Any Point in Installing a CD Burner?

[thusband]

I think I'm going to buy one of the Sony DVD recorders. It will also read and burn CDs so is there any point to installing my old CD burner in my new PC that I'm building? Any problem making the DVD bootable rather than a floppy?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[JP5]

Yes. No.

 

[thusband]

What would be the advantage of installing the CD burner too? CD burning speed and copying a CD would be the only thing I can think of. Anything else?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[silly_rabbit]

you can use the additional CD burner as a cup holder

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[Rob423]

if you like to do alot of CD-CD copies, that's one thing, if you make big documents or wanna burn software there's no sense to waste a hole big ass dvd........... but these days DVD-RW burn CD-R and RW so there' is no real need for an EXTRA drive..........

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[thusband]

It makes sense to just go with a DVD drive and use it for both CD and DVD.

Thanks, all, for your input!

Tom

 

[metatrophia]

personally, i would keep the old cd-rw. im sure that sony dvd drive costs a pretty penny. why not use it to only burn dvds while using your old rw to burn music and data cds? disk drives CAN wear out. plus, your system looks sexier with lots of drives in it.

 

[silly_rabbit]

especially with one of those sexy 5 1/4 inch floppy drivers. That will get you all the attention you ever needed.

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[phsstpok]

Check the specs. Compare CD, CDR, CDRW read speeds, DAE speeds and burn speeds. There may be differences between your CDRW drive and the DVD burner.

Only you would be able to decide if there are enough differences to hang on to a CDRW drive.

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[arkus]

phsstpok is right. Your shiny new happy DVD burner may well be able to burn CD-R, but in all liklihood your CD-RW drive will be able to burn it a heck of a lot faster (unless it's *really* old).

And yeah, why wear out your new DVD burner burning CD-rs when you can use your old CD-RW drive!

 

[timberwolf1]

Are you looking for the Sony DRU500? Thats a [bold]good [/bold] burner.

And no, you don't need a old CD burner because the DVD burner will read and write CDs.

Also, all DVDs and CDs can be made bootable - no problems there.



Gary Hendricks
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