Newly Formatted DVDRW: "The disc is read-only and cannot be recorded to" - Drag to Disc, DVDRW read only Options

[dalawrie]

Hi, I've just installed EMC 8 + update 8.05.

I was really looking forward to Drag to Disc after Nero's InCD, but when I tried either Send to or dropping the file on the Drag to Disc icon, I got the above error message. Even after a full format (from Drag to Disc).

However, I can burn data to it using Data DVD from the '....Suite Home' window. It insists on formatting it (again) first, saying the disc (that I formatted with Drag to disc) isn't empty.

View disk contents in Drag to disc shows 'Non allocatable space' - erased when formatted in Data DVD from the main window.

I also noted that although it burnt some 2.5Gb of data successfully, Data DVD reported this was some 1.8Gb in excess- seemingly thinking it was a CD! Hmm.

ASUS A6U, XP PRO latest updates, Nero 7 installed, TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L532A.

Thanks David.

[ogdens]

Hi, I've just installed EMC 8 + update 8.05.

I was really looking forward to Drag to Disc after Nero's InCD, but when I tried either Send to or dropping the file on the Drag to Disc icon, I got the above error message. Even after a full format (from Drag to Disc).

However, I can burn data to it using Data DVD from the '....Suite Home' window. It insists on formatting it (again) first, saying the disc (that I formatted with Drag to disc) isn't empty.

View disk contents in Drag to disc shows 'Non allocatable space' - erased when formatted in Data DVD from the main window.

I also noted that although it burnt some 2.5Gb of data successfully, Data DVD reported this was some 1.8Gb in excess- seemingly thinking it was a CD! Hmm.

ASUS A6U, XP PRO latest updates, Nero 7 installed, TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L532A.

Thanks David.

It is recommended you only have ONE Packet Writing software installed on your system. It would appear you have 2, you make the choice, D2D or InCD.

This post has been edited by ogdens: Jun 26 2006, 02:45 PM

[dalawrie]

It is recommended you only have ONE Packet Writing software installed on your system. It would appear you have 2, you make the choice, D2D or InCD.

Thanks for that. I thought I had in that although InCD is installed, no components have been running for some time- it can't handle explorer crashes. and I lost a couple of disks it decided to autoformat before I discovered its default is to format if needed.Sometimes it formats good disks! Hence Roxio.

I stopped itrunning altogether using a start-up manager. (Both tasks).

Will try uninstalling InCD as well.

David

[dalawrie]

Thanks for that. I thought I had in that although InCD is installed, no components have been running for some time- it can't handle explorer crashes. and I lost a couple of disks it decided to autoformat before I discovered its default is to format if needed.Sometimes it formats good disks! Hence Roxio.

I stopped itrunning altogether using a start-up manager. (Both tasks).

Will try uninstalling InCD as well.

David

Hmm- ok, I uninstalled Nero completely- which left me with the well known 'Code 41' problem- my DVDRW drive was no longer enabled- Device manager yellow exclamation mark.

I followed the MS recommendation to delete upper and lower filters in the registry, which gave me back CD ROM and DVD read, but not write.

I also tried Nero's clean tools.

Most information relates to the loss of CD-ROM and restoring that - which can occur if either INCD or Easy media creator are uninstalled. (Apparently INCD overwrites XP's own CD burning components). But I cannot find a way to restore DVD write.

Those relate to simply uninstalling one burning app. Perhaps installing EMC with Nero present has caused a bigger problem, as others warn - I now find.

Ideas welcome, before I try Fred Langa's process of reinstalling XP while leaving all user registry entries and applications intact.

David L.

[dalawrie]

See the answer below- well- it worked for me.

Having found it I see there's a note at the top of the general discussion forum here...

The problem: I had Nero 7 installed (+ INCD).
I then installed Roxio EMC, and found I couldn't write a DVD properly.
I uninstalled Nero- then got CODE 41. A common problem.
My DVD RW had a yellow exclamation by it in Device Manager.
I 'fixed' it with MS's registry delete upper filter/ lower filter solution, available as a 'guided help' registry patch. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

"Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"

But that only gave me back my drive, it still didn't let ROXIO see it as a recorder.

Although I did reinstall XP as a repair (that keeps user registry settings and applications intact while restoring Windows to as per CD), I think that was unnecessary. I did try a few other things too, which proved it wasn't a registry only issue.

OK, Here's the answer.

1. Download pxengine1_08_34a.exe http://patches.sonic.com/PX/pxengine1_08_34a.exe
2. Run it.
3. Reboot
4. Run Roxio EMC & the recorder is recognised.

1 day wasted, Hope this helps someone as so many have these problems.

The upper lower filters patch isn;t enough here.

DL.

[grandpabruce]

See the answer below- well- it worked for me.

Having found it I see there's a note at the top of the general discussion forum here...

The problem: I had Nero 7 installed (+ INCD).
I then installed Roxio EMC, and found I couldn't write a DVD properly.
I uninstalled Nero- then got CODE 41. A common problem.
My DVD RW had a yellow exclamation by it in Device Manager.
I 'fixed' it with MS's registry delete upper filter/ lower filter solution, available as a 'guided help' registry patch. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

"Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"

But that only gave me back my drive, it still didn't let ROXIO see it as a recorder.

Although I did reinstall XP as a repair (that keeps user registry settings and applications intact while restoring Windows to as per CD), I think that was unnecessary. I did try a few other things too, which proved it wasn't a registry only issue.

OK, Here's the answer.

1. Download pxengine1_08_34a.exe http://patches.sonic.com/PX/pxengine1_08_34a.exe
2. Run it.
3. Reboot
4. Run Roxio EMC & the recorder is recognised.

1 day wasted, Hope this helps someone as so many have these problems.

The upper lower filters patch isn;t enough here.

DL.

Yeah, that remedy is pinned to the top of one of the forums.