> > From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/06/19 Tue PM 02:10:50 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: OT DVD RAM > > > > > > From: "Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2007/06/19 Tue PM 01:47:33 GMT > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > > Subject: Re: OT DVD RAM > > > > On 6/19/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting, you sure your drive will handle DVD-RAM? What software are > > > you using to >burn it? Nero and Roxio do have an option to erase the > > > disk. If you are using Windows >built-in stuff, who knows. > > > > > > > I may be wrong, but AFAIK a DVD-RAM can be used without any special > > software, just like a harddisk. > > Maybe if you load it empty but I think my DVD recorder is formatting these in > a way that is incompatible with PC use. >
Definitely seems to be the case. Using a modern version of Nero, the option to format or erase is greyed out. The PC (or drive) just does not recognise that there is a disc present. The drive is a new Philips 8x rewriter. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net