Topic: Do I Need A Special Drive To Burn My Backups Or Will The Rw In My Sony (Read 74 times)

rikitydj · « **on:** January 14, 2007, 03:11:00 PM »

hello, about to flash my box, jus need to know will my laptop burner work for my backups? its a brand new vaio

model of drive is:

matshita dvd-ram

thanks in advance

djrikity

Spodie · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2007, 11:32:00 PM »

Does it support bitsetting your booktype to DVD ROM?

Will it burn DVD+R DL disks?

If yes to both then it is worth a try! Use Verbatim DVD+R DL; if you have a problem you will know it was not a disk failure.

Reaper527 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2007, 11:04:00 AM »

there should be more to the model then that, that is merely the manufacturer and the fact that its a dvd-ram. my GUESS would be that your burner only can handle single layer discs, but if you right click the drive and do properties, you should be able to find the model number. once you have that, you can google for it and see if its capable of burning dual layer dvd+r/-r

rikitydj · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2007, 09:30:00 AM »

great success!!!

for anyone else wondering its a matshita UJ850s drive and it is capable of burning dual layer discs!!!!

so basically if youve got a reasonably new sony vaio your good to go on burning your backups.

thanks for all help

v good compatibility guide here

http://bhacorp.com/p...old7_drives.pdf

lowmaz · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2007, 11:00:00 AM »

Has anyone else got this drive to work with burning xbox 360 backups? From what I have read on the net this drive does not support bitsetting. I just bought a new laptop and this is the drive I have. Just wondering if anyone had tried this before I waste a good disc to try it out.

moocher962 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2007, 12:36:00 PM »

If you're using x 5.2 firmware, bitsetting does not apply... so it should work fine

Knasen · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2007, 04:08:00 AM »

QUOTE(moocher962 @ Feb 23 2007, 08:07 PM)

If you're using x 5.2 firmware, bitsetting does not apply... so it should work fine

Huh ? Afaik all FW versions require you to set booktype to dvd-rom when burning backups or they won't boot.

jabroniekilla · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2007, 07:31:00 AM »

moocher is correct, the latest 5.2 f/w doesnt require dvd-rom to boot, although is always helps the drive read the disc easier. so people with picky drives might still need the dvd-rom feature when burning backups.

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