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550175	2007-05-16 04:14:00	I am pleased with the update I have done to my Desktop. I installed a DVD reader/writer. Works fine - it is excellent with films etc. I have also used it to make data DVDs (strikes me as a good way to backup). However I find that trying to use these DVDs on my laptop (HP pavilion ze4500) is no good. The laptop cannot read them. While messing about trying to learn more the following note cropped up on my Desktop. " The CD(sic) you just ejected from drive F is readable in DVD-R drives. It is not readable in CDROM or CD-R/CD drives." OK I now know that if I want it to be read in my laptop I have to run the finishing procedure which makes it readable in the laptop and other computers. Works fine. BUT:- I don't see much point in only using some of the DVD - as far as I know once the DVD has been "finished" it cannot be written to again. So I want to keep it open for as long as possible. But then I cannot use them on the laptop. That I have discovered this last week is a big problem (my desktop went down!) So what I want to know is - can I make my laptop read the "unfinished" disks off the desktop and how do I do it? Tom	Thomas01 (317)
550176	2007-05-16 05:13:00	Has the laptop got a DVD Rom/ RW? If its only CD then it can't. Or if it has got DVD, can it read both +R and -R? Or only one? Thats the usual problem. As for finalising the disc, in Nero you get the option of ticking or unticking Multisession, which allows you do write again later to the disk if there is room.	pctek (84)
550177	2007-05-16 05:17:00	Unfinalised discs can only be played back on the original machine and can only be finalised by that machine so until your DVDs are finalised you won't be able to play them in your laptop's DVD player or any other DVD player.	FoxyMX (5)
550178	2007-05-16 05:52:00	Has the laptop got a DVD Rom/ RW? If its only CD then it can't. Or if it has got DVD, can it read both +R and -R? Or only one? Thats the usual problem. Dunno! But it is fine on films and the PCWorld DVD disks etc. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
550179	2007-05-16 06:01:00	Unfinalised discs can only be played back on the original machine and can only be finalised by that machine so until your DVDs are finalised you won't be able to play them in your laptop's DVD player or any other DVD player . Now that has me puzzled . I really thought that if I had a similar program (whatever it is) on my laptop then I would be able to access the DVDs . Obviously wrong . Now I suppose I should look at my desktop and ask "Is there any way (perhaps using a program I haven't got) where I can make my desktop turn out data DVDs capable of not only being read by any computer but also able to be updated . Hecky thump I can do it with CDs . I thought DVDs would be better for back ups . Tom	Thomas01 (317)
550180	2007-05-16 06:09:00	"Is there any way (perhaps using a program I haven't got) where I can make my desktop turn out data DVDs capable of not only being read by any computer but also able to be updated . Hecky thump I can do it with CDs . I thought DVDs would be better for back ups . Tom Without the same program (or a DVD/burner) as already stated no . But once its finalised any PC will read it if its got a DVD (not a cd) . If whatever u have is on a DVD .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
550181	2007-05-16 06:36:00	I often use CDs to get files from Library systems to my home computers . I can add files on the Library (XP)systems; there's no problem with the home systems using W2k . Presumably this is done by writing new TOCs , with the associated waste of space . Is there no similar writing protocol for DVDs? Is there an option which should be set the first time a DVD is written to?	Graham L (2)
550182	2007-05-16 21:44:00	I often use CDs to get files from Library systems to my home computers . I can add files on the Library (XP)systems; there's no problem with the home systems using W2k . Presumably this is done by writing new TOCs , with the associated waste of space . Is there no similar writing protocol for DVDs? Is there an option which should be set the first time a DVD is written to? This sounds like you are asking just what I am asking . So far there doesn't seem to be any easy answer - but I live in hopes .	Thomas01 (317)
550183	2007-05-16 22:08:00	I know in the case of multisession CDs that some older readers/burners couldn't read the discs if made on another machine, but this was fixed in newer drives . Chances are that the laptop has an old drive that can't handle multisession DVDs . A firmware upgrade on the drive may fix it, but most likely you would need a new drive . Best to burn & finalise CDs if it's only a smallish amount of data .	autechre (266)
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