Trouble burning DVDs

Can someone help me please, I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop with Windows Vista (I know, I should´ve known better, Vista!!?), I got a licensed DVD software to burn my dvds and use the copies when I travel etc. (so I don´t risk the originals). The problem is that it worked fine a few times but now after the software reads from the original and asks for the blank DVD, I do it and then it´s like it disables the DVD Room, the light doesn´t blink, it´s just on, I push the button to get the blank DVD out and It doesn´t open the door, if I open the Windows explorer the DVD room no longer appears on the system, I have to restart the computer in order to been able to use the dvd room again.

is it a Vista problem?

[edit on 25-2-2009 by litorafa]

reply to post by litorafa


Sounds like an issue with the drive itself to me.

Is the DVD burner drive something that came standard with the computer, or did you add it on?