No dvd burn drive

Hello, I bought a season of a television show off of itunes, and I want to back it up, but my computer doesn't have a dvd burner. The show is taking up way to much space on my hard drive. My friend has a dvd burner on his computer, and I was wondering if there was any way I could transfer all of my files to his computer, back them up on dvd, but still be able to watch them on my computer.

Well you can back it up to an external harddrive or if the file size is below 700MB burn it to a data CD.

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Need recommendation for external DVD burner drive!

I'm one of the officers for a film club at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Recently, I discovered that we had, in our offices, a fully-functional, if not somewhat dated, iMac G4. After getting the neccessary OS X upgrades (it's now running the latest version, 10.4.8), I need to upgrade the CD drive, which is currently just a CD burner drive. It can't even play DVDs, much less burn them, both things we need to have working if we want people in our organization to be able to use this computer.
Since I don't want to physically remove the drive and replace it with an internal DVD burner drive, I'd like a recommendation for a good external one. I noticed that there's only one option on the Apple Store, the LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Drive, and that doesn't look like it's been getting very good reviews. Does anyone have any other options I could choose from?
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Good point Keith.
I have no experience of this model but this one from OWC (a company who get very good press on these boards) promises iDVD 5 and 6 support. It's somewhat cheaper than the Lacie in the Apple store but doesn't have Lightscribe.
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Looking for external Lightscribe DVD burner drive

Does anyone have experience or a suggestion for an EXternal Lightscibe compliant DVD burner for Windows 8.1?

Hi,
Please try:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/external-lightscribe-drive
http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-GP08LU10-LightScribe-External/sim/B001TOD5B2/2
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Professional/Computer-Drives/DVR-X152
http://www.centrecom.com.au/lg-ch12ns30-blk-bluray-combo-12xbd-r-16xdvd-bd-rre-sl25gb-and-dl50gb-lig...
I've got the last one, bought 15 months ago, over $80 same shop. I only ran few tests .
Regards.
BH
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External cd dvd burner drive

Would i be able to use a external cd drive on my mac? also will it work if i boot up in windows xp would windows recognize it also thanks

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Would i be able to use a external cd drive on my mac? also will it work if i boot up in windows xp would windows recognize it also thanks
Yes, you can use an External CD drive on your Mac. Yes, Windows will also recognize the same external drive. I use an External FireWire DVD burner because it is faster than the iMac's internal slot load drive. You can also use the external CD/DVD drive to install Windows using Boot Camp, as noted in the Boot Camp Assistant instructions.

DVD burner-drive error reported

Everytime I burn something, it burns halfway and a message appears stating that: the drive reported an error, sense key=hardware error, sense=0X09, 0X01, tracking servo failure
Do I need to take it in to a Mac store? I purchased the AppleCare...HELP!
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I HAVE HAD THE EXACT PROBLEM BURNING DVD'S, on and off for over a year now. It doesn't appear to be a "media" issue because it won't burn in ANY application regardless if it is a DV Stream, MPEG4, Quicktime, etc. I have tried it in TOAST 7, iDVD and I get this message:
THE DRIVE REPORTED AN ERROR SENSE KEY=MEDIUM ERROR SENSE CODE= 0x73,0x03
In all cases the application will "process" and encode the media, then when it gets to the recording part on the DVD, it consistently spits out the DVD and displays the message above.
NOT SURE what I can do. Have worked 10 years as an editor from AVID to Final Cut and this error seems to be inherent in the hardware. Maybe Apple can investigate this and provide us with an alternate writer for the G4.
I'm using Read/Write MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-815: Any thoughts, anyone?
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Macbook Cd/Dvd burner drive wont read Cd's properly, but Dvd's are fine.

Hello.
I recently updated my Macbook 1,1 to Snow Leopard, and got new RAM and HDD. Therefor I'm importing my cd collection once again, but when i put in a CD, it makes loud weird noises and either ejects the disc automatically, or doesn't import/read the cd probably (and very slowly).
The weird thing is, is if i put in a DVD in the drive, it read it fine, with no noises or slow speeds.
What should i do?

