Hey all,
I posted a quick blurb with my problem in another fellows recent thread, but I did not want to crash his thread since my problem is a bit different.
I recently decided to do some back-ups to DVD/CD since I have not done it in a while and I need to make some room on my hard drive partitions. I have not burned a disc in 3+ months.
Without going into my step by step, here is my problem.
The burn process seems to work just fine. It goes through all the motions and completes. However, when I open the newly burned disc, it appears empty.
I take it to my wifes computer and the files are there and work just fine! Now here is the kicker: I can put an old back-up disc in and my drive will see and read all files on them. It just will not see anything on newly burned discs, DVD or CD.
Here is what I have done so far:
1. updated firmware to the latest, 1.11. My drive is a Plextor 716a.
2. uninstalled both my DVDrw and CDrom drives from device manager and reinstalled.
3. removed all possible "malware" (bit torrent, daemon tools etc...)
4. defragged, cleaned up all partitions.
5. uninstalled all programs I no longer use or need.
6. searched the web for related problems and come up with blanks.
7. Ordered new Samsung combo drive from newegg.
Hopefully, number 7 will solve my problem, but what if it doesn't? What could be the culprit here?
Any and all suggestions are welcome.

