difference between combo drive and dvd burner?
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Combo drive mostly refer to CDRW + DVD ROM but for DVD burner it's included CDRW+DVDRW
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Your best bet is to buy a REAL burner. Generic trashy third-rate brands like "Lite-on" and Sony arn't worth anything. (Sony simply re-packages third-rate drives with their logo)\n\nYou want a decent burner, get yourself a Plextor. Ask around, they make some of the best and most reliable burners on the market.
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could be a bad cable or jumper settings also - \n\nswap the drives on the IDE cable - I assume you want the reader as the master and the burner as the slave\n\nor get a new DVD reader for about $20 - check the websites
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They are both the same, along with CD+R/W  it just means that one u can use over and over again and the other you can right to just once.  both hold 700MB. Your program u use to burn your data, there is always setting to "Overburn" but it can damage the disc or the drive.
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Just check in case u have DVD burner. You may same some money in buying external hard disk by writing the data on DVDs.
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A combo drive is capable of handling bith DVDs and CDs.  If you see the letters -ROM, that means the drive can only be used to read disks.  -R, -RW, or +RW mean that the drive is capable of writing to disks as well. It's possible to get a drive that is DVD-ROM/CD-RW, which means that it will read and write to CDs, but only read DVDs.  Today though, a usable read/write drive that handles both CDs and DVDs can be had for under $40.
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A DVD/CD-RW combo drive can only burn CDs, CDR, CDRW, but cannot burn DVD. it can read DVD's though but u need the DVD player software for it installed on ur PC. U can only burn DVDs with a DVD-rw.
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They're basically diffent formats.  They do the same thing but are incompatible.  However, almost all DVD burners today are multi-format, which means that they will accomodate both types of DVDs.  However, if you're buying an older burner or computer with a burner, you may be only able to use one type.
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get a better dvd burner that all you can do the computer has noting to do with it
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I am partial to nero just because it seems the most stable to me.\n\nIf you buy a dvd burner it usually comes with a burner program.
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Try download and install the latest driver for your combo drive
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most DVD burners will copy both. just as long a you use the right CD. I use CDRW to copy games and music. If you burn dvd's you have to use the dvd disk
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I had a tech at a computer store at my hometown explain the difference....... One is developed using a spiral circular formation and another is from the inside out..its hard to explain really in a sence..but if u want to know which one to burn on and have it most compatible, do the DVD+R cause more of your dvd players and driver do not support the DVD-R. I have 2 dvd burners on 2 different computers and have tested this thoeory already.
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a DVD burner will burn both cd and dvd, if you bought one and it doesnt, take it back, its deffective.
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Background:\n\nDVD-R and DVD+R are both single layer, although they are composed of 2 disks glued together; one for recording and the other as a stability layer. DVD+ has the ability to support dual layer disks, but they must have DL after it (i.e. DVD+R DL).  Dual layer DVDs hold 8.54 GB and DVD's hold 4.7 GB, which is about 4.38 Gigs on a computer because DVDs are measured differently. DVDs spin about 3 times faster than CDs, allowing a larger data rate, making them optimal for video.  By the way, DVD means Digial Versitile Disk.\n\nAnswer:\n\nThe DVD- format was set up by a group as the "standard".  DVD+ disks are rivals of the DVD- format, and therefore are not considered as an official format, but they work in most situations.  The + disks are engineered differently and are considered track better and write better.  Again, the + system will SUPPORT Dual Layer, but it must be labeled with a DL.
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tigerdirect.com has DVD burners for under $50\nalso newegg.com
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Yep. It's just a DVD rom, not a burner. 40x CD read, 8x DVD read.