Upgrading to DVD writer?

[Colin]

I'm wondering what I need to do to upgrade to a DVD writer, I'm thinking of
getting an OEM Sony + / - drive. Presently all my eidi ports are used, I
have a Plextor cd burner and a dvd rom drive as well as 2 hard drives.

Should I get rid of the Plextor burner or the dvd rom?

Do I have to uninstall the drive I get rid of, or will XP handle that by
itself?

The Sony drive comes with no software, what will I need to burn backups or
other dvd's to dvdr's?

Any help appreciated
Colin

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| I'm wondering what I need to do to upgrade to a DVD writer, I'm thinking
of
| getting an OEM Sony + / - drive. Presently all my eidi ports are used, I
| have a Plextor cd burner and a dvd rom drive as well as 2 hard drives.
|
| Should I get rid of the Plextor burner or the dvd rom?
|
| Do I have to uninstall the drive I get rid of, or will XP handle that by
| itself?
|
| The Sony drive comes with no software, what will I need to burn backups or
| other dvd's to dvdr's?
|
| Any help appreciated
| Colin
|
|

When I got mine I kept the CDR/RW and removed the DVD ROM drive. Installed
the DVD+R/RW and was good to go. Just unplugged the DVD ROM and plugged in
the writer, XP handled the rest.

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[Pavel A.]

When I got mine I kept the CDR/RW and removed the DVD ROM drive. Installed
the DVD+R/RW and was good to go.

So what's the way to go: plus or minus? It seems like minus?
Drives that do both +RW and -RW cost almost twice as -RW...

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[mrtee]

Time to do some research. I would think +.

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| message | > When I got mine I kept the CDR/RW and removed the DVD ROM drive. Installed
| > the DVD+R/RW and was good to go.
|
| So what's the way to go: plus or minus? It seems like minus?
| Drives that do both +RW and -RW cost almost twice as -RW...

 

[Jon_Hildrum]

I did quite a bit of investigation about 6 months ago and decided to go with
plus.

However, you may want to check out your DVD player at home and see what it
plays.

Try places like http://www.dvdplusrw.org/ (favors +)

http://www.dvdrhelp.com (have tended to favor - but that may not be the
case at present)

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Why not consider an external drive that connects to either firewire or
USB2.0 ports?

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Alex Nichol]

I'm wondering what I need to do to upgrade to a DVD writer, I'm thinkingof
getting an OEM Sony + / - drive. Presently all my eidi ports are used, I
have a Plextor cd burner and a dvd rom drive as well as 2 hard drives.

Should I get rid of the Plextor burner or the dvd rom?

Do I have to uninstall the drive I get rid of, or will XP handle that by
itself?

The Sony drive comes with no software, what will I need to burn backups or
other dvd's to dvdr's?

I would replace the burner: the DVD will burn CDs as well, and this
would give you both devices at DVD level.

I would uninstall the drive first - just as a matter of tidyness. In
Device manager; highlight it and Action - Uninstall.

You should not need any specific drivers - just plug the device in as
replacement, boot up, and PnP should find it and have it working. The
software you had should work - you may need something fresh for full
advantage of DVD. Nero will burn DVD in most formats, and there is a
new version 6 just out. Or Easy CD version 6 includes specific DVD
movie making software

 

[Jim Macklin]

I would drop the DVD-ROM because the Sony RW will play DVDs
and the CD-RW is probably a faster CD burner than the DVD
burner burns CDs.


Check your specs. If I am doing a disk copy I would image
the disk whether CD or DVD to the hard drive rather than
going disk to disk.


message

I'm wondering what I need to do to upgrade to a DVD writer, I'm thinking of
getting an OEM Sony + / - drive. Presently all my eidi ports are used, I
have a Plextor cd burner and a dvd rom drive as well as 2 hard drives.

Should I get rid of the Plextor burner or the dvd rom?

Do I have to uninstall the drive I get rid of, or will XP handle that by
itself?

The Sony drive comes with no software, what will I need to burn backups or
other dvd's to dvdr's?

I would replace the burner: the DVD will burn CDs as well,
and this
would give you both devices at DVD level.

I would uninstall the drive first - just as a matter of
tidyness. In
Device manager; highlight it and Action - Uninstall.

You should not need any specific drivers - just plug the
device in as
replacement, boot up, and PnP should find it and have it
working. The
software you had should work - you may need something fresh
for full
advantage of DVD. Nero will burn DVD in most formats, and
there is a
new version 6 just out. Or Easy CD version 6 includes
specific DVD
movie making software

 

[Jim Macklin]

8x4x32x is slow, the DVD-RW will beat that, run both DVD-ROM
and DVD -RW.


| Thank you, that is good advice as my cd burner is only
8x4x32. I'm using
| Easy CD creator 5 now. Do you know if I can use Nero and
Easy CD creator
| together or do I have to opt for one or the other.
|
| Thanks again
| Colin
|
|
message
| | Colin wrote:
|
| >I'm wondering what I need to do to upgrade to a DVD
writer, I'm thinking of
| >getting an OEM Sony + / - drive. Presently all my eidi
ports are used, I
| >have a Plextor cd burner and a dvd rom drive as well as 2
hard drives.
| >
| >Should I get rid of the Plextor burner or the dvd rom?
| >
| >Do I have to uninstall the drive I get rid of, or will XP
handle that by
| >itself?
| >
| >The Sony drive comes with no software, what will I need
to burn backups or
| >other dvd's to dvdr's?
|
| I would replace the burner: the DVD will burn CDs as
well, and this
| would give you both devices at DVD level.
|
| I would uninstall the drive first - just as a matter of
tidyness. In
| Device manager; highlight it and Action - Uninstall.
|
| You should not need any specific drivers - just plug the
device in as
| replacement, boot up, and PnP should find it and have it
working. The
| software you had should work - you may need something
fresh for full
| advantage of DVD. Nero will burn DVD in most formats, and
there is a
| new version 6 just out. Or Easy CD version 6 includes
specific DVD
| movie making software
|
|
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| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (e-mail address removed)
|
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