-r +r -rw +rw

No there is not any software to change it to - :devil:

Hi brvdon, welcome to Windrivers...

No unfortunately there is not any way of converting this drive to dual format.

DVD writers are far less expensive these days and it would not cost the earth to replace the unit with a new dual format, dual layer drive.

John

thanks for the replys. i bought some DVD+R discs and the drive now see's them.

My new problem is everytime i try to burn onto the disc it gets to the burning part of process and stops with error msg

'failed in performing power calibration.
Error DVD+'

I have read about this error and apparently it could be the drive, the computer or the disc (seems obvious i thought) and have tried a couple of tips i read...

1. updated drivers to latest version.
2. plugged the power source to writer only.
3. tried several discs.
4. cleaned computer and drive.

none of the above have helped and after several hours i am ready to destroy my computer with any random object i can find!

I have used these discs before in my drive and they worked fine for recording games and movies so i am at a loss as to what is going wrong.

My next step is to reboot the computer and start again (maybe that could work) but i cant back up my data and i really really dont want to loss all my data but cant see another option.

Any help or advice would be greatly appriecated

B

PS - it got past the error one time and said it had writen the disc but the disc was still blank once it had finished!?!?!?!

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Originally Posted by Atodini

..No unfortunately there is not any way of converting this drive to dual format..

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In theory for most units its just a matter of firmware, find some dual format firmware & away you go ..

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Originally Posted by brvdon

I have used these discs before in my drive and they worked fine for recording games and movies so i am at a loss as to what is going wrong.

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The same brand doesn't say anything. Your brand may have switched supplier and the dye on the disk may be different now.

The only thing you can do is to see if you can update the firmware on the drive. That usually gives better support for new disks. Or you can try out different brands to see if your burner likes those.

But you might go the route I did: buy a new burner :)
That will save you a lot of headaches.

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Originally Posted by Motormouz

The same brand doesn't say anything. Your brand may have switched supplier and the dye on the disk may be different now.

The only thing you can do is to see if you can update the firmware on the drive. That usually gives better support for new disks. Or you can try out different brands to see if your burner likes those.

But you might go the route I did: buy a new burner :)
That will save you a lot of headaches.

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Very true, never just go by the label on the disk, it can easily be a different dye, that makes all the difference.
www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia <-- I check there, to be sure as to what media dye I'm getting from what brand.

thanks for all the advice, i updated to latest firmware and it still did nothing so i binned it and bought a new burner. It was only 40quid and it will burn on everything ive tried so far :)

Thanks again