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General Software Discuss, only 4.3gb on dvd+r? at International Chat: Software related forum; on the box of my maxell dvd+rs, it saids 4.7gb. but nero refuse to burn anything above 4.3gb to the dvd+r, why? i heard about overburning, but i fear of it damaging my drive, duel layer disc cost as much as 10dvd+rs here in my


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only 4.3gb on dvd+r?

on the box of my maxell dvd+rs, it saids 4.7gb.

but nero refuse to burn anything above 4.3gb to the dvd+r, why?




i heard about overburning, but i fear of it damaging my drive, duel layer disc cost as much as 10dvd+rs here in my country, so that's not an option.


please help, i own winxp sp2 with liteon 1693s
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Re: only 4.3gb on dvd+r?

A DVD-5 format disc is capable of storing 4.7 gigabytes, or roughly 4.38 gibibytes. A DVD-9 is capable of storing 8.5 gigabytes, or roughly 7.92 gibibytes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd#DVD_disc_capacity

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Re: only 4.3gb on dvd+r?

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on the box of my maxell dvd+rs, it saids 4.7gb.

but nero refuse to burn anything above 4.3gb to the dvd+r, why?




i heard about overburning, but i fear of it damaging my drive, duel layer disc cost as much as 10dvd+rs here in my country, so that's not an option.


please help, i own winxp sp2 with liteon 1693s
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Re: only 4.3gb on dvd+r?

coolaid, you have posted the same question in another forum:

only 4.3gb on dvd+r? (Nero & InCD)

Cross-posting is against our forum rules because it causes additional work for people who respond in one thread without having seen the other thread.

Please don't cross-post again!

Anyone who wants to respond, please do so in the thread I just linked to instead f replying in this thread.
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