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i found a good one for my desktop. it was easy to find one google. its by
LG. i'm just going to use it externally with my laptop.
"Nico" <nico@twister.d2g.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know the exact details, but the principal of DVD-RAM is, that it
>has random access unlike DVD-/+RW. There are two format types on DVD-RAM,
>one for data and one for video. Windows XP can read and write to
>DVD-RAM-drives without any special driver. I know this, because I have a
>dvd-videorecorder and a dvd-ram-writer for my PC. Also there are at least
>five types of DVD-RAM(two doublesided cartridges, two singlesided
>cartridges and one without a cartridge. The differences between the
>cartridges are the size. I know the types I use(type 2 and 4) are
>relatively 4,7GB(single) and 9,4 GB(double) in size. Also important is,
>that DVD-RAM can be written to one hondred thousand times, while other
>standards can only be written to a thousand times. and DVD-RAM(30 years)
>last 10 times longer than other standards(3 years)... The only advantage of
>DVD-/+RW is, that it is more widely spread. To be honest with you, it is
>difficult enough to find an internal dvd-ram-writer for a PC, let alone a
>laptop...
>
> Nico.
>
> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@comcast.net> schreef in bericht
> news:%23O09D2%23iFHA.3164@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> can anyone tell me exactly how DVD-RAM works?
>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:e%23maWG7iFHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Contact the laptop manufacturer for the available options.
>>>
>>> Steven Wabik wrote:
>>>
>>>> does anyone know where i can get a DVD-RAM drive for my laptop. i want
>>>> an internal dvd-ram drive. i like using the multibay drives. i want a
>>>> multibay dvd-ram drive that can also write to ram. i want one that can
>>>> do more then just read dvd-ram.
>>>
>>
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