Windows 10: Windows 10 DVD drive won't recognize my DVD-R discs. Why? I cannot burn any of my music...

I have inserted several different blank DVD-R dics, but when I open Windows Media, drag my music files to the Burn area, and click Start Burn, I get a message asking me to insert a blank disc in the E drive. There is already one in there. So, I go ahead and Eject, and close the drive again with the blank disc but Windows Media never starts to burn...it is still waiting for me to insert a blank disc. Evidently it is not recognizing my blank discs, but not sure why.


I have also tried inserted a blank disc and then clicking on "format" on the E drive menu, but it won't even do that.

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DVD RW Drive E not recognizing formatted Verbatim DVD-R Disc

My DVD RW Drive E does not recognize a formatted Verbatim DVD-R Disc that I am trying to burn.

Any suggestions?

 

DVD+-RW drive suddenly stopped recognizing blank DVD-R discs

Thank you for your help, Andre. I appreciate that it was so prompt!

My system is a Dell Inspiron 5558.

First step: Running Troubleshooter in Hardware and Devices and then restarting.
Outcome: No change. The drive says to insert a disc, even though there is a brand new on in the drive.

Second step: Open Device Manager and update the driver for the DVD drive.
Outcome: No change. Using the option to search the internet for the most current drive, Microsoft says the best driver for this device is already installed. FYI - the DVD drive is: TSSTcorp
DVD+- SU-208GB

Third step: Open Administrator:Windows Powershell and run the regedit.exe command then restart.

Outcome: No change. The drive does not recognize a new/blank DVD-R.

Fourth step: Check out the suggestions at groovypost.com. Remove and reinstall the IDE/ATAPI drivers (ATA Channel 0, ATA Channel 1, and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller).

Outcome: When I set the view to "show hidden devices" and expanded the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, there is only one listed: Intel(R) 9 Series Chipset Family
SATA AHCI Controller. I didn't do anything because I wasn't sure about uninstalling that driver.

So, bottom line, nothing changed. The problem of the drive not recognizing a new DVD is persisting. The only thing that changed from four days ago, when I burned about 8 DVDs, and now, is that I ran out of the DVDs I was using and bought a new batch (identical
brand and type to what I had been using - SONY DVD-R). I bought a second batch of a different brand - Maxell DVD-R - and those don't work either.

I don't believe it is a hardware issue because when I plug in an external Dell DVD+-R drive, it also doesn't recognize the discs.

This is really bumming me out. I am in the middle of a project and I can't finish it!

Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you!!

 

Writing/Burning DVD Discs with Windows 10.

I am running Windows 10. I have an external DVD drive. It reads everything. However, when I put in new DVD +R discs to burn a video, I get a message saying that Windows does not recognize the disc. What kind of disc will Windows recognize? It is
also not recognizing my blank CD - R discs.