GWSmith Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've never done this before and have some questions. I have laptop that has a Matshita UJDA765 DVD/CD RW. Device manager says the device is working properly and it has an updated driver. I've been given some new Maxell DVD-RW disks...can I copy/record/burn a picture to them? Do I need to have the CD-RW disks instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've never done this before and have some questions. I have laptop that has a Matshita UJDA765 DVD/CD RW. Device manager says the device is working properly and it has an updated driver. I've been given some new Maxell DVD-RW disks...can I copy/record/burn a picture to them? Do I need to have the CD-RW disks instead? CD-R is what you would need to keep pictures without the chance getting them erased. RW is a rewritable disc that can be reformatted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) CD-R is what you would need to keep pictures without the chance getting them erased. RW is a rewritable disc that can be reformatted. Thanks for the response...will the DVD-RW disk do the job? I just want to be able to take a picture thats recorded to a disk and get it developed. Once I get this process figured out I'll backup all my Pics:cool: :(Well I did a little more reading online and found: A combination DVD/CD-RW drive is used for installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording music and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs. So I have a new 15 count spindle of DVD-RW disks here if someone is interested in a trade Edited February 6, 2009 by GWSmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 DVD-RW's will work just fine Gary, and you can put write protection on them if you are concerned about erasing them. I use DVD-RW's for storing my pics from trail cams, works pretty well. If you plan to add more pics as you go the RW's are actually better imo, however you probably will want to create several files, a RW holds a lot of info and opening the files when they are large can be slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 DVD-RW's will work just fine Gary, and you can put write protection on them if you are concerned about erasing them. I use DVD-RW's for storing my pics from trail cams, works pretty well. If you plan to add more pics as you go the RW's are actually better imo, however you probably will want to create several files, a RW holds a lot of info and opening the files when they are large can be slow. OK...Any Idea why my drive is not recognizing the new disks? The drive will play any CD or DVD I put into it but I've never attempted to record anything before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Have you formatted the dvd's? Does your software support writing data/files to a dvd? The software that came on my machine is from roxio, I can use that software to format the dvd's for writing data or saving files, you can also use windows explorer I believe or go through my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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