dvd says completed sucessfuly but computer or dvd player will read it. used dvd shrink and others (Solved)

when i try to make backups of my dvds shrink, dvdfab, dvddecrypter, 1click dvd copy pro, all finish and finilize disc and say completed succesfully but when i put it in dvd player it will not read it, and when i put it back in the computer and try to open it it says to insert dvd as if there is nothing in it. can any one help me? I use to make lots of backups but one day they all started doing this and i can not figure it out.

 

Have you changed anything in your process, especially disk type? Will your drive read other disks just fine? Have you tried deleting the device driver for said drive and then rebooting the system?

 

to ferguj1:

Maybe. Could you tell me how to go about doing that?

Thanks

 

I was affaid that my dvd burner went out on my computer but it still burns aduio cds just fine, So you could be right

 

Go to your "Control Panel" ==> "Device Manager" and then scroll down to "DVD/CD ROM Drives" and locate the drive in question. Right click on it and select "Properties." Then from within the pop-up click on the on the "Driver" tab and then the "Uninstall" button. Once completed, re-boot your PC and allow Windows to complete the installation process. Hopefully, this will help.
However, based on your last post regarding the fact that it will burn cd's but not dvd's, I would be on the hunt for a new burner as it is prolly on its last leg. It requires more laser power for dvd than cd burning.

 

thanks for the help i will try that.

 

once i uninstall my driver how do I reinstall it?

 

Restart your computer. Windows will recognize it as a new device and perform the necessary steps.

 

to ferguj1,

thanks for the help, it worked