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topcat22
04-19-2004, 02:28 PM
where is the cheapest place to get one? as i beleive a dvd dupe doesnt back up asian silvers, so want to back mine up with shrink then decyrpter and burn to dvd-r only

any help? please?
Jesterrace
04-19-2004, 03:52 PM
Where are you located (which country) as that could help us point you in the right direction. The Pioneer 107 in a firewire/USB 2.0 enclosure gets my vote. Great drive and quite affordable.
smokafatty
04-19-2004, 04:49 PM
Yep, like jesterace said get a usb2.0/ide enclosure with a regular ide burner its much cheaper than the regular external burners.

Also if you give us your location we can point out some good sites to get them.
topcat22
04-19-2004, 08:14 PM
sorry im in uk mate, got an internal 107 can anything be done with that?
Jesterrace
04-19-2004, 09:06 PM
Yes you should be able to get a USB 2.0/Firewire case and get it all setup. Check out www.blankdiscshop.co.uk (http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk) as I believe they carry them.
topcat22
04-20-2004, 04:22 AM
aye they have them, how do you know if your laptop supports usb2 of the firewire thing?
Jesterrace
04-20-2004, 04:32 AM
How old is your laptop?
topcat22
04-20-2004, 04:39 AM
Compaq Evo N600c thinks its officially 2 year old, but i got it from a mate 6 months ago (new)
Jesterrace
04-20-2004, 03:04 PM
If it is 2 years old then it should have USB2.0. I suppose you could find out by looking through your list of hardware.
CHR15
04-21-2004, 01:04 PM
A quick word of caution.

I bought a USB 2.0 pcmcia card:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48669

so that I could burn using a 107 on a compaq laptop (908ea).

Using that USB 2.0 card I could burn using a CDRW at up to 16 speed (I never burn any faster than that anyway).

Hard Drives were fine too but for the life of me I could NOT get the 107 to burn a DVD with it. Simulation worked fine but the burn would fail.

The enclosure was the one from blandiskshop too.

It worked fine when plugged into my Desktop but the lappy failed miserably.


I dont think your laptop has USB 2.0 or Firewire:

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/HP_Compaq_Evo_N600c/4852-3121_16-7345332.html