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murphj11
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23. January 2009 @ 20:54 |
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I hope i didnt offend you with the comment about taking a bow.....salaams means to take a bow or to lower ones in respect......anyhoo my stinking laptop only has 6gig of hard disk space.....dont even understand why it was made with such a small disk space,its not much good to anyone.....must be male....i'm off to town to buy a new machine.....damn the expense.
Cheeery bye
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23. January 2009 @ 21:04 |
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It's only money murph! These toys are like money pits!
How about an external HD?
I'm looking at something in the 500 gb - 1 tb size. My present 450 gbs of hd's are inadequate.
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murphj11
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23. January 2009 @ 21:31 |
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I'm not sure where to start even.... i want a laptop which can play and burn DVD's and possibly ps and xbox 360 games.....i dont need gaming capability cos i leave that for the console's(ps and xbox).I'm surfing all the main stores that sell p.c's but most of their websites are under construction it seems....2 moro i'll just go out and take whatever is on offer. Any advice for me. i'm shopping in the 700-800 euro range.
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murphj11
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23. January 2009 @ 21:49 |
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Can anyone tell me how this sounds for what i need(mentioned earlier)Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
(2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium
3GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive
15.6" Widescreen Screen
DVD/RW
Wireless Enabled
3 No. of USB Connections
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23. January 2009 @ 21:53 |
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I'm no help when it comes to laptops. I'm also across the pond.
Looks like pretty good specs for dvd backups.
Vista? UGGH!
Good Luck murph!
HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!!
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23. January 2009 @ 22:03 |
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Originally posted by murphj11:
I'm not sure where to start even.... i want a laptop which can play and burn DVD's and possibly ps and xbox 360 games.....i dont need gaming capability cos i leave that for the console's(ps and xbox).I'm surfing all the main stores that sell p.c's but most of their websites are under construction it seems....2 moro i'll just go out and take whatever is on offer. Any advice for me. i'm shopping in the 700-800 euro range.
Laptop burners are only good for occasional use, keep that in mind. Robust they are not.
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24. January 2009 @ 01:26 |
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Originally posted by murphj11:
Can anyone tell me how this sounds for what i need(mentioned earlier)Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
(2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium
3GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive
15.6" Widescreen Screen
DVD/RW
Wireless Enabled
3 No. of USB Connections
Hi James,
class all day :)
Your pc is not all that bad,but you should use an external burner as suggested :)
Jo
Life is Grand !
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murphj11
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24. January 2009 @ 11:41 |
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I also have an external burner which only has 6GB HDD too.....anyway, my mind is made up....i'm off to pcworld right now(impulse etc.)
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25. January 2009 @ 14:01 |
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murphj11, even though I have used pc's for at least 5 years however I'm also still green to a lot of this tech stuff, the programs givin to you on this post for copying are great but to some greenies like myself it can still be a bit overwelming, if by chance you do run into that problem, you can always give clonedvd and anydvd a shot with thier free 21 day trial.
If some of those others give you a problem, give clone and anydvd a shot, if I can run it anybody can.
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25. January 2009 @ 14:36 |
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Lots of mistakes can happen with dvd burning newbs. Folling guides,ripping,finding wherever the heck they went onto hd,then burning. If you don't know what you're doing,then you may easily have 10+ gigs on your harddrive without even realizing it.Without that extra hd space,then may crash.
It happened to me on my first movie backups and my 1st wii game backup last month,LOL! Lots of extra copies of the same thing all over both my hd's.
Then it hit hits you like a big DUH!!! This stuff is pretty simple,even a caveman can do it! The guides do make it sound like brain surgery.
HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!!
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murphj11
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25. January 2009 @ 14:57 |
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Thanks to allthat have taken the time to give me a dig out. Time is precious i know. I went and bought a new hp with a DVD burner and 250Gb HD and thought i was the dog but today im a very disheartened puppy....Firstly the dvd will not read a disc for me....when i thump it it does but since then i have tried and tried but got nowhere. First of all i had to change the region for a brand new movie to get it to play. Then i copied the movie.....it took 40 minutes. Then i tried to burn it.I took the disc to my partners p.c and it said the folder was empty. The new p.c came with a suite called Power2go and i'm not impressed with it. Has anybody got some wisdom they could share with me....i wish my old laptop wasn't old.
James
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25. January 2009 @ 15:00 |
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QUOTE: Then it hit hits you like a big DUH!!! This stuff is pretty simple,even a caveman can do it! The guides do make it sound like brain surgery.
Thats where you hit the nail right on the head, the last sentence anyway.
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murphj11
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25. January 2009 @ 15:28 |
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I'm waitin for the proverbial penny....still waiting. Thanks for your speedy response...I suppose with a new p.c come a plethora of headscratching and questions Can you tell me how to over ride the built in suite....its brand new and already i wanna override the blasted thing....i'll be keeping AD busy.
Thanks again.
James
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murphj11
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25. January 2009 @ 15:30 |
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Now its tellin me i dont have enough disc space. I just bought brand new discs with 4.8 gb.....are these too small(life Story!!)
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trachsel
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25. January 2009 @ 15:52 |
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at the bottom of the screen on DVDfab HD decrypter it says "DVD 9" or "DVD 5". it wont let me change to dvd 5 because thats only for the version that u have to buy. i realized that my dvd's are DVD 5 quality. will i not be able to burn the movie onto these blank disks?
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murphj11
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25. January 2009 @ 16:24 |
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I'm not sure mate.I dont know enough to be telling anyone anything.
I could be having the same probs as you....keep trying is all i can say.
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trachsel
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25. January 2009 @ 16:32 |
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also, towards the end when i click "backup" in dvdshrink, the guide says to choose "ISO Image file and burn with IMGburn". in the past i used dvddecrypter, and now instead of saying "burn with IMGburn" it says "burn with Dvddecrypter". there isnt an option for burning with IMGburn, how do i change that?
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murphj11
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25. January 2009 @ 17:21 |
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Why dont you try using the options you are given and see what happens.
i cant see anything going too far wrong. I would try everything.Something is bound to work....thats what i keep telling myself anyway.
Good luck
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25. January 2009 @ 17:53 |
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There's another version of dvd shrink that'll autoburn with imgburn.See if this link works:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/494836
What I'd do make sure it works without downloading the dvd shrink/imgburn program,set dvd shrink to ISO image file. Then after it dl's it to the hd-make sure you remember where it goes-then open up imgburn/Mode/Write/look at source and you'll see 2 small folder icons. Click the one of left(browse for file),not the right one with the + sign.
After transcoding to the hd,then fish out that ISO.Locate that Icon/Click on that icon/ open. It's then should be listed as the Source on the screen for ImgBurn. Then set burn speed at 4x or 8x and click the 2 disc icons on lower/left to burn away.
Having dvd shrink set to autoburn with nero/copytodvd/or dvddecrypter is a very nice setup-just like a 1 program process.
Dvd shrink Autoburning:
If you have any of those burn programs and prefer that way, then go into dvd shrink/edit/preferences:click the File I/O Tab and make sure box is ticked to "autoburn with nero"/click ok. If no Nero,then make sure it's unticked. Then go into dvd shrink's backup options and see if it gives you the option to burn with nero. Not all versions of Nero is compatable with this feature.
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