CD/DVD Technology
CD/DVD Players/Burners/Media and duplication software/techniques
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slimtype DVD A DS8A1P ATA writing error!
I have a HP Pavilion dv2000 with a slimtype DVD A DS8A1P ATA device. I have been trying to create a back up disc for my comp. and copy a few games (for personal use only) I am using Memorex DVD+R DL discs and I have tried using every program on...
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Cd/dvd 101
CD/DVD 101
Revision History
1.00 - April 2005
1.10 - September 2006
Contents Section 01 -- All them funky terms
Section 02 -- How do I pick a good optical drive?
Section 03 -- I'm lazy! Which one do you reccomend?
Section 04 -- VFAQ
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i need a new cd/dvd drive
my old one broke, and i need a new one. i'm using a dell notebook. i took the drive out, and i need to know how to find out how to get a new one. is there a specific size or something, or model?
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burning DVDs and CD quality
if my drive is capable if burning dvds at 20x and CDs at 48x, would burning it at max speed lower the quality? and would that result in a higher chance of error and a bad burn? or should i burn at a lower speed to lessen the risk of failure and...
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creating bootable windows cd
Where can I download a copy of a bootable disk for windows xp, if for any reason my computer would not boot up properly it would try to boot up from a cd. I am using sp2.
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Problem with my LIte-on DVDRW SOHW-1633s
I have a Compaq Presario SR1620NX computer and the dvd drive is LIte-on DVDRW SOHW-1633s.
A few days ago, my dvd drive can only play audio CDs but not read cd/dvd or burn cd/dvd. My question to the group is some thing wrong with the driver of ...
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USB stop seeing devices(dvd drive, jump drive)
My Toshiba laptop cannot see the USB devices I used before, after I tried and uninstalled the Nero 7 suite with an LG external DVD writer. Now my jump drive(Sandisk Micro Cruzer 2G), and my old Norwood Micro external DVD burner also is not rec...
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how do I change my dvd region code
I keep trying to download dvd playing software onto my computer, but it wont play dvds and pops up saying that my computer dvd region code is set to the wrong code, then when i try to change it I cant.
any ideas anyone?
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Not Reading Some Games..Any Help?
Ok i just bought Command & Conquer The First Decade and i put the disc in and nothing happens i go to my computer and open the cd-rw drive and its not showing anything in there. I have a TDK CDRW5200B and i had this problem with Medievel To...
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DVD-RW drive problem need help asap
ok, i have a DVD-RW drive and im not sure what make it is because it says on it "Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology"
anyway thats not my real problem... its the jumpers on it. It has 6 pins on it with 2 on each colum. I have one 2p...
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VLC Issue
I have two installs of Windows, one is old, the other is the one I usually use. On the old one VLC works fine when playing DVDs. On the new one VLC has strange pauses and distortion in the audio. What could be the problem? VLC plays things fine...
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Burning DVD problems
I have tried making a DVD but it turned out quite badly. Firstly, what I want to burn to the DVD is a series in episodes, all about 180mb. I did a sort of test burn to see if it worked. And I tried just burning one episode and when it burned on...
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Making a DVD compilation onto one DVD
ok so here's what I want to do:
I have a few DVDs that I want certain chapters of and to be put on a blank DVD all together so it will basically be a DVD with a number of chapters from different movies. How would I go about doing all of that...
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Copying movies to an Ext. Hard Drive
Getting a new laptop with a DVD+/-RW drive. I will also be purchasing an external HD. Is there any ways to copy movies from the drive onto the Ext Hard Drive (or internal HD for that matter)? I am talking about movies I download from the int...
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CD/DVD drive isn't working
Not sure if it's a coincidence, but when I put in my new sound card today my CD/DVD drive quit working. I tried a few different discs in it and it wouldn't work. Then I took out the sound card and still it refused to work.I switched IDE cables ...
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CD/DVD Drive Issue Very Weird
I have two SATA Drives:
I run Dual boot XP/Vista. I have the problem on Both OS's.
My computer detects both drives and says (working properly)
(2X) LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1s ATA Devices
I can burn Cd's and Data DVD's with no problem in ...
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Write error! Need help.
Hello and Happy Holidays to everyone on the forum. I'm having some trouble and hope I can find some help. For the past few days when I'm burning a dvd its been stopping at arounf 60-70% and giving me a "Write Error" message. This had ...
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DMA Error - CRC ERROR
What is DMA Error - CRC Error when burning cd/dvd?
i get this error as soon as i reach 53% burning and the process fails?? Let me know why it is caused and how do i mess up with it?
Thanks!
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Lightscribe
Hello people
I have recently purchased a light scribe dvd burner drive and was wondering can you get different colored cd's and dvd's i have seen them on adverts but never advertised to be bought
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Backing up, saving memery :-D
Hey,
To back up my files on my pc ive been writing them to CD obviously to save memory however, its beginning to get a lil expensive and dont really wanna be buying an external HD so i was wondering can you by dual disks that you can copy f...
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did i buy the wrong thing?
i bought some dvdrw's and i havnt ever used this system before its a LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H will they work?
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DVD no sound...???
Any kind soul out there, please help me...
I just bought a DXLL desktop (with DVD-ROM) last week...
When i tried to play a DVD, the picture is ok but there is no sound...
I've tried a few DVD and the outcome is the same...
Surprisingly VCD ...
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converting .exe to .iso
I am trying to convert an exe file to iso. Never tried this before. Can someone help walk me through it? Any suggestions for programs that may help?
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My Computer DVD Player
It's been like 6months and my computer dvd player doesn't work, and sometime if it manages to read the DVD it starts to freeze when it's going to play it, like the whole computer doesn't respond, and as soong as i put the DVD out my computer DV...
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CD Exploading.
Now I for one didn't think it was possible at a normal drive speed but yesterday it happened. I was at my friends house playing games when we all just suddenly hear a loud pop. At first I thought his memory just arched or something because he s...
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