Does your Dell's DVD drive read the overburnt files on DVD+R discs?

Hi...

Got a new Inspiron 1720, the one on my siggy with Windows Vista Home Premium. Just burned a couple of discs using Nero's overburn mode (File > Options > Expert Features in Nero Burning Rom).

First, I burned one using the internal DVD+RW drive that came with my laptop. Nero gave me an error at the very end. However, I tested the disc, and all my files are fine - except the ones that took the extra space on the disc (the file that took the burn project over 4,483 MB). I can barely read that extra file (the video is jumpy).

I burned a second disc with my old external Plextor PX-708UF drive, also overburned, got no error, but I still couldn't play that last video on my internal drive. It played on the Plextor just fine.

Now, I'm gonna see if there's a driver update for it, but I doubt that's the problem.

I never had a problem with my DVD+RW drive on my old Inspiron 5150. All my overburns were just fine.

Is there anything I can do? And has anyone else here had that problem?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Just went to Dell.com, there are no CD/DVD drive drivers available for the 1720. What the eff!

Edit #2: Also, the last files on previously overburned DVD+Rs don't play either! DAMN IT!

What brand is this drive? On Device Manager it says it's a TSSTcorp DVD+-RW L632D ATA - now since it's a double layer capable drive, I really thought it would be able to do overburns on DVD5s. This is really not cool.

Do you guys think that the UDF file system version has anything to do with this? I've been using UDF 1.02 because I read years ago that it's better to use that for compatibility purposes. What version should I try? Got the latest Nero here, it shows up to version 2.60.

 

CD/DVD Drives don't need drivers... Anything on Dell.com would be firmware...

I highly doubt they will release firmware to enable overburn support. It is a hit or miss with a drive on how well it supports overburning...

If this is a HUGE issue to you the only option you have IMHO is to swap drives with your 5150... Faceplates should be interchagable

 

Overburning is not reliable at all, some drive will and others won’t support overburning (read/write). Why do you want to risk the integrity of the disk for few extra MBs ?. IMO not worth at all.

 

Yeah overburning poses a lot of compatibility problems.... After all you hardly get a few extra megabytes which aint worth losing if you are intending to take backups.... Also you might try burning at the lowest possible speed supported and test if it is able to burn without any errors...

 

Yeah OK guys... You pretty much convinced me!

Not gonna overburn anymore. I gotta get some cheap double layered DVD+Rs anyway.