DEAR SIR,
I HAVE A SONY DVD WRITER INSTALLED IN MY PC(INTEL CORE 2 DUO 1.8 GHZ), OS XP2. FROM LAST 2 MONTHS IT FAILS TO RECOGNISE A BLANK DVD. AS I INSERT A BLANK DVD, THE ICON OF THE DRIVE IN 'MY COMPUTER' CHANGES TO CD ROM, AND IT SHOWS THAT FREE SPACE 0 BYTES AND USED SPACE0 BYTES. IT CAN RECOGNISE AND BURN CDS VERY EASILY.
AFTER 3 FORMATS OF C DRIVE, I PURCHASED A NEW LG DVD WRITER. SAME PROBLEM. IT ALSO DOES NOT RECOGNISE BLANK DVD. WHEN I USE LIVE CD LINUX, I CAN BURN DVDS VERY EASILY, BUT XP2 HAS SOME PROBLEM.
THERE IS SO MUCH DATA STORED IN THE OTHERS PARTITIONS THAT I CANNOT FORMAT ENTIRE HARD DISK TO ELIMINATE THE BUG. PLEASE ADVICE.
EARLIER I HAD VERY EASILY BURNED DVDS. THIS IS ONLY A RECENT PHENOMENON.