In the past, this sort of behavior has indicated on my home computers that the optical drive is beginning to fail. If this is the case, then the cheapest and easiest solution is to purchase an external optical drive. See link at the bottom of this post. On the bright side, you may be able to use this as an opportunity to get some added functionality (ie lightscribe).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000420&IsNodeId=1& Description=external%20cd%2Fdvd%20drive&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

Can someone help me with a DVD burner issue on an HP Pavillion dv6700 series laptop?

Hello all. I have a HP Pavillion dv6700 laptop with a pioneer dvd rw k17b internal DVD burner drive. I recently have been experiencing issues with burning DVDs. It is saying that my burn speed is too low or the DVD is not compatible with the write speed of the burner and will not burn anything. I didn't have this problem until recently and it burned other DVDs fine until then. I have tried numerous brands of DVDs and none of them seem to work. I have also noticed that only the write speed of 2.4x shows in the drop down menu now...it had other options before. I have looked for firmware updates for the DVD burner and there isn't any. I have also checked device manager to make sure DMA was enabled and even tried uninstalling the driver and allowing windows to reinstall it upon reboot. I am running windows 7 operating system and have no clue what has happened to keep me from burning at a higher speed. I have also tried different burning software programs to see if I can get around it...no luck that way either. What has happened and how can I fix this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Hello all. I have a HP Pavillion dv6700 laptop with a pioneer dvd rw k17b internal DVD burner drive. I recently have been experiencing issues with burning DVDs. It is saying that my burn speed is too low or the DVD is not compatible with the write speed of the burner and will not burn anything. I didn't have this problem until recently and it burned other DVDs fine until then. I have tried numerous brands of DVDs and none of them seem to work. I have also noticed that only the write speed of 2.4x shows in the drop down menu now...it had other options before. I have looked for firmware updates for the DVD burner and there isn't any. I have also checked device manager to make sure DMA was enabled and even tried uninstalling the driver and allowing windows to reinstall it upon reboot. I am running windows 7 operating system and have no clue what has happened to keep me from burning at a higher speed. I have also tried different burning software programs to see if I can get around it...no luck that way either. What has happened and how can I fix this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Looking for an DVD burner for my laptop

Hi there,
I'm in the process of looking for a good but cheap DVD Drive that would fit into the laptop HP Pavilion DV7-3188cl. Can anyone please give me some advice?..Any help is greatly appreciated.. Thanks for the help in advance..
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Use your P/N on hp driver site and find the Service Manual and see what it list for OD that it uses and you can then use that to reference what DVD burner drive you can get. And if it is a Sata drive most Newer OD are sata you just have to make sure it is a DVD burner and then swap the faceplate to match the original one.
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External DL DVD Burning Help

Today I tried to burn my first dual layer DVD using my external DVD burner drive and Toast...It worked for about five minutes and then I got a weird error saying that there was an error in the "medium." I tried going to Roxio's site for answers, but it didn't help. Could it just be that my drive is outdated, or could the dual dvds that I bought aren't compatible with my drive? My drive is a 16x12 dual and the blanks I bought are dvd+r dl Verbatim.
Any help is greatly appreciated...Thanks!

How are you connected to it? FireWire or USB? Regardless, make sure you connect the device directly to your MBP and not via a hub. Also, remove any devices that aren't needed. Basically it's trying to make it work with the simplest setup possible.
I would firstly try again doing a restart and run no other applications other than your DVD writing application.
Obviously with DL media the speed at which you can create coasters such that it become more costly than to simply replace the drive is quite real.
By the way, what make/model drive is it?

