Smerk Zero

Wonderful! even cheaper than i expected! thank you very much for your quick and helpful replies

Unfortunantly im in Australia.. i dont think they ship here. I found a few others that look alright, please tell me your thoughts. Sorry for taking this thread off the topic of ImgBurn. $56.44 Samsung SH-S183L SATA Black, Double Layer, Internal 18x DVD±RW Drive, Retail with software included (Nero Express 7.3 & InCD), Max Speeds: 12x DVD-RAM, 18x DVD+R, 18x DVD-R, 8X DVD+R Double Layer, 8x DVD-R Double Layer, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW. Nero 7.0 Supports Vista and SATA ODD . $57.00 LITE-ON DVD+-20X8X8/8X4,DVDRAM12X,CD48X32X48,SATA,RTL Product Code: LH-20A1S(BLACK) $58.10 Sony BEIGE AWG170A10B Internal DL Multiformat 18x DVD±RW Drive - 12x DVD-RAM, 8x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW, Software included, OEM

The one on my computer upstairs is just an old junker that i use for the hard drive lol. This one i have decided needs a replacement. I dont have alot of money however and i just basically looked for the cheapest one that sounded like it will work, since anything would beat my current one (from about 2002/3 i think). I looked at some online stores and this one seems to be the best i could find for the price. Tell me what you guys think, and more importantly if it will work. They are charging $49.50 for it: AOpen DSW2012P DVD Burner - IDE DVD±R 20x, DVD±R DL 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RW 6x - Black, OEM with Software Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE Recording Capacity: DVD+-R DL : 8.5GB DVD+-R/RW : 4.7GB DVD-RAM : 4.4/2.6GB CD-R/RW : 700/650MB Date Transfer Mode: UDMA : Mode 4 (66MB/sec) DMA : Mode 2 (66MB/sec) PIO : Mode 4 (16MB/sec) Max. Recording Speeds: DVD+-R : 20X DVD+-R DL : 8X CD-R : 48X Max. Rewriting Speeds: DVD-RAM : 12X DVD+RW : 8X DVD-RW : 6X CD-RW : 32X Data Buffer Memory: Size : 2MB CD Writing mode: Track at Once Disc at Once Sesion at Once Multi-session Fixed Packet Variable Packet Raw Mode Burning Over-Burn DVD Writing mode: Recording (DVD+RW) Multi-Border(DVD-R) DAO, Multi-border (DVD-RW) (DVD-RAM) Random recording : (DVD+RW) Average Access Time: DVD : 160ms CD : 160ms Supported Formats: Multi-Session DVD+RW/+R DVD-RW/-R/-RAM DVD-ROM DVD-Video CD-DA CD-ROM CD-ROM XA CD-R CD-RW Photo-CD CD Extra CD Text Temperature: Operating : 5C ~ 50C Non-operating : -40C ~ 65C Loading Mechanism: Tray(motorized) Humidity: Operating : 15%~80% R.H. Non-operating : 15% ~ 98% R.H. MTBF: 70,000 POH Dimensions: Width : 145.8mm Height : 41.3mm Depth : 170mm Weight: About : 900g

Thank you for your replies. So i need to replace my CD Drive with one compatible with DVD-R? Or i need to switch my Dvd's to DVD+RW's? I have another computer upstairs that has a HP DVD Writer 300n, do you guys know if that one might work? Sorry for the questions but im a noob when it comes to CD Drives.

Hey, im trying to burn a ISO to a DVD and im having some trouble doing so. Basically the Write button just doesnt become clickable after i insert a disk. Im guessing this is because there is no "medium" present. I have searched the forum and looked for anything like my problem and i came across a few similar to mine, although im pretty sure that my dive is capable of writing DVDs. Can anyone help me out here please? EDIT: Btw im using an MTV DVD-R 4.7Gb 16x. Heres my log: ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 - Log ; Thursday, 23 August 2007, 17:03:01 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 16:29:12 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 16:29:12 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 16:29:12 Total Physical Memory: 1,047,532 KB - Available: 580,656 KB I 16:29:12 Initialising SPTI... I 16:29:12 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 16:29:12 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD+RW! I 17:03:01 Close Request Acknowledged I 17:03:01 Closing Down... I 17:03:01 Shutting down SPTI... I 17:03:01 ImgBurn closed! and heres a screenshot of what i see incase that helps: