Posted by Mike Kujbida on 08/21/06 02:31

Sailor wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have a strange problem. Suddenly my HP DVD Writer 100 is very
> sporatic in burning DVD's (whether authoring or just archiving). It
> tells me the burn was successful but when I try to play the disk back
> anywhere or just read it from the computer it just doesn't see it.
> Over the past few years I've done hundreds of dvd's and have had a
> great success rate.
>
> First I thought it was a matter of getting a batch of bad disks but I
> tried a couple of different brands (one of which was the one I've
> used for a couple of years), and I got the same result.
>
> Also, CD's burn fine. Incidentally, it plays DVD's and CD's just
> fine too.
>
> I haven't changed any settings either.
>
> As I said, it's sporatic. Sometimes burns will be successful, other
> times it fails...
>
> Has anyone had a similar problem, or any ideas on wht the problem is?
> If it's the burner itself, it's cool. I don't really have an emotional
> attachment to the HP burner :-)
>
> Anyway, again... Thanks in advance for any and all help!
>
> Sailor


Odds are that the burner is dying. It'll still burn CDs because the laser
output required is not as high as it is for a DVD. And playback demands are
lower as well.

Mike

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