Simple question about CD/DVD burning

[darkangel]

Hi,

I don't do a lot of CD/DVD burning, but I recently purchased a DVD writer because I needed a DVD drive for Windows 7. My question is, can I get rid of my old CD-ROM drive now? What I mean is, is it useful at all to have two drives when burning disks, or do people usually rip to their HDDs first before burning?

I'd think the HDD method would be faster and maybe even less prone to errors, but I'm not sure.

I don't need the CD-ROM drive for anything else, so I'd like to remove it and sell it if it's of no use when burning CDs/DVDs.

Thanks,

_da.

 

[Messugga]

It wouldn't be faster, no. Errors...yeah, that's more likely copying from one drive to another, especially if the disc being copied isn't in great condition.
I'd get rid of the other one, if I were you. Keep it in a box somewhere in case you need a spare drive someday.

 

[kingpunky]

I agree Take it out.........or leave it in and use it for a coffee cup holder ;-)

 

[wpswart006]

Keep it as a spare drive somewhere, never know when you might need it.

 

[darkangel]

So do you guys usually rip to your hard drive first?

 

[Sting]

So do you guys usually rip to your hard drive first?

Yes

 

[chickenbeef]

I always copy from DVD drive to DVD drive. Halves the time taken to copy a disk

 

[darkangel]

I always copy from DVD drive to DVD drive. Halves the time taken to copy a disk

How does it halve the time?

I've removed my CD-ROM drive now.

Thanks for the help guys.

_da.

 

[chickenbeef]

It copies direct from one disk to the other so you don't have to wait for it to copy to the HDD first and then to the blank disk. It's called copying on the fly

 

[darkangel]

Oh, right, because the reading and writing is happening concurrently.

 

[Dolby]

And just to add, doubt you'd be able to sell a CD ROM nowadays :/

 

[LazyLion]

I always copy from DVD drive to DVD drive. Halves the time taken to copy a disk

How do you remove the copy protection and downsize from dual layer to single layer "on the fly"?

 

[chickenbeef]

How do you remove the copy protection and downsize from dual layer to single layer "on the fly"?

:erm: i didn't specify the type of media i was copying (*when i copy unprotected, single layer, normal data/video/mp3 DVDs and CDs i copy on the fly, happy? ). Anyhow why would you want to copy copy protected stuff? Ain't it illegal?

What's the proper term for it? I only know it as on the fly because that's what it says in Nero

 

[Sting]

It stills copies it to a temporary folder on your hdd and then deletes it after it has burned the copy. Not much of a timesaver.

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

It stills copies it to a temporary folder on your hdd and then deletes it after it has burned the copy. Not much of a timesaver.

+1

only time you save is not having to change disks

 

[Synaesthesia]

I always copy to the hard drive first. Writing directly from one disk to another always gives me a lot of bad burns.

 

[DJNgoma]

And just to add, doubt you'd be able to sell a CD ROM nowadays :/

Well I know people who would be able to sell it like rubbers to a monk.

 

[DJNgoma]

I always copy to the hard drive first. Writing directly from one disk to another always gives me a lot of bad burns.

...Because of the drives buffer right? I want to know more..

 

[chickenbeef]

It's faster than copying it with only one drive, when i copy disk to disk why do both drives spin up and the leds flash throughout the burning period? Sure it does copy the data to the hdd before it gets written to the blank disk BUT you don't have to wait for it to finish copy the original disk to HDD and then when it's done, copy to the blank disk if you know what i mean :s

When i copy a DVD disk to disk it gets done in around 5 minutes, when i copy it with only 1 drive it takes around 10 minutes