topic Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative??? in PCs & Accessories

PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

Nickedname — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:18:04 GMT

Greetings tech-savvy peeps!

THE BORING HISTORY BIT...

I am one of those 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' kinds of people.
I got my VAIO because I've never been let down by any Sony product and i liked what i saw when it came to the PCV-RZ424 - it's just what i wanted, and amazingly it still is.

So much so that there's very little changed with it since purchase, sure there's been a few updates in the Sony software, but i never updated the Drag 'n' Drop software, because it worked

Now when i came around to burning a Dual Layer DVD - nothing!
So I attempted to update the Drag ' n' Drop software. only to find that it's no longer available.

THE ACTUAL QUESTION I WOULD LIKE ANSWERED...

So what are my alternatives to Drag 'n' Drop CD+DVD?
What software should i replace this with???

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help
J

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

MattWilson — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:14:17 GMT

Welcome to CV.

XP or Vista?

Nero is good for everything but you do have to pay for it.

Iso Recorder is very good for making iso's of the disc (for backups on HD) and then burns them although this is the same think that both Vista (CD and DVD) and XP (CD's only) can do.

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

apierc1 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:53:12 GMT

If it isn't working it might be another problem not just the software, the other thing is you could try emailing e-support and asking if they could send you the download that is no longer avaliable.

regards

Andy

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

kee-lo_ — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:02:06 GMT

I agree with Matt, Nero is an excellent program.

The question is, can your drive actually support DVD DL? Not all of them can. With Nero InfoTool (free download from www.ahead.de) you can find out.

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

apierc1 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:08:36 GMT

Or if like me he still has the Vaio stickers on the computer it will tell him there

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

Blencogo — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:37:26 GMT

Neither of the originally installed drives in the RZ-424 will support DVD-DL burning. The DVD-ROM in both drives will READ commercially produced DVD-DL discs but neither can write to DL discs.

There are firmware updates for the drives here at Sony Support for RZ-424 but I don't think any of these are to enable DL burning.

Both Nero and Roxio do a packet writing add-in for Drag-n-Drop. It is called InCD with Nero and Drag-to-DVD in Roxio.

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

Nickedname — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:04:19 GMT

Thank you everyone for the help and replies.

Yes i still have the stickers, glad to hear I'm not the only one.

Thanks also for the welcome.

I have added a new drive - Samsung Writemaster that does support DVD DL
I found the Pioneer Drive gave up the ghost pretty early on.

Both Nero and Roxio do a packet writing add-in for Drag-n-Drop. It is called InCD with Nero and Drag-to-DVD in Roxio

Okay this sounds interesting, not sure i understand what a "packet" is LOL! but i'll have a look around

thanks again :smileygrin:

PS - yes it's XP, i don't think D 'n' D works on Vista?!?!?!

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

kee-lo_ — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:12:12 GMT

Packet writing makes your DVD act like a hard disk, you can delete a file without waiting 5+mins for it to happen.

Re: PCV - RZ424 - Drag 'n' Drop alternative???

Nickedname — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:22:34 GMT

Thanks, see you do learn something new every day!