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    Trying to Burn Recovery Discs..

    Discussion in 'HP' started by btnh47, Oct 7, 2007.

  1. btnh47

    btnh47 Notebook Consultant

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    But it says my blank DVD+RW disc isnt a blank and for me to insert one :( whats wrong? is my DVD drive messed up?
     
    btnh47, Oct 7, 2007
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Use DVD-R or DVD+R, re-writable discs are not supported by the recovery software.
     
    miner, Oct 7, 2007
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yes +RW's are not supported. Im sure it says it on the recovery disc creator screen,

    I recommend getting DVD+R's as some dvd drives wont burn DVD-R's properly. Me and several people had this issue with -R's
     
    flipfire, Oct 7, 2007
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  4. btnh47

    btnh47 Notebook Consultant

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    wow i didnt even kno about that lol..

    but thanks for lettin me know, I appreciate it. just glad nothings wrong with my drive
     
    btnh47, Oct 7, 2007
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  5. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    I don't know about that one... it says on the starting screen, 10 CD, or 2 DVD+R's and 1 dual DVD CD's

    Why would it it say 10 CD's as those are +RW's?

    Retry it a couple times with another blank CD as when I did mine this morning, it rejected the first two CD's even though they were blank, (I checked them on my desktop) and finally started working. These were DVD+R's CD's too.
     
    jack53, Oct 7, 2007
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  6. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Maybe they mean CD Rs?
     
    jin07, Oct 7, 2007
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  7. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah, CD's are available in write once(CD-R) format as well as rewritable(CDRW) format. There might be older versions of the software which might support RW media but from what I can tell current versions(from the past year or so) only support write once media(CD or DVD).
     
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    The likely reason it doesnt support +RW's is because it is a boot disk and you can only create one set. So non-rewritables are highly recommended. Less drives can read RW's too
     
    flipfire, Oct 7, 2007
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