Is DVD +RW type disc compatable with my Dell PC?

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Hi
I am having trouble using a DVD + RW for the first time, I'm using a Dell
Dimension 47000 with a Samsung DVD unit in it.

Could anybody tell me what I need in order to write data to this?

Many Thanks

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"Steve Shattuck" <steve@shattuck.net> wrote in message
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>> I am having trouble using a DVD + RW for the first time, I'm using a Dell
>> Dimension 47000 with a Samsung DVD unit in it.
>
> If you look in the device manager (Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device
> Manager). it should identify the type of DVD Burner (+ or -). However, on
> my Dell system, the Samsung drive is NOT a burner, but rather a DVD player
> drive. The DVD Burner is a NEC drive.
>
>> Could anybody tell me what I need in order to write data to this?
>
> That depends on HOW you want to write data to the drive. If you want a
> DVD Data disk (read only files), the RecordNow! software that came with
> the Dell will do. If you want to be able to read/write (like a HD), then
> you must format a DVD + R/W to UDF standards.

Hi Steve

Thanks for your tip, this is highly confusing, do you know anyway that I can
find out if my SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F is actually capable of recording
data from my hard drive to my DVD + RW or have I mistakenly gone and just
wasted $20 on 10 DVD +RW? . As it said DVD on the front of my DVD drive I
assumed automatically that if it could play DVD's it would also record
to/write to DVD.

This is a brand new DVD, so is their perhaps some software I need to install
to enable the machine to record to it perhaps? I've installed Deep Burn the
freeware version.

Thanks for your help Steve its very much appreciated. I have googled, I've
looked on Dells forum, and have fired of an email to their tech support, but
still I can't yet resolve the issue.



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"Jen" <jen@private.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I am having trouble using a DVD + RW for the first time, I'm using a Dell
> Dimension 47000


Dimension 47000? Wow, what's it like in 2025? :-)




with a Samsung DVD unit in it.
>
> Could anybody tell me what I need in order to write data to this?
>
> Many Thanks
>