A strange thing happened that I needed a set of dvds which I had burned & verified 1 year ago with nero burning rom/sony 16x writer, later I bought sony DRU-190A writer.
I have 72 such DVDs not readable & the dvd wont autorun nor it shows in windows explorer, on checking properties it shows as 0byte but the moser baer dvd clearly shows burnt data section on its surface & after burning & verifying with nero I always test that the dvd is working or not, I have used the same dvd in past also they all were working.
On my friends computer the dvd reads fine so all the data is intact but I have now total 72 dvds which are not working in this sony 190A.
I decided to update the firmware, downloaded it from
DRU190A Firmware Update | Sony Storage Support
& flashed it from 1.63 to 1.65 successfully
But it still wont read the dvds, I am left with 15 days of warranty don’t know if Sony would change or repair it.
What else can I do to read the 72 dvds, else I have to copy 72 dvds on other computer & then get that data back on my computer & redo the dvds.
Please recommend a good reliable DVD writer, (not cheaper ones)