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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: smlh89450 on August 05, 2007, 04:28:45 PM

Title: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: smlh89450 on August 05, 2007, 04:28:45 PM

Why can you burn CDs with the Windows XP operating system but not DVDs?  Is this also the case with Windows Vista?

Thanks

Title: Re: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: CBMatt on August 05, 2007, 06:43:24 PM

At this very moment, I'm burning DVD's on Windows XP.  You need a DVD burner.

Title: Re: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: M1CH431 on August 05, 2007, 07:04:45 PM

I'm pretty sure what he means is burn dvd's without installing other software. In Visa you can burn data dvds without anything extra. I'm not much sure after that.

Title: Re: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: patio on August 06, 2007, 08:00:25 AM

Do you have a DVD burner ? ?

Title: Re: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: smlh89450 on August 06, 2007, 04:29:12 PM

Yes, I have a DVD burner.  I know that you can buy software such as Nero to burn DVDs, but why can't Windows XP burn DVDs by itself?  Why can it burn CDs with no other software but not DVDs?

Title: Re: Windows XP/Vista DVD burning
Post by: Deerpark on August 06, 2007, 06:51:52 PM

You can't burn DVDs because Microsoft didn't implement that feature.
I'm sorry if you were looking for a different answer, but that is what it all boils down to. Microsoft didn't think it was worth including.

If you need a program to burn DVDs with check out CDBurnerXP (http://www.cdburnerxp.se/). It's free.