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sorrow93
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_ 		13. December 2006 @ 02:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have two more questions regarding rewritable dvd media -
is it necessary to erase the disc before rewriting because it takes some time? My Nero 7 took around twenty minutes - or can one just copy new data over it?
One final question I tried to burn a RW disc tonight and Nero didn't want to copy it at all said something like "cannot copy to dvd" is this some kind of flaw - can one normally burn a DVD-RW directly to a dvd-r/dvd+r
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BIGTOXY69
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_ 		13. December 2006 @ 13:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
on the whole erase issue ! I think it would depend on what programs you use !some erase faster than others ! also I would do A complete erase if you are using the RW disc for movies . Which most people don't do Unless your experimenting to see if something works before commiting it to a permanent ( DVD+R/DVD-R ) Disc . Or perhaps you may be using your disc (RW) in a DVD Recorder - In that case if you record over your previous program ( Movie ,TVprogram ect...) And the older program/movie is longer than the new you'll end up with all of one movie -the new one & part of the old movie ! and while it really would'nt hurt anything ,it can be confusing and look silly ! can one normally burn a DVD-RW directly to a dvd-r/dvd+r - If you mean Copy it to the dvd-r/dvd+r disc the answer is yes ! assuming that you have enough space on the destination disc (Blank) and either two drives or a copying program & 1 Burner ! On ther error message - RW disc Especially inexpensive ones Have a tendency to become Unreadale or error laden after multiple rewritings ! while you can mitigate his somewhat by careful use and protection of your RW media & using better media ( Verbatim ect...) You'll find that RW disc scratch easier than +R /-R disc do which may be the cause of errors /early failure !~ hope that helps !!! Ciao!
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sorrow93
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_ 		13. December 2006 @ 17:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thankyou that does help.
I'm still baffled as to why Nero wouldn't read the rewritable ... oh well strange things do happen I guess. I had to go the full circle and burn over again to the DVD+R and just to confuse everyone more I tried to see if Nero would read *that* disc and it did.
thanks for answering the rewritable media question
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