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I'm considering installing a DVD Burner (Double Layer). For minimum requirements most of the burners say to have 10 to 20 GB free space.
I have a 40 GB HD but it's partitioned into 4 equal parts (with each having less than 10 GB free space). Does this REALLY make a difference?
P.S. If necessary, I have a CD/RW - DVD ROM drive installed which I can use to do "on the fly" burning.
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If such was all one partition you may have the needed 9.4 to 18.8 GB to create a DVD to be burned. It's actually worse than that !!!
A creation at the office in the middle of processing soaked the hard disk for about 30GB for a single layer composition. The smallest drive in the office is 100GB so it's not an issue.
I'll write you'll probably be fighting disk space rather than enjoying the DVD recorder.
Bob
I either repartition the HD or upgrade the HD shouldn't it work burning FROM my DVD ROM/CD-RW to the DVD Burner? This way I won't actully need that much available space on the HD when burning a DVD.
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