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Hi I have jsut upgraded my dvd writer to a nec nd-2510a dual layer drive. So now ive got my old drive going spare. Its a nec nd-1300a drive. Ive also got an external usb housing. Was thinking of putting it in there and turning it into a portable USB2 writer to use with my laptop. Problem is my ...

Does it work correctly? Does it do all you require? If the answer to both is yes, then leave well alone. -- Graham Mayor

I am using the latest Nero 6 version. Where do I enable verify option before I do a diskcopy in Nero program? Thanks. Bun Mui

a got a dsa-4160b combo dvd drive and i would want to know if it worth updating the firmware. I've already updated the firmware to a302vr. And now Lg as come out with the A303 vr of the firmware... Is there any improvement related to this update. like better 1:1 copies...

I've got about 7GB of music on disk I'd like to backup onto CDs, in a way that I don't have to hand fill each CD to fill the CD to capacity. I'd like to simply point a program at the music directory (which contains subdirectorys), start it burning, and have it prompt me every time it needs another...

Hi from Spain. Recently I've installed Nero 7 and my when I want record a CD Audio with MP3 inside (convert MP3 to CD) the sound is well but with jump in the song. I explain good?? Sorry but my english is too poor. Thanks.

My first drive failure with a Lite-On :( I've had at least a dozen Lite-On CDRW and DVDRW drives an all have performed well, but this 16X DVDRW has just died, I believe. Symptoms: without any previous symptoms, drive (still recognized by the OS - Win XP) refuses to recognize any media, either blank...

Hi, I've got an .iso file on aprox. 6,5 GB that I want to burn on a DVD. But I've only got 4,7GB DVD-R. What do I do?

I made an audio CD with NERO 5. I played it in my portable CD plyer, and all was fine for a sort time and then it stopped playing. When I try to play the CD in WMP 9, I get "The storage control blocks were destroyed". I am burning on PC Line cheap discs. What happened? TIA.

Hi, I'm wondering how to write an ISO9660 image to a USB flash drive partition? AFAIK the image file is just raw data, so I tried a byte- level copy using dd to write to the flash drive partition, and then set the partition type to CD-ROM and permissions to read-only. However, Windows is unable to...

in pc pro this month they have a round up of all the latest and greatest dvd rewriters ( pc pro issue 122 dec 2004) according to their tests the best buy at the minute is the LG GSA4120B with the NEC ND-3500A a close second Any opinions on the LG GSA4160B === Martin ©¿©¬

I know this is a n00b question but.. Does DVD+R have any advantage(s) over DVD-R? DVD-R is slightly more compatible and cheaper than DVD+R. TIA Cygnus The Bringer of Balance

I have both a CD-ROM drive & a DVD burner installed on my PC. I have done a reinstall of XP & both are listed under My Computer. The DVD burner's drawer won't open, even when I right click on it's properties & select eject. In device Manager the burner is said to be working correctly. ...

My liteon 48x has been producing discs with partly unreadable files lately. it also burns audio quite badly (lots of cracks, noises, etc) even at the slowest speed 4x. Is it time to get another drive? I am no longer confident with the disks produced by this drive. I have the latest firmware....

I have 2 DVD readers, a LiteOn LTD122 (latest firmware) and a MadDog (I know - it was given to me, and has been sent back twice because it can't read a lot of audio CDs). Some audio CDs that have some scratches on them (actually, some that are not scratched also) cannot be read by either of these...

Can anyone recommend a CD- Rom player that can do fast D.A.E. Many Thanks DS

Is it possible to copy a audio CD, and from that copy make mp3's from MusicMatch or another software but will be able to query the Freedb database? Every time I make a backup of my audio CD's and try to make mp3's from the backup, it says it can't query Freedb correctly. Is there a serial number...

A week ago my local 'CompUSA' has some DVD+R discs on sale. The packaging stated that they will only work in a '4X' burner. Are DVD+ media not backwards compatible like CDR media? --David

I'm looking for something akin to Taiyo Uden CDR media: great reliability (first consideration) and reasonable price. Is there an analog in DVD-R media? Thanks for any suggestions. -- David Arnstein