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Kerri

came with your computer, it should say which format it takes in your documentation. Luckily all the newer ones finally stopped the confusion and take both formats (if you bought your computer/burner recently)

If you see +R/RW, it means it only takes the + format (RW=rewritable)
-R/RW means the -

+/-R/RW means it takes both.

I actually looked up all this +/- stuff because I didn't understand if one was better or what. I found out that a company like Sony copyrighted one of the formats (remember Beta video tapes??) and didn't allow any others to use it. So other companies came up with a universal format and labelled it the other kind. I think this company ended up changing it though because now nearly every new dvd burner take both formats.

I hope I didn't confuse you much. If you can't find the documentation to your drive, buy one + disk and 1 - disk and if the drive doesn't recognize it, then it is incompatible.

HTH

Deb

P.S. BTW, according to the research I've done (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), one format isn't any better than the other. My mom has a DVD recorder by Sony (the kind that hooks to the tv) and the documentation says you can do different things with the +RW that you can't do with the -RW. Makes absolutely no sense to me, but for my purposes, I just buy the one that's cheaper.

Thanks Deb. I appreciate your help. I just need to find my documentation.

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Kerri

Kerri...you might also want to check and see what BRANDS of DVD media are compatible with your DVD burner. I bought a "bargain" burner at Offfice Max ($39.99 after the rebate) and am finding that it might not have been such a bargain as I have created some very expensive "coasters" while trying to burn to the Memorex DVDs I bought. Checking the website for the manufacturer of my burner I found that they had a list of compatible media...and Memorex wasn't one of them. (snarl...growl...snassafrass!)

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Pattie, Bummer about the waste of DVDs. Thanks so much for the info.

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