I would simply replace the CD burner sudden like. See the paragraph below, I had originally suggested you upgrade to a DVD burner, but.......... If you need help on howto there are plenty of folks here who can and will guide you through the simple process. Well, before posting this I checked Best Buy, Staples and Officemax, right now they all seem expensive. I bought a Sony here in Canada for $50 a while back so I figured south of the border you might do better. So much for thinking. Try the flyers on Sunday, they may have them on sale next week.

Owbist Thanks for the reply, I installed the DVD drive to read DVD's and I already had a CD Burner installed first, I believe the Drive I installed is a Combo drive, CD and DVD, and I have Tried all of the Following in this drive. Music CD, DVD Movie, DVD software and even a Software CD all with the same result, it just spins slow for a couple of second and stops, and if I click on the Drive in My Computer, it will say install Disc and it tries to find the disc with no luck I will also try the Deep Burner

I just replaced the dead cd-burner drive on one of my computers, I got a lite-on DVD burner drive that does pretty much everything from newegg for like $39. There are good prices out there. I also have an external usb cd-burner that I can connect to any of my computers by usb to have an added cd-burner, I found it on a clearance rack at an electronics store for around $15. If you do not want to dig into the machine to take the old one out and install the new one you may want to get one of the external usb ones. Replacing the internal one is not difficult but does take a bit of knowledge, it is more difficult than say adding memory. Some times the doors can get off the tracks and on occasion they can be taken out and worked on and fixed but that is a big maybe! It is a good idea to never force things! Also if you use the paperclip in the little hole in the front of the drive it is usually advised to have the pc turned off and unplugged to do that, I know not everyone does that but on the directions that come with them it does say that. Guess the risk of something electrical happening is the reason.

If you have a 16x DVDRW it must have the capability to write to both +/- formats. Only very old models had compatibility problems with the two formats. Can your DVD drive recognize any disk at all? Try any movie or software application. If the drive recognizes the disk then it's either a software setting (is smartstart looking for the correct drive, it could be set to 'virtual' drive, which you don't want) or the problem is with the media. Is the disk already used? What brand is it? Have you ever successfully copied files onto a dvd with this drive? If so, was it using this brand of blank media? What format are the files from your camcorder in? Do they need to be converted? How big are they? I suggest you get the full Nero Burning Rom over the free Smartstart. You might want to include the full specs of your computer with your reply. It may make diagnosing the problem easier if we know what your are working with. Klaa2