Optical drive supports DVD-RAM?

I have DVD-RAM tool on my laptop, model 129(with combo drive), but I don,t know whether my optical drive supports it or not. How I can know?
Also need some easy information about DVD-RAM.

Chances are if you have the software on your computer it has DVD-Ram. Here is basically what I found at a website trying to explain DVD ram and how it works. Hope this helps.
DVD-RAM (DVDRandom Access Memory) is a disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders and personal video recorders since 1998.
The term DVD-RAM is a misnomer; the name is based on the (erroneous) abbreviation for RAM, meaning "read-and-write memory" - the opposite of ROM (Read-Only Memory). However, RAM actually stands for Random Access Memory (computer chips) and DVDs inherently cannot use the random access method.
Compared with other writeable DVDs, DVD-RAM is more closely related to hard disk technology, as it has concentric tracks instead of one long spiral track. Unlike the competing formats DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW, special DVD burning software is not required to write or read DVD-RAMs on a computer. DVD-RAMs can be accessed like a usual floppy disk or hard drive.
Mac OS(Mac OS 8.6 or later), Linux and Microsoft Windows XP support DVD-RAM operation directly, while earlier versions of Windows require device drivers or the program InCD. The optical drives shipped with Apple Macintosh computers do not support DVD-RAM operation, but a third party DVD-RAM-compatible drive can be connected and used directly with Mac OS.

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Hello,
according to the thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4755862
I have a iMac C2D 2,16GHZ and a Pioneer DVR-K06 DVD Drive
According the pioneer specifications this drive supports DVD-RAM read and write.
( http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/vgn/images/portal/cit3424/310207082POVDVR-K06.pdf )
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Message was edited by: raymondvetter

Thank you and SG for your responses.
Several of my TV's DVD Recorder features are not available with the use of a regular DVD disc and require a DVD RAM disc (chapters, etc.) So I decided to do some experimenting and cross checking of the DVD Recorder and my computer DVD-RAM supported DVD burner/Premiere Elements with regard to disc types for DVD-VIDEO. That is what got us to my question.
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CD-DVD ( Optical Drives ) Common Problems and Solutions

CD/DVD Common Problems…
Dear friends, I have noticed that many laptop users suffering from some common problems. cd/dvd ( Optical Drive ) problems are one of them.. so here I am trying to collect and make available solutions related to cd/dvd drives . Almost all solutions are already advised in previous posts but these are all are in one post. We all are here for sharing problems and solutions. I always appreciate all corrections and additions. In first look optical drive problems seems like hardware problem. These problems have hardware/software both possibility so I request to administrator, to make available this post in both ( hardware – software ) sections. I put only solution links to save forum’s valuable space.
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CD-DVD discs called A MEDIA
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Why hard drive conection support SATA 3 but optical drive support SATA2??As i know the other notebook like asus or dell support SATA 3 both conection(hard drive and optical drive)
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If it was a desktop system, I probably wouldn't be complaining much. I'd just use my external LG drive. But it's laptop, and hauling external DVD drive around just because some manager decided users should not use DVD-RAM is not really an option...
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You need special discs for a DVD-RAM drive, DVD-/+ discs will not work
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X301 (Type 2774) - optical drive not recongized under windows 7

Dear Lenovo Community,
I have a specific problem regarding my optical drive - hope someone can help! I installed windows 7 on my lenovo X301 2774-AH5 - since then the optical drive is not recognized any more by the operation system (everything worked out fine beforehand under XP). In a first attempt I ordered a new drive - but the problem persisted - sent the new drive back and re-inserted the original drive. The device manager lists the drive (Mathsita DVD-RAM UJ-844) and reports the following regarding the device status:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)
The following driver is currently installed:
Microsoft, installed: 21/06/2006; driver version: 6.1.7601.17514
I tried to install the latest driver via the lenovo web-page:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page?
However, no drivers seem to be available for the combination: X301 / windows 7 / optical drives.
Any suggestions?
With many thanks and greetings,
Michael
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Hi Michael,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I’m sorry to hear that Optical drive of your Lenovo ThinkPad X301 is not recognized in Windows 7.
Is the optical drive powered on?
Ensure that optical drive is enabled in BIOS. Go to control panel -> Device manager and uninstall the driver listed under DVD/CD-ROM drives. Reboot the system, scan for hardware changes and check if the optical drive is working fine.
If the above said didn’t help to resolve your concern, try doing a registry edit. Refer this Microsoft KB article and follow the instructions.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Mithun.
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