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    Sony VAIO VGC-RA710G now detects blank DVD-Rs as blank CD-Rs! Dashboard
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    Last Reply: June 21, 2010, 6:26 pm

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    Author Sony VAIO VGC-RA710G now detects blank DVD-Rs as blank CD-Rs!
    AxleMunshine

    Rank: Sony Fan


    Joined: Nov 04, 2004
    Posts: 1
    From: Montreal, Canada

      Posted: 2004-11-04 12:30

    Hi,

    I am new here and it looks like the best place for Sony info & help!

    Here's my problem.  For no apparant reason, my Sony VAIO VGC-RA710G cannot detect blank DVDs anymore.

    I noticed it when trying to burn TV shows through Click-to-DVD and got a "ID:1536 Cannot write to the disc because of an error." message.

    In XP, with Media Center closed, Windows used to put up an Autoplay for the desired DVD authoring software.  Now, it pop ups an Autoplay for CD-R recording?!??

    I'm puzzled, I did not install anything and 2 days ago, everything was working fine.  Now, for no reason, it always does that.  I tried numerous blank DVDs from the same batch that used to work and I still have the same problem: they are detected as blank CD-Rs!

    The drive works fine to read DVDs, CD, etc.  The problem is with blank DVDs.

    Anyone has an idea?


    Thanks in advance,

    Axle


    [ This message was edited by: AxleMunshine on 2004-11-04 12:31 ]


       


    Seifer_Almasy

    Rank: Sony Fan


    Joined: Nov 12, 2004
    Posts: 4
    From: UK

      Posted: 2004-11-12 10:48

    Windows does not recognise DVD writters for drag and drop recording liek it does with CD-R's.

    What you need to do is un-install the program you used to write the dvd's before and then re-install it again as if its not working somethings obviously went wrong with your dvd recorder software.


       
    kevinwa

    Rank: Sony Fan


    Joined: Feb 03, 2003
    Posts: 3
    From: Phoenix Arizona

      Posted: 2004-11-26 19:38

    Did you ever get any resolution to this problem.

    I've had the Sony VGC-RA710G since July and just got around to trying to record TV and then burnto a DVD. I can't do it either. I've either had the same error messge you had or it starts to work and then just stalls and stays in the "Converting to DVD mode and never writes.

    WHenI put a DVD in the drive I also have Windows ask me if I want o burn a audio CD and offers several programs none of them DVD wrriting.

    I also tried to use Vaio's Recover Wizard to backup the software to DVD's and that also does not work

    Hope you got more then the one reply here


       
    Centauri-A4

    Rank: Sony Fan


    Joined: Nov 26, 2008
    Posts: 1
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      Posted: 2008-11-26 03:01

    Don't you just love people who reply with absolutely useless information; like talking about "drag and drop" when your question was about burning recorded programming when you get the 1536 error.

    I just started having that problem and I can't believe there is no help for this, anywhere.  And everywhere I look I see mostly useless information about "checking your options", "make sure it's a new disk".....


       
    Backspin2006

    Rank: Sony Fan


    Joined: Jun 21, 2010
    Posts: 6
    From: Richmond, Va

      Posted: 2010-06-21 18:26

    try going into device manager and delete optical drive driver and restart computer so windows can reinstall the driver


       
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