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Any need for two drives?

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Limp Gawd
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I currently have a Toshiba DVD Rom and an old Sony 10x cd burner. I just picked up a Plextor PX-716A DVD/CD burner. Is there any reason to keep it a two drive setup (Plextor and Toshiba DVD rom) or can I just run the Plextor alone and let it do everything?
 
MaMMa said:
If you plan on copying DVD to DVD you'll need a DVD player and a DVD burner, no other way around it as far as I know.

If you want a better answer try here

http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86


(found under disk storage ~> optical back up)
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A single DVD "burner" can handle DVD copies, but it will take longer having to encode ~4.3GB of data to the comp and pulling it back again to burn to the disk, on the fly burning will be faster and more "automated", with not having to switch the disks out by hand and whatnot.
 
oh yea im a newb my mistake, you make this thread just to prove it. :(
 
I have 3. 2 DVD burners and a CD burner. Less CD swapping.
 
Also, if you have the space to spare, why put any wear on a new drive when you have a "beater" drive?
 
Othersider said:
Also, if you have the space to spare, why put any wear on a new drive when you have a "beater" drive?
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I second this option. Unless you have plans to move a drive to another rig.
 
I understood it as DVD to DVD was more prone to errors than DVD to HD back to DVD copying. True or not?
 
SS_Wehrwolf said:
I understood it as DVD to DVD was more prone to errors than DVD to HD back to DVD copying. True or not?
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If you copy "on the fly" it can be more risky, because it basically burns the DVD while reading off the other one. If something happens to your computer or the software hangs up you're probably going to have a coaster.
 
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