Are DVD's for media only???

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renegade X

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Noob here. :D

Is it possible to burn games or other software onto a DVD? I have tried it, but perhaps I need a specific format. Archived files (i.e. WINRAR) extract with corruption, and CAD files seem to be corrupt as well.
 
you said you tried already?

Nero, for starters.

Okay, I think you mean games installed on the hard drive.. Well that is a bit harder.
 
Yes, I use Nero. It burns successfully, but archives are corrupt, and software installer programs show corrupt cabinet files. The software is uninstalled applications which burn fine on a standard CDR and are working before they are burnt to the DVD. Have you had success in trying this before? If so, what format did you select?
 
oh you mean .cab files. winrar doesnt open them i dont think.

well i havent tried doing this specific thing before - it is quite specific isnt it.

i thought u meant generic files on hard drive >> dvdr or cdr
are you burning specific cab files to dvd or isos? if the former do cab files read corrupt on the hard drive.
 
The files aren't anything out of the ordinary. Example, a few games that were on CDs previously, now on my HDD. The games work when installed (extracted) onto my HDD, but when I burn a game, and then import it back to my HDD to test it, it doesn't work. And other files that have been zipped with WINRAR show "Archive does not exist" when I try to extract them from a DVD.

These are simply programs that could normally be burnt to a CDR, but in order to eliminate using 8 CDR's, I can use only 1 DVD. Make since?
 
oh you mean .cab files. winrar doesnt open them I dont think.
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It works. But you need the CAB-DK to make CABs

As for corruption -- burn slower :) (or get better media, or both)
 
It works. But you need the CAB-DK to make CABs
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These are existing .cad files, packed into an install executable.

As for corruption -- burn slower (or get better media, or both)
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Slowing down the speed sounds like a good thought. I will try it, except this time on a DVDRW, so I stop waisting DVDR's
 
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