W7j DVD RW question

Let me first say that I love my w7j, in all respects. I was also extremely pleased with the service ProPortable provided, and thanks to Justin and Staff for that.

The only hiccup I've encountered is that I couldn't get the optical drive to recognize an Imation DVD-RW. It kept responding that it was an "illegal disc" I believe it said. I haven't yet tried other brands (will do), but is it common to have a drive ticklish about certain brands of DVDRW? Thanks

 

Laptop OD's are very very very verrrrrrrrrrrrrry picky, so try another disc, and it should work.

For the best discs, try and look for Taiyo Yuden MIJ discs

 

Ditto.... notebook optical drives are like picky little kids.... there's not a lot of ryhme or reason to it, certain models just don't like certain media. This is really true of any drive in the world, but notebook drives especially.

Personally, I've never had any problems (knock on wood) with Fuji discs.... I used to use Sony CD-R's, but as far as DVDs go, I've used Fuji DVD-R's with no problem.

Let me just ask you one thing.... with the cost of DVD-R's.... why are you using an RW? Back when CD's were expensive, it would make sense to have an RW so you could delete and rewrite stuff... and the same with DVD's when they were expensive. Now, if you just need to use 900mb or even less and don't have a CD.... DVD-R's are like 50 cents a pop when you buy a spindle of say 100. Once the price drops under a $1, I stay away from RW's... period. Never really liked them.

 

Justin:
Thanks for the info! It really is a case of "thinking" RW's were the way to go, without crunching the numbers. I'll be pricing the Fujis.

 

I know how it goes..... but burn once is better in 99% of the situations.... but either way - the drive supports all formats, it's just a matter of finding what works before buying a spindle of them..