I'm having a real strange case with my dvd burner. I was burning a series of dvds and everything was going fine until suddenly, immediately after successfully burning a dvd, it stopped working, refusing to burn correctly. I can't seem to return it to normal even though I've tried tons of stuff. Here are the grimy details.
1) It reads dvds just fine, though the autoplay function doesn't work. I can right-click and click on auto-play, but it doesn't come up automatically anymore.
2) When I try to burn raw data to a disc using the standard Windows function (double-click the black disc in the D drive) it crashes after a few seconds and the window closes, then the dvd drive won't open anymore unless I restart the computer. However, when I put the failed disc in another computer it shows all the files with their correct file types and sizes. I was even able to extract an .exe file from it and install it on anther computer, as well as view pictures, though ISO files and MP3s seemed to be broken.
I'm guessing either it only writes for a few seconds then stops or it keeps writing even though it seems to crash and acts as though it's frozen (and it therefore only partially written to because I restart the computer during the hidden write process, but this is only a guess).
3) When I try to burn a dvd using DVD Flick or Windows DVD Maker it fails shortly after it starts burning with a non-specific error message. However, the dvds are slightly written to. The dvd is titled as I wanted, but that's it, the rest is wasted. Also, when I tried to burn a movie using DVD Flick, it encoded and did everything else just fine, it only failed when it automatically opened ImgBurn to burn the encoded data.
However, I was able to burn a dvd using DVD Flick while in Safe Mode (hurray!), though the audio was about a second or two out of sync (though that may have been a coincidence since that has the rare chance of happening).
make data discs, but only through ImgBurn it seems.
5) I uninstalled and re-installed (restarting as necessary) the disk driver, nothing changed. I also cleaned my system out using tools like Advanced SystemCare, Glary Utilities, etc., then checked for viruses. No viruses, and the system maintenance didn't help.
I know I can most likely fix it by doing a re-installation of Windows, but I just did a clean install like 2 weeks ago because of previous software issues (certain programs just stopped working, partially from dependency issues) and really don't want to again. There HAS to be some way to fix this. Thanks to everyone in advance. If anyone wants any more info just ask and I'll do my best to get it.
1) It reads dvds just fine, though the autoplay function doesn't work. I can right-click and click on auto-play, but it doesn't come up automatically anymore.
2) When I try to burn raw data to a disc using the standard Windows function (double-click the black disc in the D drive) it crashes after a few seconds and the window closes, then the dvd drive won't open anymore unless I restart the computer. However, when I put the failed disc in another computer it shows all the files with their correct file types and sizes. I was even able to extract an .exe file from it and install it on anther computer, as well as view pictures, though ISO files and MP3s seemed to be broken.
I'm guessing either it only writes for a few seconds then stops or it keeps writing even though it seems to crash and acts as though it's frozen (and it therefore only partially written to because I restart the computer during the hidden write process, but this is only a guess).
3) When I try to burn a dvd using DVD Flick or Windows DVD Maker it fails shortly after it starts burning with a non-specific error message. However, the dvds are slightly written to. The dvd is titled as I wanted, but that's it, the rest is wasted. Also, when I tried to burn a movie using DVD Flick, it encoded and did everything else just fine, it only failed when it automatically opened ImgBurn to burn the encoded data.
However, I was able to burn a dvd using DVD Flick while in Safe Mode (hurray!), though the audio was about a second or two out of sync (though that may have been a coincidence since that has the rare chance of happening).
3b) Update: I uninstalled and reinstalled DVD Flick and it's working fine now, as well as Windows DVD Maker, but the issues listed in "2)" regarding burning data discs are still present.
4) I successfully burned an ISO of a program using ImgBurn. Also, I was able to turn an AVI file into an ISO file using ImgBurn (via the "create image file from files/folder" option), then successfully burned it to a dvd using ImgBurn. The result was as if I had burned it as data using the Windows "burn a disc" function. So it is possible to
make data discs, but only through ImgBurn it seems.
5) I uninstalled and re-installed (restarting as necessary) the disk driver, nothing changed. I also cleaned my system out using tools like Advanced SystemCare, Glary Utilities, etc., then checked for viruses. No viruses, and the system maintenance didn't help.
I know I can most likely fix it by doing a re-installation of Windows, but I just did a clean install like 2 weeks ago because of previous software issues (certain programs just stopped working, partially from dependency issues) and really don't want to again. There HAS to be some way to fix this. Thanks to everyone in advance. If anyone wants any more info just ask and I'll do my best to get it.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitAMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHzKingston 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (400 MHz)NVIDIA Geforce GTX 550 Ti
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHz
- Motherboard
- MSI 790XT-G45 (MS-7388)
- Memory
- Kingston 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Geforce GTX 550 Ti
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w1907
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1TB
- PSU
- Rosewill Bronze RBR 750-M 750w
- Case
- Antec Three Hundred
- Cooling
- Heatsink/Fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech K120
