rossdonnan Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hey Guys, I use Retrospect 6.5 and I am looking for a new dvd burner. I was informed that I can pickup my laptop tomorrow morning and that it wasnt the hard drive, only the dvd burner. I have a few choices, and was wondering what ones you would choose. I couldnt find the model numbers and compatibilty information on the Retrospect website/. Asus 1608P Beige/Black Pioneer 110 Pioneer A09 LG 4163B LG 4167B LG 5163D External Liteon 1693S Liteon 1673SX External Liteon 852SX External Sony DRU800A (Retail Pack) Sony DRU800UL External. Im looking at getting the Sony DRU800UL external, it would be easiest for me because it means I wont have to spend the extra money getting an external case. I'm not really looking at spending the money to get retrospect 7.0 at this stage... How can I be sure retrospect 7.0 will work with the sony external? if someone could let me know asap that would be great. cheers rossco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossdonnan Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 ok just bought the sony drx-800ul and i was configuring it using dvd-r media (which is what my backup is in, neccessary to retrieve files) and it says its not supported. great. retrospect is becoming more of a problem everday. now when im using the dvd drive in the laptop its asked me insert and reinsert at least 5 dvd-r's so far... still doesnt work... whats going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Hi Have you tried different brands of DVD-Rs? Make sure you have the newest firmware for your drive. Did your previous drive require autoconfiguration in Retrospect? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossdonnan Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 hey nate, it works now weirdly. i have a 16 member backup set on dvd-r mediums.. the sony drive works fine now... im rebuilding my catalogue file and its saying completed, 65 gig but i only just started it... 405mb per minutre and the time? is it just a display thing and should only say 65 mb? yeh my previous drive (in the laptop) was custom configured and so was this sony... if i get it right, once i rebuild the catalogue file i can then restore all files to my system from the backup set? peace. rossco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hi Yes, if you can rebuild the catalog file you will be able to restore. Actually though- you can rebuild the entire catalog from just the last disc in the set. You don't have to put in each disk. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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