DVD Burner Blues

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  1. DeeCee

    DeeCee Valued Senior Member

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    Well here I am with my shiney new liteon 8x DVD burner. Of course I've just discovered that XP pro don't support DVD writing

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    Microsoft can't help me so I wanna ask all my pals here on the forums

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    Whats the best bit of software for transfering files to my DVD? I already have all I need to be an Uber pirate (supplied by liteon funnily enough) but all I really wanna do is drag and drop a few files for backup. I'm sure I could find something 'out there' but I'd prefer a personal reccomendation.
    Perhaps I'm just stupid and I can do it with the kit I have already, either way I'd appreciate your advice.

    Over to you boys.
    Dee Cee
     
    DeeCee, Jan 7, 2004
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  3. forever.soul

    forever.soul Registered Senior Member

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    XP DOESNT SUPPORT DVD WRITING? I WILL DISAGREE ON THAT ONE BOB. i have a LG dvd burner and its up and running.

    what happens when you try or what is your problem in more detail?
     
    forever.soul, Jan 10, 2004
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    sweet Pentax Registered Senior Member

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    Whats the best bit of software for transfering files to my DVD?


    you should be fine with "nero burning rom"
     
    sweet Pentax, Jan 10, 2004
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  7. A4Ever

    A4Ever Knows where his towel is Registered Senior Member

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    I'll keep supporting roxio burning software till I die. Cause it doesn't overload you with options, and gets the job done.

    Latest version supports DVD burning. yeey!

    Go Roxio!
     
    A4Ever, Jan 10, 2004
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  8. Bells

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    XP should support it but if you're having problems with it, then Pentax is right, software such as nero should do the trick.

    And LMAO at 'uber pirate'.. ahhh classic


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    PS did you try reading the installation instructions again?

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    Only kidding.. lol

    And still LMAO at 'uber pirate' by the way..
     
    Bells, Jan 11, 2004
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  9. DeeCee

    DeeCee Valued Senior Member

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    Thank you Thank you...

    "what happens when you try or what is your problem in more detail?"

    Ok I got a liteon DVDRW LDW 8115 8x burner and Xp pro all latest drivers/updates (I think

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    I can drag and drop but when I try to burn to DVD windows asks me to insert a usable CDR.

    Microsoft admit
    "All Windows versions up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server™ 2003 support DVD video playback and DVD-ROM as an optical media storage device with these components: DVD class driver, WDM Stream class driver, UDF read-only file system, copy protection and regionalization, Microsoft DirectShow® navigator/splitter, proxy filters, video mixer, video renderer, and audio renderer. DVD writing capability can also be supported through the addition of third-party software"

    http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/stream/DVD/DVDRW_support.mspx

    It's a well known problem, microsoft suggest.

    Full article here

    But it don't seem to work for me

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    Hence
    "third-party software"

    Dee Cee
     
    DeeCee, Jan 11, 2004
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