[jaykay]

Toast 8 user manual says that the program recognises dvd ram (non-cartridge) disks and my freecom external dvd drive also accepts this medium. However I cannot get toast 8 to copy anything to a dvd ram disk. Has anyone else found this and does anyone know of a solution? Thanks in advance
jaykay

[tsantee]

I've never used DVD-Ram but I hope I can help with this. First I want to be clear if you are referring to writing to DVD-Ram the way it can be done on a PC in which the DVD-Ram disc becomes much like a hard drive or flash drive. Macs can't do that. You should be able to burn to a DVD-Ram disc the same as if it is any other DVD presuming the drive supports writing to those discs.

What happens when you try to burn to the DVD-Ram disc? Have you used Toast to erase the DVD-Ram before recording?

[jaykay]

Hi Tsantee

Thanks for your response. No I hadn't thought of using Toast to erase the DVD-Ram before recording. I had just assumed, obviously in error, that a new Dvd Ram would be ready formatted. So I will try your suggestion and let you know how I get on. I was trying to burn to DVD Ram to back up my personal data files and photo files.
Thanks again and regards
Jaykay

[jaykay]

Hi tsantee
I tried your advice to erase the DVD Ram disk. The good news is that it worked and I have now backed up my data. For info only - the erase process was very slo-o-o-o-w (I almost gave up on it) and backing up also took a lot longer than backing up to a DVR/RW. The reason I wanted to use DVD Ram is that they can be re-written to for ever and a day - some reviews estimate 100,000 times, and I am constantly adding and deleting photo's and clipart.
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards
Jaykay

[tsantee]

Hi tsantee
I tried your advice to erase the DVD Ram disk. The good news is that it worked and I have now backed up my data. For info only - the erase process was very slo-o-o-o-w (I almost gave up on it) and backing up also took a lot longer than backing up to a DVR/RW. The reason I wanted to use DVD Ram is that they can be re-written to for ever and a day - some reviews estimate 100,000 times, and I am constantly adding and deleting photo's and clipart.
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards
Jaykay

I'm glad it worked. It may work to use the Quick Erase which should only take a brief time. Something you might consider is to use a 4 GB flash drive instead. Those much faster and more flexible than writing to discs.

[jaykay]

Thanks again - will try the flash drive.