DVD & Blu Ray Burner Drive Trays Do Not Stay Open When Media is in the Drive

I have a problem with both Windows 8/8.1 and the Windows 10 Technical Preview (there is no issue when I run Windows 7).
I have 2 optical drives: 1) DVD Burner and 2) Blu Ray Burner (I just got the second drive a few weeks ago). They are attached to the secondary SATA Chip (see below for specifics).
The problem I'm having is that when I eject media from either drive, the drive does not stay open, but rather immediately closes. Before I got the Blu Ray Burner, I had this problem with just the single DVD Burner by itself. I was hoping when I installed
Windows 10 Technical Preview that this problem would not be present, but it is present in that O/S as well.
This problem will repeat continuously if I attempt to use the eject button and so I either have to grab the disc while the tray is moving, or if I press the eject button again on the drive at the right time, I can get it to re-open and not close (this
is tricky to get the button timing right as it seems like it has to be done close to when the drive tray is fully extended when it starts retracting). It usually takes me 5 to 10 button presses to get it to stay open. Sometimes it will stay open for about
0.5 to 1s before it closes again, but most of the times it just immediately closes. I also have the same problem if I use the software eject feature by right clicking on the drive and choosing eject.
Of course, the expected behavior is that pressing the eject button should open the tray, but not close it immediately allowing you to remove the disc.
Here is some background information about my system and how the drives are connected:
1. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-ED3P Revision 1.0 LGA 775
2. Interface (for both drives): Gigabyte SATA II Chip - 2 x SATA 3 GB/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3 GB/s devices
3. Memory: 8 GB (4 x 2 GB)
It should be noted that I tri-boot between Windows 7, 8/8.1, and 10 Technical Preview and that this issue is not present in Windows 7, but has always been there in Windows 8/8.1 and now it is present in 10TP as well.
I've had this system for just over 6 years now and it is still going strong. It should be noted that I have both drives on the secondary SATA chip (as identified above), which is meant to be used with removable SATA devices.
Since the problem exhibits itself in both Windows 8/8.1 and 10TP, a reinstall of the O/S will have no affect on this problem and so this appears to be some other issue that is consistent between Windows 8/8.1 and 10TP.
I'd appreciate your support in looking at this issue - thanks!
Matt Caspermeyer
P.S. I also submitted this feedback through the Insider Program.
Matt

Hey Zagayer,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
As you now have two optical drives in your Mac Pro, you need to be able to choose which drive to eject. That is built into the system. You just hold the Option key while tapping eject for the 2nd drive.
OS X Mountain Lion: Eject a disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10613
If your computer has two optical drives, hold down Option-Media Eject or Option-F12 to eject a disc from the second drive.
Have a nice day,
Mario

DVD Burn fails (Error code 0x80020022), newish drive, just applied updates

Hello,
when i try to burn a data dvd with a variety of files from finder on my power mac g5 it thinks a while and then fails with the message:
Burning the disc failed because communication to the disc drive failed (Error code 0x80020022)
I just downloaded the latest OS updates last night.
Disc utility showed permissions problems in some files on my boot drive including in a darwin folder but they repaired fine.
Two weeks ago apple replaced my superdrive and i hadn't tried burning a dvd since then, but cds did and do burn fine.
This computer is under warrantee but in case the latest software updates caused this, or if someone has an easy fix that would allow me to save the trip to the store for analysis and potential couple day wait...
i'm all ears!
Thanks, Will
Software overview
System Version: Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 (8L127)
Kernel Version: Darwin 8.8.0
SONY DVD RW DW-U21A:
Firmware Revision: AADB
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
hardware
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thank you for your help!
At one point in the last few days i did run out of disk space on one drive, but i think i had 5Gig free on the short drive when i was trying it earlier, and i have upped that to 30.
My spindled HP DV-16Xs worked on the drive i had before pretty darn well.. I've tried a bunch of unlabeled ones, i've also tried burning at 1x, and i went out and bought some jewel cased verbatim dvd-r 16Xs, same problem.
I will take one more shot at finding the best media using that website, get some 8Xs if i can find them, before hauling it into apple.
without the dvd burner it's hard to backup very well, I was planning to get a external hard drive next month.

Blue Ray DVD Burner: Will the drive play both formats i.e. Blue Ray

I'm configuring a HP notebook which will come with a Blue Ray writer and DVD burner. I won't burn anything. I just would like to know if the driver will play both formats, i.e. Blue Ray and DVD movies. Can someone answer my question?

duy48tran wrote:
I'm configuring a HP notebook which will come with a Blue Ray writer and DVD burner. I won't burn anything. I just would like to know if the driver will play both formats, i.e. Blue Ray and DVD movies. Can someone answer my question?
Hi,
What is your machine and its Operating system ? We don't know your machine therefore we can't answer your question. Please use the following way to find out what is your machine:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00033108
Regards.
BH
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EMac Combo drive for a DVD burner ( superdrive)

Hi . I have purchased a used eMac 1 ghz . it has a stock combo drive . i burn a lot of DVDs .I have a external plextor DVD burner ( super drive ) and i was woundering if it would fit in the eMac ? do i need to remove the little bezel at the end of the tray ? I have always owned a older Slower G3 type mac , this will be my fastest mac i would ever have . So i want to be happy with it .
Thank you kindly

