anyone knows how to burn a dvd-r dvd with a burner that only upposrts dvd+r??

Question

My computer is HP.
in device manager the dvd rw's name comes upto be
Ricoh dvd+rw MP5240A
can anyone tell me if i can hack it or modify it so it can also burn dvd-r dvd's
thankyou very much in advance...

Answer 1

That unit can not burn -r discs, which is odd. Most of them do. Here are the specs of that drive.

http://www.ricoh.com/drive/asia/dvd/mp5240a/

Answer 2

Most DVD drives these days can Read both formats, but usually the write in only one . It all depends on the drive's firmware. Companies also will need to pay both the -R and +R camps for royalties, so cheaper drives support only one write format.
Unless you have an old DVD player that can't read +R, it should not matter to you. As I said, players these days read both -R and +R; however, they may not be able to read +RW.

Answer 3

No hack needed, DVD RWs are re-writable, meaning you can use them like a giant floppy disk. DVD R disks are worms. (write once read many). meaning once you burn it, it's burnt, but the same drive can do both.

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Wow if the above is true, I have never encountered it before!

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Answer 5

You can't hack it to make it burn -r discs. It will only do +r

Answer 6

Shouldnt be a problem. I was surprised to read the first answer.