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    What kind of DVD disks needed for Recovery Disks?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sublime313, Apr 29, 2009.

  1. sublime313

    sublime313 Notebook Evangelist

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    DVD-R DVD-RW? does it matter?
     
    sublime313, Apr 29, 2009
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  2. MidnightSun

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    Nope, doesn't matter.
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 29, 2009
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    DVD RW cost more and may not last as long. Verbatim is about the best commonly available brand.
     
    olyteddy, Apr 29, 2009
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Yes, I would move it to a DVD±R disc later, as they, in my experiences, tend to last longer.
     
    namaiki, Apr 29, 2009
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    On average, the by the time the crappiest dvd-r disk starts to corrupt itself, you'll have already upgraded to a much better storage method. DVD-r will be a thing of the past like "zip drives". Who still use that?
     
    jackluo923, Apr 30, 2009
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    Use DVD RW it's better.

    DVD R discs can't be erased and reused, DVD RW can be erased and reused
     
    zuifon, Apr 30, 2009
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    You can buy a pack of 100 DVD-R for less than $15. You can write multisession disk to make incremental backups. It's much more cheaper than using DVD-RW disk. Also, DVD-RW is slow. DVD-R goes up to 24-28x speed whiel DVD-RW only goes up to 12x.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 30, 2009
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  8. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just curious.... doesn't Sony speify that it hs to be an "R" disc? I know I had to use two single layer discs, rather than one double layer disc... it crashed on the double layer - twice - and yes, I have a double laer drive in my SZ, ad yes the Vaio backup software should have supported it in theory, and yes it does worked, I burnt a dual layer DVD with Nero at a later date.
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2009
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  9. sublime313

    sublime313 Notebook Evangelist

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    i bought a 25 pack of memorex DVD+R on sale over here for $9. i caught myself not knowing the difference between dvd+r and dvd-r. a little on the spot blackberry searching told me that + is newer and the way to go. nothing more fun than talking about blank dvd's. lmao .
     
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    I got 100pack printable dvd-r 16x for $13CAD or $10USD from costco.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 30, 2009
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