Lifebook s7010d DVD burner

I recently bought a lifebook s7010d about two weeks ago and I think it is a great computer. The 14 inch monitor is a real treat and I dont have any problem with the keyboard.

I got my computer with the DVD burner super multi drive. Unfortunately I do not have any idea how to take advantage of this feature. Fujitsu's customer service won't help and googles only turn up information about DVD-CD burner software

 

You need to backup some DVD's, that's how you take advantage of it. [ ]

Seriously, what do you want to do? Do you take home movies? Do you need daily backups for a small business? Do you want to make music CD's?

You can do many thigs with these drives. I use mine to backup DVD's and make music CD's from myMP3 collection. (I really need to get an MP3 capable receiver for the car. [xx(] ) You need to ask yourself what you want.

 

for starters you need software to burn cd or dvd with. Nero is what I recommend. A dvdr is 4.5gig so you can back up much more data. I make a seperate 4.5gig partition and that where I keep all my important data so it is very easy to backup. Make sure you get the right media there ia -r and +r some drive will do either but some won't.

If you want to copy a dvd get www.dvdshrink.org it is free and lets you compress a dvd down to the 4.5 limit or even smaller if you want. I rip the dvd to the hd and when I travel just watch it directly from the hd and leave the dvd reader at home.

 

Thanks.. One more question. What can anybody say on the merits of burning dvds on notebooks in general? As you know it's a lengthy process (up to 30 min) and the computer gets quite hot. If I burn dvds often will I run the risk of shortening the life of my computer????

 

No. I generally wouldn'y be mass producing DVDs on a notebook, but you're not going to hurt it either.

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