Can a DVD drive also burn DVD discs?
Question
Can a DVD drive also burn DVD discs?
Answer
No. The only drive capable of creating a DVD disc would be a DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD+-RW drive. A traditional DVD drive is only capable of reading DVD discs, but not writing to them.
If you're unsure if your computer has a DVD burner, or drive capable of writing DVD discs a quick and easy method of determining what drive you have, would be to
open Device Manager and look under the DVD/CD-ROM drives area.
In the picture to the right, is an example of two different drives capable
of writing to a DVD disc.