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To: Gottfried who wrote (74097)	2/13/2011 7:24:01 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Did you try a system restore back to when it worked?

To: Gottfried who wrote (74097)	2/13/2011 7:37:25 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

social.answers.microsoft.com some things to try Then again, new DVD burners, IDE or SATA are less than $20 at Newegg and other places. In reading around, I learned drives have one laser for CDs and one laser for DVDs... if true.

To: Gottfried who wrote (74097)	2/13/2011 7:42:33 PM
From: Sexton O Blake	Respond to of 110626

Sounds like it alright. A good way to determine that too is to burn a movie or files and do a verify after. Unless there is an absolute fault disc or a buffer problem, almost always the DVD will burn. It is the verify that raises the red flags and not always is VERIFY automatically turned on. And if you are not interested in replacing the DVD yourself (really a comment for everyone reading this subject - not you per se), then you could look into getting USB 2 based DVD writers. Though an eSATA version is probably a better option if you have such a thing. Again IDE DVDs may be more difficult than SATA. I seriously need to plan to get a new machine this fall. B