Cannot rewrite DVD+RW, please help!!!...

[chompy]

Hi to all,

I'm new in this world, and I'm having lots of problems with my drive. It's a Philips DVDRW885 DL, and I don't know if it's working ok: I bought a Verbatim DVD+RW 4x certified to do my tests, and my first burn went ok, but the next tries I made finished in a error while verifying the compilation.

I tried the lastest version of Nero, DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink, but the result were always the same: the verification crashed everytime. I then tried to burn on a CD-RW and everything went fine, so I thought that maybe that was due to a bad media, so I exchanged my Verbatim DVD+RW for a new one.

The first burn was also ok, but when I erased it and tried to burn a new compilation, I had the same problem again, the verification crashes. Sometimes due to files been inaccessible, and sometimes due to the drive that cannot be mount.

I've seen that the first time I use the media, before start burning it, Nero does a format, but the next times I try to write on it, this format isn't made. I haven't found a way to format the media, only erase it.

Could anyboby please help this newbie telling me what I'm doing bad, and tell me how could I format my media again?


Lots of thanks,
Chompy

[chompy]

Ok, now I know when Nero format the media, only when you change the compilation (from DVD-Video to DVD-UDF for example), but that hasn't changed my problems, despite the format, my Verbatim DVD+RW still doesn't work...

Today I'll buy a new media, any recomendation? and I'll try new tests...

[alexnoe]

Maybe your drive is flawed. Verbatim DVD+RW media is of good quality, and usually Philips DVD writers are not bad either.

[[_chéf_]]

"I'm new in this world..." What?

The drive is too new and so it is firmware.
You'll have to wait til Philips will release newer and better firmwares for your drive.

[chompy]

As I said, I've bought a new media, a Maxell DVD+RW x4 (made by Philips), and with it all the tests I've made (more than ten) have been made without any single error.

I've never had problems with Verbatim CD-R, but it seem that they had some problem with the stock from wich my DVD+RW x4 came from, because in CDFreaks tested a Philips DVDRW885 with Verbatim DVD+RW x4 and they didn't have any problem, because, can a drive (with individual problems) work perfectly with a brand of media, and fail everytime with another?


Thanks,
Chompy

[chompy]

Hi, I've made some more tests, and here are my results:

I've bought another DVD+RW, a TDK x4 and with this media everything has worked perfectly, so I lent my Verbatim to a friend of mine, and he burned it without a single problem. When he returned it to me, I could read it's contents prefectly with my Philips, but as soon as I rewrited it, my problems went back.

So the problems between my Philips and my Verbatim, are only when I try to rewrite on this media... Any idea?

Thanks,
Chompy

[Joergen]

It's normal for a new drive model to have problems with some types of media. Best bet is to wait for firmware upgrades (that ALWAYS include improvements for writability).