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Installing dual-system DVD writer ..BY: By Ng Ken Boon ..LD: Q: I have a DVD-ROM drive. I want to install a dual-system digital versatile disc writer (DVD-recordable/DVD-rewritable or DVD-R/-RW, and DVD+R/+RW). Can I copy DVD-R or DVD-RW (as source) to DV.

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Q: I have a DVD-ROM drive. I want to install a dual-system digital versatile disc writer (DVD-recordable/DVD-rewritable or DVD-R/-RW, and DVD+R/+RW). Can I copy DVD-R or DVD-RW (as source) to DVD+R or +RW using the DVD writer and vice versa? I know that the DVD-ROM drive should be able to read DVD-R or -RW discs as this system complies with DVD Forum standards. It should read DVD+R/+RW according to the manufacturers but they are not sure.

If the DVD-ROM will not read DVD+R/+RW discs, it will have to do with just DVD-R/-RW disc (as source).

A: Ah, the DVD wars. Right now, there's a whole lot of confusion because …

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