| Matt Giwer 2007-12-27, 1:36 am |
| Joel Fireman wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:31:10 -0600, Joel Fireman
> <joelfireman23@nospamhoo.com> wrote:
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> It turned out (as far as I can tell) to be that the DVD drives in the
> computers I tried weren't quite up to snuff...
> I tried - one last time - with a WinXP box I use for making DVDs for
> my sons' bands. It has a DVD drive labeled "Double Layer Burning 8.5
> GB Capacity"... actually, I was going to copy the original DVD and see
> if maybe a copy would work, and when it finished reading the DVD it
> wanted a Double Layer blank DVD (which I didn't have)... and so it
> occurred to me that the other computers' DVD drives were NOT double
> layer - at least, not writing-capable, so I shut that computer down,
> put a target HDD in it, booted... and, no problem with the install.
> I gotta say I'm a little pissed that the Bible didn't mention this as
> a necessity.
> Anyway - FWIW, this is ONE SOLUTION...
I can't argue with success but I do not see how that could be the problem
unless the others were so old that they were no more than 2x capable. And that
is not a generic problem but that some back in the beginning did not meet all
standards such as could not deal with DVD+R only DVD-R. Some took shortcuts to
keep the cost down. You can usually find all the warnings about this on an
insert with blanks you buy these days.
If the drive was in fact that old please post. If not can you tell us all you
know about the drive that didn't work? I am certain the issue is not double
layer capable but that does mean it is not a very old drive. I have installed on
a drive that was not dual layer capable.
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