BD-R Full or Write Protected

[persigehl]

I'm a blu-ray newbie, so pardon my ignorance. Upon my first attempt to burn to a BD-R disc (fresh out of the package), it gives the following message:

Media inserted in Drive E is not writable. Please insert a blank or reusable media to start the write process.

When trying to re-format through windows explorer, it says that the disc is write protected.

Computer Specs:
HP Pavilion dv7
AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-core Mobile M600 2.4 GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB
Windows 7 64-bit

2010-01-18 13:25:48 ---- ******************** Log session stop 18-Jan 13:25:48.709 PID 2548********************
2010-01-18 13:17:19 Info Disc (CD-ROM) not emtpy.
2010-01-18 13:17:06 Info Parsing disc ...
2010-01-18 12:29:00 Info Disc ejected by user while parsing.
2010-01-18 12:28:56 Info Parsing disc ...
2010-01-18 12:28:36 Info Disc ejected by user.
2010-01-18 12:26:03 Info Disc (BD-ROM) not emtpy.
2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info New Drive selected : 1:0:0 - hp BDDVDRW CT10L YC09 [E] (Ide)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info Current Drive selected : 1:0:0 - hp BDDVDRW CT10L YC09 [E] (Ide)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info System default language : English (United States)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info User default language : English (United States)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info DLL Version : 4.0.5.464
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info DLL : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 6\vso_hwe.dll
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info Version : 6, 2, 1, 8
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 6\DVDFab.exe
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info OS : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Build 7600)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 ---- ******************** Log session start 18-Jan 12:25:29.082 PID 2548********************

[W&B]

As far as I can tell the drive you have is not a Blu-ray writer.

2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R

I think this is in a lappy also? If so it's best to get an external drive.

[Johan]

I just did a google on persigehl's drive from HP

2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2010-01-18 12:26:01 Info New Drive selected : 1:0:0 - hp BDDVDRW CT10L YC09 [E] (Ide)
2010-01-18 12:25:29 Info Current Drive selected : 1:0:0 - hp BDDVDRW CT10L YC09 [E] (Ide)

It seem others are having issues with this particular drive.

[Smabbage]

If you are running virtual CD programs, three come to mind immediately, you will need to turn off the emulation option "Hide Media Type". If you don't do this, your disc will always appear as a ROM. I sheepishly admit to throwing away several DVD+RWs before figuring this one out. It may not be your problem, but it's a good place to start.