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DVD-RWs

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Ive Brought some philips DVD-Rws And they wont work on my laptop or Pc Ive tryed updating the driver - no luck Uninstalling the driver - No luck

They are brand new and It says

4.7GB
120 Mins
1-4X Speed

I dont have a clue what to do When i put a DVD movie in it works fine, i can burn to Normal CD-RWs...

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well first make sure you have a DVD writer. If you have, what exactly are you trying to do?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hey,

    Just make sure that if you do have a dvdrw drive in the laptop, that its a "-" aka "minus" drive.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ive posted some screenies to show you What Driver I Have

    And Yes i DO Have a DVD Drive Its a combo.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    phishfood wrote:
    that its a "-" aka "minus" drive.

    :eek2:
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    It doesnt say anywere that it writes DVD's ...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    seems to be a dvd/cdrw drive
    did a quick google for the model number
    http://www.samsungoms-europe.com/samsung.php?section=product&id=SN-324&group=slim

    So to put a long story short, it wont burn dvd's
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanks for that info, I though that if you have a CD-RW It Burns Cds and dvds....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote:
    Thanks for that info, I though that if you have a CD-RW It Burns Cds and dvds....

    Nope. In that case it would be called a DVD-RW drive. Yours should burn CDs, but can only play DVDs.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Mist wrote:
    Nope. In that case it would be called a DVD-RW drive. Yours should burn CDs, but can only play DVDs.

    Exactly
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote:
    Ive posted some screenies to show you What Driver I Have

    And Yes i DO Have a DVD Drive Its a combo.


    Everysingle combo drive I saw means it writed CD's and read DVD's but doesn't write to them
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    Everysingle combo drive I saw means it writed CD's and read DVD's but doesn't write to them

    I've got one that does both.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nash wrote:
    I've got one that does both.

    You've got one what?

    The key word here is COMBO

    I've got about 4 different combo drives and the word combo has always meant writes CDR's and read's DVD's but cannot write to them - DVD-Writers always write to both formats and one of my drives even can get 1.4gb on a 700 CD by burning the pits in the CD-R closer together but you need the same kind of drive to read it back again.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Reads and writes CDR's and DVDR's
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote:
    Ive posted some screenies to show you What Driver I Have

    And Yes i DO Have a DVD Drive Its a combo.

    The picture seems to quote that you have a CD-RW/DVD drive in a combo. Just because you have a DVD drive it doesnt mean that you have a DVD-RW drive. The DVD drive will play DVDs but to write to them you will need a DVD-RW drive.

    Steve
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    dvd drive on the left is a dvd-rw
    the one on the right is a dvd/cdrw
    the one on the left will do both
    the one on the right will read dvds but wil only write cdrw
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