Posted by ` on 08/26/07 08:59

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@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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