RotaryGeek

im haing a problem burning dvds all the sudden. my laptop will get 99 percent throguh with it and tell me an error occured and it couldnt be burned. it started out just skipping a little in movies that were burned, now it wont burn them at all. i have adjusted the burn speed to slow, i also bought a different brand of dvd-r's. i cant figure this out. im using a gateway m1617. im using windows dvd maker as the program. the laptop is only almost a year old now. help me out.

TorganFM

Do you know what kind of drive it is? I have a Sony DVD-RW that's a couple years old and it can't read or write CD-R's and will only burn DVD's at the slowest speed. Sony drives are known for having shitty laser that burn out.

RotaryGeek

no i dont but its the stock drive that came with the laptop. ill google it real quick and try to figure it out.

RotaryGeek

nope best i could find was it has an hdd dual layer dvd burner. probably some in house special. i also couldnt find anything related to the m1617 and dvd burner problems.

Jorsher

burners die sometimes

you might just need a new one

I've had 3 optical drives fail but never had a harddrive go out

RotaryGeek

Can the drive even be replaed on a laptop? And how much are they?

RotaryGeek

can someone tell me if this external drive is compatable with my comp? im def not computer savvy, i just figured out utorent a little while ago. If it will work for my comp, ill buy it. But if my drive is bad, will it still read regular cd/dvd's? If it won't, will this drive do that for me?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827140024

Jorsher

it uses usb so yes it should work.

you can replace the drives (it's a computer, just smaller), and can probably find them cheap on egay

MAJORAHOLE

like he said, you just gotta make sure it fits

RotaryGeek

i was under the impression that since it was a laptop that it was just kinda shitty luck if something goes out. do they make replacement drivs for laptops?