[TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!

  • From: "Al L" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:20:49 -0500

The burn program I copied is lacking an exe file,the cheap buggers. Imagine 
that!

Al Leatherman
Al's TV
224 US Highway 46
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
973-361-5796
973-476-0854 (cell)
WWW.ALS-TV.NET
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!


> My hp computer came with a program called HP-DLA (drive letter access) 
> that
> lets me save to a CD just like a regular drive. Trouble is the disk is 
> only
> readable in a computer with the same program installed, so it makes a 
> lousy
> back up if you can't read the disk until you reinstall the whole original
> operating system that is only on the hard drive that just crashed. They
> didn't send any reinstallation disks with it.
>
> So far I haven't found a way to copy the program out to install it to
> another computer.
>
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barry Thompson" <barrystv@xxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:08 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>
>
>>I have been storing data on dvds for a while.But what I find best is Nero
>> INCD or INC4,you can make a RW into a hard drive,you can drag and drop
>> files
>> on it and also delete files.
>> Barrys TV
>> Ottawa Ontario
>> Canada
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:03 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>
>>
>>> Al, saying you don't want DVD but want to record data on large disks, is
>>> like saying you don't want pizza but you do want a big circular thing
>>> with sauce, cheese, and peperoni.
>>>
>>> You can't burn the 4.7 gig DVD disks in a CD-only burner, you need to
>>> get a DVD burner, which will burn CD's and DVD's. All of the new DVD
>>> burners burn both DVD-R and DVD+R discs, and many of them can burn dual
>>> layer discs giving you 8.4 gigs of data, but I have found the dual layer
>>> discs to be expensive and normally not worth the money.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary McCartney
>>>
>>> McCartney Electronics
>>> Guelph Ontario Canada
>>> Est. 1984
>>> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Barry Thompson wrote:
>>>> Some of those combos will read only -R
>>>> Barrys TV
>>>> Ottawa Ontario
>>>> Canada
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Al L" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:57 AM
>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Greg! It reads R discs,just won't burn an exact copy on a very
>>>>> large
>>>>> data disc. I am not interested in DVD, just making large discs and
>>>>> copyoing
>>>>> large data discs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Al Leatherman
>>>>> Al's TV
>>>>> 224 US Highway 46
>>>>> Mine Hill, NJ 07803
>>>>> 973-361-5796
>>>>> 973-476-0854 (cell)
>>>>> WWW.ALS-TV.NET
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Greg Smith" <gaserv@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:43 AM
>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> If it is a -R combo, then the -R blanks will work.
>>>>>> Gregory B. Smith
>>>>>> G & A Electronic Services
>>>>>> 2521 N. Laurent
>>>>>> Victoria, Texas 77901
>>>>>> Ph. 361-575-1998
>>>>>> Fax: 361-570-1615
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Al L" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 8:23 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Its a DVD-rom combo!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Al Leatherman
>>>>>> Al's TV
>>>>>> 224 US Highway 46
>>>>>> Mine Hill, NJ 07803
>>>>>> 973-361-5796
>>>>>> 973-476-0854 (cell)
>>>>>> WWW.ALS-TV.NET
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "ta" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:15 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Depends on what you have installed in your computer right now.
>>>>>>> I do not know if you have a DVD burner or reader installed.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "Al L" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:11 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: DVD-R discs 4.7 Gig!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anybody know if i can use simple upgrade software, or must I buy a
>>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>> burner to use these discs!?TIA.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Al Leatherman
>>>>>>>>> Al's TV
>>>>>>>>> 224 US Highway 46
>>>>>>>>> Mine Hill, NJ 07803
>>>>>>>>> 973-361-5796
>>>>>>>>> 973-476-0854 (cell)
>>>>>>>>> WWW.ALS-TV.NET
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