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one SHEEP or 2 SHEEP?

Discussion in 'CD-R' started by keithyb, Dec 23, 2003.

  1. keithyb

    keithyb Regular member

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    I see your listings of 2 sheep burners. I was wondering how i can figure out what burner i had to see if it is a 2 sheep burner. I just used alc 120% for battlefield 1942 and road to rome . They all use safe disk and i followed the guide for burning it but when i go to load the game it does not load. Im assuming maybe its because of my burner .
     
  2. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    Right click My Computer>Properties>Hardware tab folder>device manager>click the + beside DVD\CD-ROM.

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    keithyb Regular member

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    i got an
    NEC DV -5800A and
    NEC ER -7800A ...these are one sheep im assuming?
     
  4. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    You're a proud owner of a "1 sheep burner m8". Consider a Plextor Premium (52\32\52x) cd burner or a Plextor PX-708A dvd burner= "2 sheepers". If you can't afford the Plex dvd burner then grab a LiteOn LDW-811S, 411S or 401S.

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    keithyb Regular member

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    Ok well i have successfully burned copys of battlefield 1942 and battlefield road to rome... they play and install great.... and i did Return of the king also which has safe disk also! used 120% alch ...so i guess these work fine i take it :)
     
  6. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    As a test, uninstall Alcohol 120% and reboot your pc. I'll bet the backups won't launch from your dvd\cd-rom m8. Uninstall BlindWrite too (if applicable).

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    keithyb Regular member

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    ill have to try that. But if i need alcohol 120% on my my computer thats not a biggie i dont think ?? :)
     
  8. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    This is the exact reason why many purchase a "2 sheep burner" so they don't need software (of any kind) to play the pc\audio protected backups. I have 3 pc's in my home and it's much easier for me to make a perfect backup" so I don't have to install additional software to play the backup. "Now you know... the rest of the story"(Paul Harvey).... Good day!

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    keithyb Regular member

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    haha Shoeys the man! thanks!
     
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    Ok I am going to sound dumb. What exactly do you mean by [bold]one sheep[/bold] and [bold]two sheep[/bold] burners?
     
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    i got a rough idea but hopefully he can answer that better for u...i just know that a 2 sheep burner has something built into it so you can burn perfect back ups where u dont need a program to view your burnable copys.
     
  12. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    Very good question m8 and here's a short and simple answer.

    1) 1 sheep burners write regular bit patterns almost correctly.
    2) 2 sheep burners write regular bit patterns correctly.
    3) All burners(cdrw) write EFM encoding (eight to fourteen bit modulation)

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