Can you copy files to a DVD-R???? Please I need HELP!!!!?

Question

I have a Imation DVD-R, with 4.7 gigabytes of data, and 2.7 hours of video. On a CD, you can just copy and paste the files and then write them on to the CD. I tried doing that with the DVD-R, cause I need the extra space, but it kept on saying that there was an error when I click paste to move the file to the DVD-R, and when I go to my computer, it says that there is no space used and no space left! Can I copy regular files, like Word Documents onto a DVD-R and if I can how. Please Help!!!!

Also Whats the difference between a DVD-R and a DVD+R

Answer 1

First off, yes you can copy files to a recordable DVD just like you would to a recordable CD, at least in Windows XP.

DVD+R and DVD-R are two different standards for recordable media. Most DVD burners only handle one or the other. Some newer drives can right to either format.

If you look at the drawer of your DVD drive, you will likely find what type of discs can be written to.

If your drive only supports DVD+R, and you stuck a DVD-R media in, it would see it as un-recordable, or full.

Answer 2

You are trying to use Windows built in burner function. It works with CDs but not DVDs. As suggested in the previous answer, you just need to get a burning program that will write to dvd.

DVD +R and DVD-R are two different kinds of media that use different methods to write data. The DVD+R is the most popular and the method that is most compatible with DVD players and burners.

Answer 3

Yes, all that you described is possible.

Do you have a drive that can write to DVD's (a DVD Burner)?
Please note that most DVD Burners can write to blank CDs, but not the other way around (CD-Burners writing to DVD's)

If you do have a DVD burner, then use the software that came with the drive/computer.

I don't know the difference

Answer 4

Yes you can, try using a burning program such as Nero or something like that.

Answer 5

If you want it straight up... no. DVD-R's are for video only