cant burn a anything to a dvd-r

ok so i try burning a dvd or a data disk, and either nero quites responding or one of my other programs that comes on the laptop from gateway throws up a error and says cant burn disk. i have nero rom 10 my laptop is a gatway t-series optica ad-7563a ata

 

Do you means Optiarc dvd rw ad-7563a ata ? :confused Run this useful utility by microsoft

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us

perchaps you optical disk is dead !! :cool

 

ran it and it says the dvd disk im trying to burn to is not writeable. maybe cause im useing a dvd-r and not a dvd-rw?

 

Sounds very familiar to days of old.
Unless there is a firmware update for your writer, and it is not + , and only +, then could well be the problem.

 

i ran a update check on it threw the device major and no update is available

 

Would the version of Nero that you're using be a full blown version or a demo version installed by Gateway with an expiriation date?

 

It seemst his drive is actually a Quanta Storage (QSI) SDW-087F, and I can find no support for it. The Sony site does not list this model, so it looks like its a gateway 'part', and Sony advise not to use any of their firmware-Firmware can so easily make doorstops, that I would forget it- seems to be a fairly old dvd writer, but I see it did list dvd+, and -, somewhere.
I would try the dvd that you want to write to in another computer/laptop, to see if it is the dvd itself that is not 'liked' or, simply your laptop writer.
I have had some brands that both my dvd writers did not like, and had to bin them, so it is very possible.
Novice's question could be relevent, if its a demo version of Nero - I am not a lover of Nero, and it can depend sometimes on which version of Nero you are using.
If it will burn to DVD+R , then I would think it either, just does not like this brand, or, if trying another brand, will not write to dvd-r.

 

its the full version of nero but it dont matter if i use that or say realplayer, or anything else that came on my laptop from gateway like windows media player and etc. ill get on my wifes laptop later and try it and see whats up.

 

i cant read anything either this is starting to piss me off lol, im trying to upgrade to windows 7

 

Meh, the lasers always fail after some undetermined number of reads/burns. Just get a new one, it's not as if it was expensive.

 

or because i have another gateway laptop laying around ill have to go all canable on its *** lol

 

If you are just wanting to update to Windows 7, and you have Vista on at the moment, you can install it from within windows- You have the option to update , or, install fresh from within Vista- If the disc is one you burnt, from an iso, then it does not usually affect installation, on burning features, as far as I remember, so it should work o.k
If you have a genuine copy of Windows 7 (manufacturers, it should load o.k, as long as you set the machine to start from cd/dvd
The reading side of dvd roms, is often different from the wriying to divd.

 

i got the drive working, just took had to re enable ask what to do. when a disk is put in the drive. and i have bough the disk so there for i needed the drive to work. its up and going.

 

Well done, half the battle is finding where to change/enable, in many programs, and I know it is not always obvious-but finding it has now given you that boost- Instead of throwing it out the window, you have got that 'solved it' feeling.:wave

 

I second that opinion, besides you'll be saving money by not busting your window too.:-D Good work man!:major