DVD-RW won't recognize/burn DVD-R
 

My 3 month old HP zd8000 has HPs best available DVD burner. I'm assuming it should be able to burn all types of DVDs, correct? I can't get it to recognize DVD-Rs. Normally i'm able to put in any old CD and am able to drag and drop files into the drive to be recorded. However when I put in my DVD-R, all burning options go away and am unable to drag and drop files to the drive for burning - it gives me a copying error every time.

Is it something I'm doing wrong, or is my top of the line computer REALLY unable to burn DVD-Rs? I need to be able to burn both data and video DVDs. Thanks!

your SOL on drag and drop fora DVD, cd's only.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...dlc=en&lang=en

Awesome thanks a lot, i'm giving RecordNow a try now.

I checked HP's installed help files, but guess I should of checked their website too. Thanks for the link!

Actually this has nothing to do with Windows. Windows can drag and drop to DVDs just fine. I do it almost daily at work.

The problem is that the drive is a DVD+R/DVD+RW, it makes no mention of supporting DVD-R or DVD-RW. Yes, there is a difference. Make sure you aren't trying to write to a DVD-R or DVD-RW disk.

Well, at least according to this review, the drive specs are: LG GWA-4080N DVD+/-RW Drive - CD-ROM (40x); CD-R (40x write); CD-RW (24x write); DVD-ROM (16x); DVD-R (8x write); DVD-RW (4x write); DVD+R (16x write); DVD+RW (4x write); DVD+R Dual Layer (2.4x write)

Ahhh, I am indeed wrong, I was basing my statement off that support page that (curiously) made specific mention of CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW discs and not a single thing about DVD-R/DVD-RW support. With major OEMs, it is typical for them to have drives that are for the DVD+ standards only.