I guess burning to external is not so bad . i have been haveing problems when OSX tryed to verifi the burn and it fails so i though putting it into the computer would resolve that . I will keep the burner in the external case if it means i have to take the top off the optical drive itself .
eMac G4 1 ghz 1GB Ram 40 GB HD || iMac DV G3 400mhz 512MB Ram 12 GB HD Graphite Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Extra Hard Drive / DVD Burner Setup

I need an Opion, Would this idea Work,: (I would get rid of all of my dumb pcs ) Sorry in advance for the big post.
I want to buy 2 External Enclosures and a USB 2.0 Hub for my HDs and connect them to the mac mini:
*A SYBA SY-U2F-3SL Aluminum 3.5" USB 2.0 / FireWire 400 Combo External Enclosure With an 30GB 7200 RPM MaXtor ATA133 EIDE HD formated in MAC OS Journaled for Extra Space. (I Already have the HD) (I Would use it in FireWire 400 For Best Preformance)
*A MASSCOOL UE210 External Enclosure With An IBM TravleStar DARA 212000 4200 RPM 12GB 2.5" Laptop HD formarted in FAT32 for Windows Transfers. (I Already have the HD)
*A 40GB USB 2.0 LaCie HD formated in MAC OS Journaled for Extra Space. (I Already have this)
*A BYTECC USB 2.0 External Enclosure With an ATA133 EIDE NEC DVD+/-RW Drive for Burning DVDs (I Already Both of these)
*An i-rocks IR-4300-S USB 2.0 4-port hub
I will Buy this all for under $80 from Newegg.com.
The Links Are Here:
The MASSCOOL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145751
The Syba: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817186104
The iRocks: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817186104
My questions is, is it worth spending the money to have an extra 82GB of HD space, get rid of my PC for ever, and be able to burn DVDs?

Well, I bought the MASSCOOL and the USB Hub just about 5 min ago. So next week, when I get the money, I'll buy the Syba. Also, Peggy, the Syba is FireWire 400, but there wasn't a 2.5" enclosures that used FireWire for under $15 Shipped, so USB 2.0 will do. Also, the rest of the USB devices I had already owned, so it wouldn't have made a differance. I will report back when I order the Syba, and when everything is installed. Also, I am out of USB ports, so I am going to order a seccond hub with the Syba, I will get the same one BTW.

Internal Zip Drive and Internal DVD Burner Question:

Where can I find an internal Zip drive for my b&w g3 desktop?
Or should I just get an external USB or 1394 Zip drive?
+(I have a 20gb hard drive that doesn't have its computer anymore and I connected it to a Gateway 2000 and the hard drive has Windows 98 SE with lots of files...jpegs for example...and I am going to get the files off of the hard drive before I erase it and put it on another desktop. The only way I can get it off is with a Zip drive. The USBs wouldn't work).+
Besides that one reason, I was going to get an internal Zip Drive for my Apple desktop anyways.
I have a DVD Rom in the apple desktop. I also want to upgrade it to a DVD Burner / DVD+R/RW or whatever it is called. Is that possible?
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I have a B&W G3/400 purchased in '96 which I've upgraded with the PowerLogix 1.1 GHz Zif Upgrade. When Apple introduced OSX I also installed and ATA hard drive, and a few years ago I replaced the original Apple CD ROM with a Pioneer DV D-RW DVR-111D (which surprisingly burns DVD's faster than my new iMac 2.8GHz Intel Core2 Duo). The Pioneer DVD burner works like a charm. There were no issues at all when it came to the instyallation: rebooting, reading installation CD's or what have you. It was true, PLUG & PLAY.
The G3 is currently running:
1) OSX 10.4.11, on an ATA drive (Maxtor 6L100PO; 93.37GB) &
2) MAC OS 9.2.2 on the original equipment 9GB SCSI Drive
The G3 cannot take advantage of the ZIF processor upgrade in OSX 10.4.11, and I am in the process of downgrading OSX to 10.4.9 so that I can take advantage of the faster processor. According to PowerLogix the ZIF upgrade is not compatible with a later version of OSX after 10.4.9 as they have been unable to keep up with the changes Apple has been making in the OS.
I hope this helps.

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