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Can't write DVD disks on Matshita drive built into ASUS laptop: error 0x80040275
I have an ASUS N552VW laptop with the built-in MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ172 S drive. At some point I found that I can no longer write any DVD disks on this drive - DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, etc. The burn ...
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Is there a guide to which Blu-ray media can be burned by manufacturers?
Is there a guide to which Blu-ray media can be burned by manufacturers?
For example, can you advise me which computer drives (internal and/or external) can record on this media: Japanese import ...
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How can I troubleshoot a MATSHITA UJ8A0ASW optical drive which yelds different errors in different burning softwares?
I'm having problems with the optical drive MATSHITA UJ8A0ASW installed on my laptop ASUS N53SV. The driver is Microsoft's 6.1.7601.18514, file version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255), I can't ...
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What does Verify disc after burning actually do to verify the data?
I imagine it is some kind of comparison between the original files and the files that have been burned on the disc, but does anybody know how it is really done at a low level?
I mean, does it create ...
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Will there ever be faster CD and DVD discs and writers?
I was thinking about the fact that in the last years I have never seen CDs and DVDs supporting writing/reading speeds higher than 52X and 16X, respectively.
Is this a commercial choice (i.e. ...
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How are commercial DVD's burned? [closed]
I'm not talking about the DVD-R's here. When you buy retail software and DVD movies from the store for example, how is that DVD burned onto the original disc? What would I need if I want to burn those ...
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How is a hard-drive a bottleneck when burning a CD or DVD?
I have always wondered why people keep blaming hard-drives for causing buffer underruns when burning a CD or DVD. I’ve read many people saying to use a faster hard-drive or to make sure to defragment ...
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Need Suggestions for a Good CD/DVD burner that also mounts .ISO files [closed]
I've been looking for this for a while now. I'd like a freeware program that burns all CDs and DVDs, and also mounts and runs .ISO files on virtual drives without requiring any additional software. Is ...
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Burning mutiple discs at the same time
I'm trying to "mass produce" a DVD so I thought that by hooking up multiple burners to my computer and running multiple instances of Imgburn I would be able to reduce the amount of time I spent ...
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CD/DVD burn error in ImgBurn and Nero
I am getting the errors shown below when I try to burn a CD/DVD on my DVD writer. I am seeing this error for every CD/DVD I try to burn. I am not able to write any CDs or DVDs using ImgBurn. The burn ...
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Cannot write DVDs anymore, but can read them and write CDs
I'm stumped. I used to be able to write to DVDs and now I can't. I've tried different media (Memorex and Imations) I've tried different drives (internal and external) and even different OS's (Windows ...
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DVD drive doesn't recognize blank dvds only!
My dvd-rom works fine because I can play dvds on it, however when the dvd is a blank one the drive refuses to recognize it. So I can't burn dvds anymore because the drive shows up as empty in my disk ...
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High-end CD/DVD burners?
Do such things exist? I wouldn't mind paying $100 to $200 for one, but it must:
Have a very fast spin-up to ready time (less than one second)
Have an even faster dismount time (say, half second)
Can ...
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Unable to mount DVDs on Gentoo
I'm unable to mount any dvd on my HP 6735s laptop running Gentoo (with combined stable (+) and testing (~) ebuilds). Here's everything that I can come up with:
$uname -a
Linux aiur 2.6.32.6-aiur-r5 #...
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Can I rename my CD or DVD drive?
I have 7 CD drives. Currently I'm writing the CDs using NTI Media Maker.
The problem is that all drives have weird name like HL DVD-RW S224. It is very hard to find which drive is which.
Is there ...
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LG DVD writer shows Bluebirds application software everytime
I bought 4 new LG DVD writers and all four writer shows blurbirds.exe named application inside it. EVen if i insert any cd or DVD it won't detect anything but shows thosde 4 files
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what should i ...
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Recover badly recorded DVDs
A few years ago (2003-2005) I bought a Sony USB external DVD recorder for my Dell laptop and I used it to burn a lot of discs. Much later, when I tried to use one of these discs, I realised that I ...
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Slot load DVD burner options for standard desktop case
I need a new DVD burner (internal) for my father-in-law's computer. He's apparently broken the current one - he forgot to push the tray back in after doing something and hit it with his chair.
Given ...
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How to check DVD integrity at max read speed of DVD writer
I need to check the integrity of burned DVDs so that I can be sure about my backed-up data.
I use DL-DVDs to take the backup. Earlier I used VSO Inspector software for the same but the day I ...
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Is there a lifespan for a dvd rom drive?
Specifically a liteon dvd multi recorder. Which can burn and read dvd's.
Is there a specific number of burns which you can use? And after that, the burner will no longer work?
Do you know of any ...
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How can I troubleshoot a slow DVD writer?
I have a Thinkpad t60 - 15". It comes with a Matshita uj-842 DVD-ram drive.
When writing to a DVD, it settles at 2x speed. Research has shown me that this is not an uncommon problem. Unfortunately, ...
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Why didn't cable select work?
I got roped into doing tech support for a friend of the family. Obviously I'd already failed to hide my powers, ala Penny Arcade.
Anyways, the guy bought a DVD burner OEM from Microcenter, and asked ...
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no burner support
most freeware cd/dvd burning software (cdxpburner,burnaware,etc) report either no support or do not recognize my laptop dvd writer. Just purchased a new laptop with this problem. It is a lenovo G530 ...
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DVD-RW Drive not recognizing a DVD+R disc
I am having trouble burning DVD+R disc's. My OS is vista and i have used this burner and these same discs in the past. I haven't had the need to do so in months and now that i come back to create ...
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What is the best way to clean your dvd-burner?
What is the best way to clean your dvd-burner?