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    (>Zero Cool<)'s Avatar he is Spartacus!
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    Hi folks, need some help please.

    I am doing some very overdue backing up and have just used m new dvd writer for the first time. I used Nero Express to copy a bunch of files on to a blank dvd which I think went fine (well so Nero told me). However when I put the disc back into the drive just to check the stuff had copied before I deleted it from my hd I can&#39;t see the disc&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

    I tried opening it through explorer and a couple of other progs, windows media player eg, but still getting an insert disk into the drive please message. If I do a &#39;disk Info&#39; under &#39;Recorder&#39; in Nero it says the disk has 1 session and about 4+Gb on it so there must be something, right?

    Can anyone tell me where I may be going wrong please

    Thank you

    Zero

    p.s I have d&#39;ld an upgrade for my Firmware but I have nooooo idea what I am supposed to do with it, if you know anything about this help would be appreciated.

    edit: p.s. bit, as I try to find a solution

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    What make and model DVD burner?

    Are you reading the disc with the same burner?

    Have you tried restarting your computer?

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    (>Zero Cool<)'s Avatar he is Spartacus!
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    Hi thanks for getting back to me first off I have just realised I don&#39;t have windvd or the like installed I take it that could affect things a bit? (Formatted my drive and haven&#39;t re-installed)

    The drive isthis one with the blank dvd&#39;s the ones suggested orange bulkpaq ones.

    Nope haven&#39;t restarted, I know that restart is normally a first step but I wasn&#39;t sure where that would affect my pc&#39;s ability to read my recently burned dvd.

    oops p.s yes rewriting and reading withh the same drive, my other drive is a cd re-writer

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    Did you finalize the dvd when you burnt it mate or as a multi session?

    open nero & read the disc through it to see if anything is on the disc.If there is ,burn a small file like a txt doc & you should be able to read the first load of files you burnt..

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    (>Zero Cool<)'s Avatar he is Spartacus!
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    ahhhh, I see

    I did create the disk as a multisession thinking I may stick something else on the end as there is a couple of hundred Mb left. Would this be why I am getting nothing?

    Thanks for the reply pal

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    Most likely mate.

    Try a small file first though mate because the odds are the second session want show up.

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    You were right on both counts, I finalised the disk by adding a few extra files, which worked a treat but the extra files don&#39;t show up. No matter I got what I wanted. First time I had tried a multisession one as I normally just fill a cd but this was my first dvd.

    Thanks very much for your help pal.

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