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Sorry in advance about the long message

I have a satellite U205 S5002 which i got used 3 months ago

when i first got it i installed vista and everything was ok.( hardware-mat**bleep**a dvd-ram uj-842s ATA device)

then a week ago, i bought a new pack of dvd-r-until then i had used diff brands of dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-rw, dvd+rw and they all worked. I dont know if it matters but the new pack was Imation and couldn't burn on any of them. Since then i have reinstalled vista twice, and haven't installed any programs besides win avi and nero.

When I last installed vista a couple of days ago, it let me burn 5 dvd-r and then nothing with win avi. Nero would only burn only dvd rw and everytime i tried a dvd-r it said it couldn't start disc at once.

Today i bought a new pack of the same dvd-rw it let me use last time and nero burned 1 and then kept telling me there was a track error. Win avi burned 1 and then when i tried a 2nd wouldn't do anything and then i installed convertX to dvd and it did the same as win avi.

It still burns cd-r's(they are the only one's i can burn with the vista built in software)

I just checked device manager and clicked on properties for the dvd drive, and in the details tab under value it says CD-ROM drive(dont know if that matters but i thought I'd mention it)

I have asked a couple of computer techs in my area and they had no idea what could be wrong

Thanks in advance for any help