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      dvd drive turns into cd rom drive

      hi
      please can sombody suggest something.(apart from hammer)
      i'm completly new too dvd scene just started doing home movies
      and when i went too save to dvd.
      i place dvd-r into drive and it said it was a cd drive
      when i take out dvd it turns it says its a dvd-r drive
      in device manager its a necdvd_rw nd-3500ag.

      dont know if this helps but it only happens on blank dvds i have tryed both - and+ r
      but same thing happens i can howevery save on cdrs

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      I'll bet you have XP.
      And this is what it looks like when the drive is empty.
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      driver for 3500

      hi been searching and it looks like its the drivers does anybody know were to get driver for the nec 3500

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      And this is what it looks like after you put a DVD in your drive.
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      It's call XP is screwing with you.

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      hi thanks for reply

      yes thats what it looks like then its says it has a dvd-r but says its cdrom
      do you know why as i cannot work it out
      but i'm not to clever on dvds at minute

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      It's normal a bug in XP. Your will still can burn so don't worry about it. Every pc does it.

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      no its a disc with dvd-r then next too it cd drive

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      i get error message f:\is not accesible. in correct function
      i was wondering if it could be my driver. but i do not have original instalation disc do you know were i can download the driver

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      I know the pictures I just showed you where from my pc after I put Dvd+r's in both my drives.

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      Quote Originally Posted by heidi1
      i get error message f:\is not accesible. in correct function
      i was wondering if it could be my driver. but i do not have original instalation disc do you know were i can download the driver
      You do know that you can't just read a blank disc with windows? You need a program like Nero CD-DVD Speed to tell you about the disc.
      Also windows gives you the drivers you need.


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