cd/dvd driver

hey everyone i have a question :Pthis year (not very long ago) i bought a dell (yeah sorry) studio 1558.
so i was looking at my cd/dvd driver if it could write dvd-r DL's but when i look at the name of my driver and google it i get nothing good :( + it have a very strange name: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GA31N ATA Device and the manufacturer is standard cd-rom-station ._.
the only thing i found was this: http://club.myce.com/f91/lg-4164-inside-dell-155355/ that the driver is an mix between a LG and a Hitachi.
so my question ;D can it read/write dual layersthanks in advance :)

I think yes it can burn DVD-R's.

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thanks but i was asking dual layers dvd-9 8.5GB's ;D

Replying to #3

if it can burn I'm almost sure it can burn those as well.

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i hope so then i can finally burn iso's on dvds.
but wth kind of dvd driver i have 0_0

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That's a question to both of us.

and btw my dad says that if i will burn a 7.8gb iso on an dvd that the burning will take 1day 0-0
what specs you need to know how long it while take?

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Depends on how fast your dvd/cd burner can burn.If it says 16x then you can burn at 16x max.

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But burning on the highest speed isn't something so good to do, y'know, the slower, the more careful the burner read the disk's sectors, so any scrath or dirt will make it harder in x16, most the times the disk burned is nothing but a disk that countains corrupted data.

i will test today some dvds how fast i can burn =p but now i must go to school :(

Exactly Chris-I burn stuff at x 2.

phscarface · #9But burning on the highest speed isn't something so good to do, y'know, the slower, the more careful the burner read the disk's sectors, so any scrath or dirt will make it harder in x16, most the times the disk burned is nothing but a disk that countains corrupted data.

Did I say that it is recommended?

phscarface · #9But burning on the highest speed isn't something so good to do, y'know, the slower, the more careful the burner read the disk's sectors, so any scrath or dirt will make it harder in x16, most the times the disk burned is nothing but a disk that countains corrupted data.

thanks i didn't knew that.
but shall i buy some dual layers to try if i can burn :-/ + i will look if some near store's sell them

theunderling · #11Exactly Chris-I burn stuff at x 2.

I burn stuff at 4x as I only burn GC games.
I hate CDs.

even at 1x it would not take more than a few hours, certainly not all day.the drive is an LG GA31N

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I can't wait that long :P

Loonylion · #15even at 1x it would not take more than a few hours, certainly not all day.the drive is an LG GA31N

thanks you very much ;D
EDIT: this info is www.videohelp.com and when you search from lg GA31N you get this: LG GSA-H31N from that writer is this info: it can't read dvd-r DL's but it can read DVD+RDL ZCLV.
what's the diverens between them? can it read those: http://www.verbatim.com/products/detail.cfm?product_id=85441E97-65B0-5A0F-83F32E00B5CDD726&cat_id=0F2117D0-65B0-5A0F-8FB35571D951F627 ?thanks in advance

yoshi2889 · #12Did I say that it is recommended?

Nope, but you say something, that isn't recomended to someone that didn't know it.

deneel · #13thanks i didn't knew that.
but shall i buy some dual layers to try if i can burn :-/ + i will look if some near store's sell them

No problem, watch yoself there, if you wanna a software to do it, I recomend IMG BURN, it's freeware, easy to use and so good, Nero is shareware, I don't like it, the IMG has great features that is all I need for free.

ok i bought 5 dvd+r DL's for 12euro's and i could burn the iso on it but when i installed the game it still said please insert a legal copy of devil may cry 4. so i start googling and discovered that you need a crack so i downloaded the crack and now i don't need to have any discs. you can unpack the iso whit power iso and then you have the same files as when you burn it on a dvd. so did i just waste 12euro's on 5dvds or did i something wrong whit the burning process?

phscarface · #18Nope, but you say something, that isn't recomended to someone that didn't know it.

I laughed at that text.It isn't recommended that I say something who doesn't know what I'm saying? LOLBut really, I understand what you are trying to say.

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Soo um it does work right?