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DVD DISC PROBLEM....PLEASE HELP

REDSCOUSE
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DVD DISC PROBLEM....PLEASE HELP

HI EVERYBODY,
BOUGHT MY LAPTOP LAST NOVEMBER AND CREATED THE BACK UP DISC AS REQUESTED BY THE WIZARD....NO PROBLEM. USED A DVD +R.
HAVE CREATED A FEW DVD'S SINCE FROM OLD FAMILY CAMCORDER MOVIES AND ALL WAS OK. LAST TIME I DID THIS WAS JANUARY THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, CAME TO WRITE ANOTHER DVD YESTERDAY AND IT WILL NOT NOW RECOGNISE MY BLANK DVD'S ALTHOUGH THEY ARE THE SAME AS THE ONES I USED PREVIOUS??
ALSO IT WILL NOT RECOGNISE MY RECOVERY DVD?
IT DOES BURN CD'S AS NORMAL THOUGH.
HAS ANYONE GOT ANY IDEAS WHATS WRONG?
I DID UPDATE THE FIRMWARE TO THE OPTICAL DRIVE BUT CANNOT RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS AS IT WONT READ THE RECOVERY DISC. THIS IS MY FIRST LAPTOP AND NEED HELP!!!
MANY THANKS
CHRIS

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Onyx.
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If the DVD or CD-ROM is not completely blanco, the computer might not regignize it as a (empty) (Re-)Writeble disc.

REDSCOUSE
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THE DISCS ARE BLANK MATE. THEYRE BRAND NEW. BOUGHT A STACK OF 100 AND USED ONLY 7????

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kee-lo_
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Chris

There's an update for the VAIO Recovery Wizard on www.vaio-link.com