I had trouble with the drive not recognizing it to. Did you finalize the disk in your Sony before putting it in your computer? Found this out after having trouble. On your Hand Cam there is a feature that "finalizes" your DVD for viewing on other devices. Once I did that I was ok. If you do not do it nothing will not recognize it. Have you tried hooking up the cam directly with USB? The program is fun and am really enjoying it. Sad part is that I spent three hours editing the five min flick and putting it together with the wording on the screen. Most of that time was compressing and uploading to YouTube. But I had a good time doing it.