dvd drive turns into cd rom drive

[heidi1]

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

 

[PC-GUY]

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

 

[heidi1]

driver for 3500

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

 

[PC-GUY]

And this is what it looks like after you put a DVD in your drive.

 

[PC-GUY]

It's call XP is screwing with you.

 

[heidi1]

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

 

[PC-GUY]

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

 

[heidi1]

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

 

[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

 

[PC-GUY]

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

 

[PC-GUY]

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.