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peter may · 07-09-2005, 03:13 PM

What is meant by a dual double layer drive and also are external dvd writers better than internal ones, and can you copy from DVD to DVD using an external one and an internal dvd rom on your pc?

Kemistry · 07-09-2005, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by peter may

What is meant by a dual double layer drive and also are external dvd writers better than internal ones, and can you copy from DVD to DVD using an external one and an internal dvd rom on your pc?

A Dual Layer burner can right 8.5 GB of data to one disk. Only drives that are Dual Layer compatible can right to those specific disks.

External & Internal drives, not really any difference in performance other than one sits outside your PC while the other goes into a bay space. I prefer internals, I like hate having external equipment sitting all over the place.

Yes you can copy that way, you can also just copy disk to disk by using one drive.

swedeace · 07-09-2005, 04:39 PM

Yeah, I just found out what it meant too, and I think it's especially nice for backup purposes!

07-09-2005, 03:13 PM	#1
peter may The SO Limey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Location: LONDON Posts: 1,883	Question: re: DVD Writers What is meant by a dual double layer drive and also are external dvd writers better than internal ones, and can you copy from DVD to DVD using an external one and an internal dvd rom on your pc?

07-09-2005, 04:39 PM	#3
swedeace Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 9,009	Yeah, I just found out what it meant too, and I think it's especially nice for backup purposes!