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user300

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:31 am
Post subject: Diff. between DVD-RW & DVD-RAM?
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I'm going to get a DVD burner soon, and I wanna make sure I'm remembering
this right. Is DVD-RW basically like a DVD-R, but you can erase it and
re-use it, but you have to do the whole thing. VS a DVD-RAM, where you
can erase just one file and then that space is freed again, without having
to erase the whole thing, and like a HDD?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:56 pm
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see.my.sig.4.addr.RemoveThis@nowhere.com.invalid wrote:
 >
 > I'm going to get a DVD burner soon, and I wanna make sure I'm remembering
 > this right. Is DVD-RW basically like a DVD-R, but you can erase it and
 > re-use it, but you have to do the whole thing.

Yes.

 > VS a DVD-RAM, where you
 > can erase just one file and then that space is freed again, without having
 > to erase the whole thing, and like a HDD?

DVD-RAM is like a hard disk with low-level formatting, and some DVD-RAM
are already further formatted in FAT32. If the burner you are getting
supports DVD-RAM, it should come with a driver or packet writing
software like InCD to format it in UDF 1.50, 2.0, or FAT32.


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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:35 pm
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<see.my.sig.4.addr.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:eaoi315nmhn07bqml9qhs4etb3gnlbi634@4ax.com...
 > I'm going to get a DVD burner soon, and I wanna make sure I'm remembering
 > this right. Is DVD-RW basically like a DVD-R, but you can erase it and
 > re-use it, but you have to do the whole thing. VS a DVD-RAM, where you
 > can erase just one file and then that space is freed again, without having
 > to erase the whole thing, and like a HDD?
 > --
 > _____________________________________________________
 > For email response, or CC, please mailto:see.my.sig.4.addr(at)bigfoot.com.
 > Yeah, it's really a real address Smile

With Rw you can write to it and erase like a floppy with Ram you can write
and read at the same time like a Hard drive<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Bob Knowlden

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:19 pm
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<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3" target="_blank">http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3</a>

DVD-RW has a similar relationship to DVD-R as CD-RW is to CD-R. A DVD-RW can
be used like a giant floppy, but only if packet writing software is
installed (Roxio's Drag-to-disc, or Nero InCD) and the disc is formatted
with it. (Drag-to-disc can also be used with a DVD-R, but the space from an
erased file is not recovered.)

I don't have a link to the specs, but I believe that DVD-RAM can be
rewritten many more times than DVD-RW (or DVD+RW). I've seen DVD-RAM used as
a removable data cartridge on a PC. I don't know whether DVD-RAM is superior
to DVD-RW (or DVD+RW) in any other way. It's actually an older format than
DVD-RW, but I've seen it used in video recorders more than in home PCs.

Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

<see.my.sig.4.addr.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:eaoi315nmhn07bqml9qhs4etb3gnlbi634@4ax.com...
 > I'm going to get a DVD burner soon, and I wanna make sure I'm remembering
 > this right. Is DVD-RW basically like a DVD-R, but you can erase it and
 > re-use it, but you have to do the whole thing. VS a DVD-RAM, where you
 > can erase just one file and then that space is freed again, without having
 > to erase the whole thing, and like a HDD?
 > --
 > _____________________________________________________
 > For email response, or CC, please mailto:see.my.sig.4.addr(at)bigfoot.com.
 > Yeah, it's really a real address Smile<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:38 pm
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:19:46 -0500, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:

I hope you don't mind if I cut in and ask about Roxio's and Nero writing
software? Two years ago I bought two CenDyne CD burners a few months apart, both
came with Nero 5 (difference versions). You cannot swap or interchange the
software with the burner.

Questions:

1. Can you read Nero's burn/read DVD/CD with Roxio software or vice versa and
which is better?
2. Which burner is better: LG GSA 4163B or Sony DRX510UL?

Thank you in advance.

 >http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3
 >
 >DVD-RW has a similar relationship to DVD-R as CD-RW is to CD-R. A DVD-RW can
 >be used like a giant floppy, but only if packet writing software is
 >installed (Roxio's Drag-to-disc, or Nero InCD) and the disc is formatted
 >with it. (Drag-to-disc can also be used with a DVD-R, but the space from an
 >erased file is not recovered.)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Bob Knowlden

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:37 pm
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Yikes. Someone appears to have mistaken me for an expert.

If you're referring to regular burned CDs or DVDs, as long as they are
burned in standard formats, you don't need burner software to read the
disks.

Roxio's Drag-to-disc (packet writing software, formerly DirectCD) is
partially compatible with Nero's InCD. Drag-to-disc works with both CD-R and
CD-RW, but InCD requires CD-RW. There may also be issues with the Mt.
Rainier format. (InCD supports Mt. Rainier; I don't know whether
Drag-to-disc does.) I used CD-RW disks between my PC at work (DirectCD) and
my home system (InCD) a couple of years ago, but lately I've been
transporting data on a USB flash drive.

The last time I tried Nero's InCD, it tended to cause crashes (XP SP2).
Maybe it didn't get along with Norton Systemworks 2004.

For straight writing, I prefer Nero, mainly because it includes an optional
binary file comparison check.

I haven't used either burner that you list. My own burner is a Plextor
PX-708A. I like it, although it's practically prehistoric in the current
market (more than a year old).

"Jim B" <Jimmydud.TakeThisOut@abcdnet.net> wrote in message
news:39ut2qF65rumdU1@individual.net...
 > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:19:46 -0500, "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob.TakeThisOut@comcast.net>
 > wrote:
 >
 > I hope you don't mind if I cut in and ask about Roxio's and Nero writing
 > software? Two years ago I bought two CenDyne CD burners a few months
 > apart, both
 > came with Nero 5 (difference versions). You cannot swap or interchange the
 > software with the burner.
 >
 > Questions:
 >
 > 1. Can you read Nero's burn/read DVD/CD with Roxio software or vice versa
 > and
 > which is better?
 > 2. Which burner is better: LG GSA 4163B or Sony DRX510UL?
 >
 > Thank you in advance.
 >
  >>http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3
  >>
  >>DVD-RW has a similar relationship to DVD-R as CD-RW is to CD-R. A DVD-RW
  >>can
  >>be used like a giant floppy, but only if packet writing software is
  >>installed (Roxio's Drag-to-disc, or Nero InCD) and the disc is formatted
  >>with it. (Drag-to-disc can also be used with a DVD-R, but the space from
  >>an
  >>erased file is not recovered.)
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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