DVD/CD R/RW what the f?

[krazyace5]

I have a dvd/cd burner. I went to staples to get some discs to save my data to, the guy says any of them will work so I get DVD/R.

WHen I try to put info on the disc it says no disc is in the drive and ask for a DVD or CD R/RW.

What the heck is the deal with all this stuff? What are the DVD-R s good for?

[Freakin]

Is your drive a dvd AND cd burner, or a DVD-ROM and CD burner?

My drive is listed as DVD+-RW/CDRW. This means it can burn DVD+R, DVD-R, CD-R, and CD-RW. It can read DVD-Roms and CD-Roms. It sounds like your drive is a DVD-reader, but not a DVD-writer.

Freakin

[krazyace5]

Mine is listed as DVD+RW rewritable drive
4x DVD-R 4x DVD+RW 8x DVD

24x CD-R 10x CD+RW 40x CD

[emonrad87]

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4x DVD-R 4x DVD+RW 8x DVD

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These must be incorrect. I know this because there is a difference between "DVD+R" and "DVD-R". Your drive can probably only support one of these formats, and you bought the wrong kind of discs.

[krazyace5]

yeah it should be 4x DVD+R

And I think thats the problem I have the DVD-R.

[Packerfan1]

I learned this the hard way when I bought a DVD writer for my folks.

The DVD's come in two seperate, distinct formats. Many writers will only accept one kind of disk.

DVD+R
DVD-R

(I didn't notice my new movie creator only used DVD+R disks until after buying a stack of DVD-Rs.. heh.)

Meanwhile all CD's come in CD-R format.

If any of the above are shown as RW, that means they are re-writeable as opposed to a one-time writing.

Pack

[AncientPC]

Like what the others said, DVD+R is different from DVD-R. Some of the newer writers can burn both, but most of the older and current DVD burners can only burn one or the other.