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[sweetpummello]

I have Roxio 9.1 (added the update this morning). I wasted about 3 DVD blanks because I couldn't get the update to install. FYI if you're trying to run update I succeeded by running it immediately after it downloaded rather than waiting. I had to throw away the first 9.1 update downloaded because it wouldn't run. When I downloaded from Roxio's tech supp. link and ran immediately after download, it worked quickly.

Back to my current issue. After updating I tried to copy a DVD using drag to disc. When it tells me to insert blank DVD after inserting and program recognizes disc it tells me that the DVD-R blank is not large enough that it needs another 102 mb. I currently am running Vista Home Basic. I used to have XP Pro with Roxio EC v6 and was able to create copies of this DVD (ISO image) using the same DVD-R blanks with no problem. I have checked past forum discussion posts and have not seen this issue. Any ideas or help anyone? PLEASE?  
Thank you.

[Larry]

Drag to Disc is not the program for copying discs. Use Disc Copier. It's under applications on the Home windfow, or thru Start -> Programs -> Roxio .....

[james_hardin]

Brendon may know what the overhead is for a DVD-R using V9 D2D. I don't think it is 1gb, but 500mb would not surprise me. Nothing is free.

[Brendon]

Sweetpummello,

Drag 2 Disc will not burn an ISO to disc to make a duplicate of the original disc. You need Disc Copier for that Job, like Larry said.

Drag 2 Disc will format the disc and then store a copy of the ISO on the disc, but that won't be any good to you if you're trying to make a duplicate of the original disc. Also as Jim said, formatting significantly reduces the storage space on a disc in 'overhead'.

Stick with Disc Copier.

Regards,
Brendon