hELP - Copying DVD Sonic

Question

New user of Dimension 8400 series, trying to copy a home movie DVD. I have followed instructions in 'user manual' and used 'Sonic Record Now' to get 'exact' copy of DVD. DVD copied succesfully and DVD ejected. Then prompted to insert disc and have inserted DVD-R to make copy. Disk drive keeps ejecting disk with message 'please insert a blank or re-writable DVD into the Phillips DVD+RW 9 (D:) Drive'. I keep inserting disk and pressing ok but message above is repeated. I have tried several new TDK DVD-R disks, all new and sealed. Can you help???????????

Jim Hardin · Answer

@RBSCBS wrote: New user of Dimension 8400 series, trying to copy a home movie DVD. I have followed instructions in 'user manual' and used 'Sonic Record Now' to get 'exact' copy of DVD. DVD copied succesfully and DVD ejected. Then prompted to insert disc and have inserted DVD-R to make copy. Disk drive keeps ejecting disk with message 'please insert a blank or re-writable DVD into the Phillips DVD+RW 9 (D:) Drive'. I keep inserting disk and pressing ok but message above is repeated. I have tried several new TDK DVD-R disks, all new and sealed. Can you help??????????? You are trying to copy a commercial movie on DVD, right??? Not legal to do so in the US and no mainstream software will let you.

RBSCBS · Answer

Thanks. I am UK based. DVD I am copying is a family home movie not a commercial movie. Soic seems happy to copy original but is not recognising the blank disk I want to use to copy. Would appreciate any help you can provide.

Robert Moyer · Answer

Are you using a dvd-r disk? I think you have to use a dvd+r disk. You mentioned you had a Philips dvd +rw drive, not a + or - drive that is why I am asking Message Edited by Robert Moyer on 01-02-2005 09:32 AM

Arnold Day · Answer

Soic seems happy to copy original but is not recognising the blank disk I want to use to copy. Would appreciate any help you can provide.

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I don't quite understand your comment above. You say that Sonic is happy to copy the original (which it is supposed to do). But then you add that Sonic is not recognising the blank disc. There is something which inconsistent (to me) in your explanation. If it copied the original, I assume you mean it copied it to a blank disc!
Arnie

RBSCBS · Answer

sorry if I have not made it clear. I have taken a copy of the DVD onto a tempory file using Sonic. I now want to make a copy of movie from tempory file to DVD-R but this does not work and DVD-R keeps being ejecyed. Hope this is clearer.

Predator · Answer

Hi RBSCBS,

Jim, Bob and Arnie are all currrently off-line. Bob`s questions is important simply because Dell shipped two different Philips drives, the 8601 only writes to the DVD+R/RW media, the 8631 is the dual format drive that writes to both "+/-" DVD media.

If it is the 8601, then use DVD+R or DVD+RW media, DVD-R will not work.
If it is the 8631, then hover your mouse over the Product Support Tab above, click on Downloads, enter information for 8400 series and follow the link to Removable Media Storage Device and apply yhe Dell firmware update for the drive.
Hopefully this will correct your problem, if not get on the phone to Dell, mention the problem you are having and that the Dell firmware did not help.

Best Regards

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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Message Edited by Predator on 01-02-2005 06:09 PM

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