Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 The charity show DVD I have just finished ended up with having to make 90 copies, (good for the charities, not for my hardware?) This brings the total burned using my current laptop drive to over 500 and I am expecting it to expire any minute. I still haven't resolved buying my new hardware, so in the interim I am considering buying a stand-alone burner by Freecom. The question is will PTE be able to switch from my laptop drive to the Freecom without prompting, will the Freecom operate on my existing laptop software, or will I have to use the Roxio Software the Freecom comes with. I know that's a lot of questions, but would be grateful to anyone with the same situation to relate their experiences.Regards Yachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Ericyou not going to like this but i am on 2nd external usb dual layer LG burner -- have not burned enough to even count the discs - 2nd is shut off now with a noisy cooling fan -- i took it apart -- lubed it but stll noisy - i bought it to supplement my 2nd desktop --i finally bought an in place burner btw all my burners are LGwhen you have an external you just have to direct the burning software to the proper drivealso Lin warned me that his experience with externals was not good eitherken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi KenI chose the Freecom 1) because I have their 1TB hard drive & 2) the feedback from Amazon customers who have bought one. Are yours USB powered or external power supply? The Freecom has a separate power supply.Regards EricYachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 external psusb 2 to computerken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopernatural Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Eric,If you are going to be doing much burning.http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=DR-AC1T1N Others available from Amazon for around £100 for single duplication.Frees up the laptop.Stand alone.No PC connection needed.Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Eric,If you are going to be doing much burning.http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=DR-AC1T1N Others available from Amazon for around £100 for single duplication.Frees up the laptop.Stand alone.No PC connection needed.DavyHi DavyThat's a new one (to me anyway), however, how do I burn the original master? Another problem is the size, it's about as big as the cube PC I was planning to buy & shoehorn into the lounge. Looks like an alternative worthy of more examination. Thanks.Regards EricYachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopernatural Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Eric,Burn the original with your laptop.Put that into the duplicator with a blank cd/dvd Voila.If you go bigtime you can have a big duplicator 9 discs at a time.Thats why I keep an old PC stripped out PC with 2dvd drives.It's a hotrod copier.It lets me work on the current PC without interrupting things.Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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