Re: Toshiba RD-XS32

Hi

I have checked the DVD drive and it is a Toshiba Samsung SD-W3002. It looks
like a standard drive to me.

I have had the HDD out of the recorder, it's a maxtor 80 gig, and hooked it
up to my PC using a USB to IDE adaptor. The problem is that the PC say's
mass storage device detected and ready to use but I can't see the drive in
explorer. In device manager I can see the drive but in the properties -
Volume tab there is no drive information - all blanks.

Putting the HDD back into the recorder and it works fine.

Ian
"Les" <LESnospam@%%mon.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:33:58 +0100, "`" <ianw154@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi,

I have a Toshiba RD-XS32 HDD DVD recorder that has stopped burning DVD's.
Original DVD's and previously copied DVD's work fine but I can't copy
anything from the HDD to DVD. I can't format or record anything on to a
DVD
RAM disk either.

I have contacted Toshiba about getting a new DVD drive and have been
quoted
£322 + Vat !! more that a new recorder.

2 Questions.

1. Is it possible to fit a third party drive into the recorder. ( drive :-
SD-W3002-TC )

I currently have a Lite-On 5005 where the drive door just stopped
opening, I was going to chuck the unit but decided to look inside and
it had the same ribbon and power supply as a PC, so I plugged a
nackered Pioneer unit in and it worked, to a fashion. Decided to take
a chance and buy a Lite-On DVD drive off Ebay, stuck it on and it's
working. Just doing a test record as we speak.

Need to velcro the unit on top of the standalone one but who cares!

Find out who makes the drive and then try and buy another of the same
brand, obviously you wont get the same model. My original standalone
is about 3 years old.


2. Can I make an image of the HDD on a PC and then burn the DVD's from
that
image.

I'd be interested to see if that is easily and safely achieved?




.

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