Getting an internal DVD burner

Hi! New to the forums and needing some assistance.

I do not have a DVD burner and after looking around I am going to get an internal one. My PC is a Sony Vaio. I only have 2 spots at the front for these things - one is my cd burner and the other is just a cd rom. I want to take out the cd rom and replace it with the DVD burner.

My issue is that the computer has little doors that hide the burners themselves - a cosmetic thing, which simply fold down when U open the door to either the burner or the cd rom.

Long story short -
here is the burner I am looking at getting:

Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA - 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 12x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW, 48x CD-ROM Black 27 Users Rated
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicati...&cm_sp=RightNav-_-Spot 01-_-Burners_S167-4520

Will I be able to use it simply by talking the old cd rom out and replacing?

 

Yes when you take the front off you'll see it's a standard cd rom or burner put the new one in it's place set the jumper to the same as the one you remove and it will be fine the little door is just extra no big deal

 

ok but one ques - what is a jumper?

Will I need any other wires to connect this? The setup on the back of the burner says it needs the following:

SATA power connector and SATA data connector - are these already hooked up to the exisitng cd rom in the PC?

 

my sony vaio has the old style IDE cable and does not run sata style drives you should pull the old drive from your pc to make sure you can run the new style sata if not just get the old style IDE burner they are just as good the jumper is just the small clip that changes the drive from Cable Select,Master or Slave just look on the back where you plug the cables in and set it as the same as the old one

 

I do not think your motherboard has SATA connection. So you need a SATA interface board or simply look for IDE burner instead.
Though if your Vaio did not even come with the DVD-ROM, you may need more than just a DVD burner.
Could you tell little more about your system? (CPU, Memory, OS). If you have not upgraded those, getting new PC may be cheaper…

 

If thats the case it might be better just to get an External.

Here is my info:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name OWNER-0GNAEMEIA
System Manufacturer Sony Corporation
System Model PCV-RS610(UC)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2793 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2793 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2001, 4/9/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name OWNER-0GNAEMEIA\User
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 191.53 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.20 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

Sorry - was just looking further and it appears my machine does have a Dvd writer. IN hardware it reads Pioneer DVD-RW.
Does this mean that I can burn DVD's?
If so, where can I get DVD burning software that would work?

 

Your system is good enough to have DVD burner. (I prefer to stick with it for now than getting a new system with Vista.) I’ve just thought your system is much older.

(My quick search shows PCV-RS610 should come with DVD-RW…)

I suggest just look for IDE burner. How about Sony DRUV200A/BR instead?

 

Sorry, my previous reply was little too late.
System should come with burning software (Typically Roxio or Nero.)
Though many here suggest ImgBurn for burning and it’s FREE!

 

I actually have NTI DVD gold - not sure if thats good.

Now heres the ques - how do I copy a DVD that I have rented and burn a copy of it with the exisiting system I have?