Posted by Les on 08/25/07 13:24

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:33:58 +0100, "`" <ianw154@btopenworld.com>
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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