The Coop Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 So here's my little problem. After having to do a complete destructive restore on my PC thanks to things going absolutely bat shit crazy in it, I'm left with a strange issue. I have a number of blank DVD+R discs that I want to use. They're Memorex, and they worked fine up until this problem. That problem? Whenever I put one of them into my DVD drive to burn it, the drive changes from "DVD-RW Drive" to "CD Drive". Early this morning, before this all happened, I burned two blank DVD+Rs. They completed with no verification errors. Now, when I put those two DVD+Rs into the drive, nothing comes up. It goes from "DVD-RW Drive" to "CD Drive", and acts like the discs are empty. But if I pop them in Nero, that program shows that the files are indeed on the disc. Anyone know what the hell's going on? It just started happening out of the blue. Older burned DVD+Rs from a month or so ago are still coming up normally, and I can still pop in movies and games and have them be read by the drive just fine. But this bizarre problem is really starting to get on my nerves. Some handy info... XP Home SP2 Lite-On SOHW 1693S (up to date firmware) Nero 6 Oh, and on a more minor note, can anyone access Microsoft's website? I need SP3 for XP, but everything results in a "Server Not Found" error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I have never even heard of a DVD drive acting that way. And here's a direct link to Microsoft's site for SP3: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/0/d30e32d8-418a-469d-b600-f32ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Neither have I. It makes no sense whatsoever, and that's part of what's driving me nuts about it. But, thanks for the link to SP3. No idea why MS' site's down (or at least, inaccessible on my end). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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