dvd burner question

poopi · 04-14-2006, 02:52 AM

I'd like to instal a dvd burner to copy my dvd collection, will a computer with a pentium 2 333mhz, 6.4Gb hd and 64mb of ram be sufficent to do this task and could you please recommend a suitable burner. if my computer isn't good enough for the burner could you recomend a way arond it or what needs to b done.
Thanx.

Bobo · 04-14-2006, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by poopi

I'd like to instal a dvd burner to copy my dvd collection, will a computer with a pentium 2 333mhz, 6.4Gb hd and 64mb of ram be sufficent to do this task and could you please recommend a suitable burner. if my computer isn't good enough for the burner could you recomend a way arond it or what needs to b done.
Thanx.

No, your computer is nowhere near good enough. Even if you could somehow get it to run, it would take days to do one dvd. Even the best processors and burners take over an hour per DVD

Your hard drive is also way too small. Even if the whole thing was empty, it could not hold a whole DL DVD. Unless you are copying on the fly(which requires 2 burners) you need enough disk space to hold the movie.

So the answer is an emphatic no.

[-0MEGA-] · 04-14-2006, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobo

No, your computer is nowhere near good enough. Even if you could somehow get it to run, it would take days to do one dvd. Even the best processors and burners take over an hour per DVD

Your hard drive is also way too small. Even if the whole thing was empty, it could not hold a whole DL DVD. Unless you are copying on the fly(which requires 2 burners) you need enough disk space to hold the movie.

So the answer is an emphatic no.

if hes not doing any decoding/encoding, then you dont have to worry about that. But i dont think that a P2 is powerful enough to even run a dvd burner.

and as you said, the hard drive is not large enough to store the temp files.

**The_Other_One** · 04-14-2006, 04:02 AM

Just about any processor would be fine, even decoding...it just might take a while. The real problem I see there is HD space...

SpeedDevil817 · 04-15-2006, 05:58 AM

i should think it wouldnt

Bobo · 04-15-2006, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SpeedDevil817

i should think it wouldnt

What wouldn't waht?

04-14-2006, 02:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
poopi New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3	dvd burner question I'd like to instal a dvd burner to copy my dvd collection, will a computer with a pentium 2 333mhz, 6.4Gb hd and 64mb of ram be sufficent to do this task and could you please recommend a suitable burner. if my computer isn't good enough for the burner could you recomend a way arond it or what needs to b done. Thanx.

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Just about any processor would be fine, even decoding...it just might take a while. The real problem I see there is HD space... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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04-15-2006, 05:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
SpeedDevil817 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 216	i should think it wouldnt