive manufacturer.

Is it on a mac? Sometimes rebooting the Finder helps. I would definitely google the error message.
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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2008, 06:14:59 PM »
Sounds like a problem with the drive. It may need to be replaced.  :hmm:

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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2008, 11:49:48 PM »
No, this is on my PC. It's an HP drive. Man, this computer is cheap. First I had the "secondary" drive (the CD drive) go, and now, only six months later, the other drive is failing. :wacko:

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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 11:54:57 PM »
No, this is on my PC. It's an HP drive. Man, this computer is cheap. First I had the "secondary" drive (the CD drive) go, and now, only six months later, the other drive is failing. :wacko:
Yeah, I thought I remember you mentioning having trouble with a drive a while back. I thought it was the same one again.
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Re: DVD Drive Problems
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2008, 12:49:23 AM »
I think my HP drive might be failing as well. It can only read CD-ROM and DVD-RW and possibly DVD-ROM. With any other type of disk, it just perpetually struggles to read it before finally giving up. I've actually had a lot of HP hardware issues lately. :hmm:
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