I have a new Dell XPS with a Blu-Ray. Are these discs suitable for a whole system back up or just movies & pictures?
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yes, but I am not sure if you can add more data to it once it is "closed", so you may need a new disc for each back up, but anything can be written on theseI have used many of them with no issues at all - they are also printable
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I find these more than suitable for backup of data for sure. In all honesty though, thumb drives have come down in price so much that I generally buy thumb drives for that purpose. I usually put the backup software as well on the thumb drive so its a one stop run. Hope that helps.
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They work very well with my LG burners and CyberLink Blu-ray Disk suite software. I use the Power2Go option to burn whole disc images and backup folders. I get very reliable 4X burns.
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The discs have a capacity of 50 GB. You can store any type of file you want on them: movies, pictures, documents, whatever you want. I use them for backing up my system: I have many GBs of family pictures and videos, but I also back up everything else on these.
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Upgrading ram (and the hard drive) is extremely easy -- asus gives nice access. I think 2gb ram is an improvement with xp, though 1gb is fine for most uses. I use an external usb powered DVD drive; I use a slim one which is also is capable of recording DL dvds. Just make sure it's USB powered and you should be fine.
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These are the programs/directions I followed to back up my Blu-rays: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/directly-rip-and-convert-bluray-disks-with-handbrake
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Sure. You remove the SD card, and copy the movies on CD, DVD, other Card, etc. I backup on the shared network attached drive.
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Mine is OK. Since I bought I used in two different computers. Played blu-ray, DVD, CD, everything. I had to install a proper software first. I use Cyberlink PowerDVD 13.
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I own the M-DISC media and it is fantastic with my external LG Blu-Ray drive. But would require an awful lot of discs for a full backup. I backup to an external HD using Acronis Tru-Image. Making an image of the entire drive gives me everything including the operating system, registry, programs and all of the files.
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I have a 160 gig drive from a crashed laptop. XP argued about it but relented and there is no problem with 7.
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Yes I'm running windows 7 but mine did not come with software for the drive. I already had software on a disc from one I bought 2 years ago from another source. Total Media Extreme 2 will probably play both HD DVD and blu ray disc. You can usally find it on a trial basis online.
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Yes...ish. For data and DVD disks no problem. Mac doesn't like Blu-ray though. You will have to download software (Macgo is the only one I can find that is reliable) or use hacks with free VLC and DVDFab that are complicated and don't always work, at least for me.
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Take them to a video transfer store and have them convert to video files on DVD. Or if you have a desktop PC, buy a firewire PCI E card.
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No, these were not LTH Disc. These BD-R Disc works for me. I do not have any issues burning my photo album on these blank disc. I don't know the media I.D.
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I have an older computer with an XP operating system. I needed a simple way to load files without burning DVDs. I then took the flashdrive to my new computer, with a Windows 7 operating system and uploaded the files to the new computer. It was a piece of cake to use. I know your question involved using it on a DELL computer, but the brand name is actually a secondary to the operating system, i.e. Windows XP. I am thoroughly pleased with my purchase, and think you will too. PS - I also loved the price. Hope this helps Sarah! Enjoy Spring!
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I have only just used them burn videos and movies. Don't really know what else you could use them for.
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No problem at all with these BD-R discs from Phillips. The dark dye they use has very high compatibility with consumer Blu-Ray players. 5 stars
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Scrupples' answer sounds about right. Maybe look for a budget monitor. I wonder if you could back up your old computer and then load the files onto the Dell. I'm not the most computer savvy guy BTW.
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Any blu ray drive will work, there is an aluminum cover that comes with the case that attaches to the front of the drive, to flush it up with the front of the case.
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The only DVDs I have loaded on this computer are a couple of video games. No problem there.