Windows XP will not recognise DVD-R Media

[tzobal]

Hi All

I am asking for a freind so please, no shouting - " what the hell is he talking about...."

My freind (well... my boss) has an LG DVD multi format Re-Writer.

For some reason Windows XP Pro, will not recognise blank DVD-R (+ or -) inserted to the drive. No problems with DVD-RW though.

Other burning programs have no problem at all to read, recognise and write to R or RW.

When blank DVD-R is inserted, when trying to view the content of the media via explorer, windows throws an error message saying the media is invalid or incorrect. Again no problems with blank DVD-RW! Windows can also write to RW but not to R. Well, what do you recone..... Holy grail stuff? The guy tried about four different media manufacturers but to no avail. It seems maybe the problem is not wiht the media. He also says he is using the latest firmware downloaded from the LG site. So? can you help the guy?

I am sure someone might have an Idea... I trust you guys as I am sure you are more knowledgable than me, let alone my boss

[Pancake]

Make sure you disable the internal Windows XP burning software and install Nero 6.