dogzilla

I just got a Plextor PX-740A DVD burner. My first attempt to use it was to burn a data DVD using the Nero Express software that came with it. I did this on a Windows 2000 Pro system. The burn seemed to complete normally. When I tried to read this disk in the same drive, Windows 2000 file explorer tells me the disc is blank. When I try to read it in a DVD drive on another Windows 2000 machine, the drive just hangs trying to seek for something. I put the disk in a Windows XP Home machine and it can read the disc fine.

Is this a problem with how I burned the disc or are DVD data discs something that is supported only in Windows XP?

2nd edit: Figured out my Linux problem, needed to explicitly specify the filesystem type. Stupid me.

Thanks

dogzilla

Never mind. I burned a couple more data DVDs and they are readable just fine with Windows 2000. I guess something went wrong, or I did something wrong the first attempt and the DVD is probably bad. What threw me off track was that the questionable DVD read fine with Windows XP on a cheapo Compaq with a probably cheap DVD drive. I incorrectly assumed somebody had taken the opporuntity to come up with a new filesystem format for DVDs

catback

Just as you already discovered just a typical, and hopefully rare, coaster

Mbnfc

you probably tried to burn a multisession disk where you can data on the disk multiple times until it is full. multisession is only supported by windows xp iirc.

viper11885

Glad to hear that your problem is solved.

One thing to mention, go to Plextor's website and update the firmware for your burner.

dogzilla

Thanks for the tip about the firmware. I installed it and a speed test shows a significant improvement in speed.