a burner that reads safedisk etc?

[milko9000]

Hi,

I'm finally going to upgrade my Philips 3210 burner, a relic that goes at double speed and rarely works anyway. Now it's got worse, so time to bin it.

My DVD drive is a Pioneer AO10 - pretty sure from my research that this means it can't read Safedisk 2.0 and friends with CloneCD (forgive me, I know not the jargon).
However, in all other respects I really like this drive, and will not be getting rid of it.

So, what I need, is an IDE burner that not only writes tricky CDs like Op Flashpoint or MoH but also can read them first. If you follow me.

Thanks very much for any advice...

[kcodd]

I know for sure that the lite-on 24102b will do the job!
I hear the other lite-ons 32x and 40x will also do the job.
Read vluka's compatable burners post and decide for yourself.
Good luck.


KC........

[milko9000]

Oh, I was looking at Lite-on ones, that'd be good news. So using the Lite-on I can read the CD using CloneCD and then also write it?

I was under the impression that vluka's thread was all about writing the CD, not actually extracting the image from the original CD too. I'll go check again, thanks!

[kcodd]

You can use clonecd to make the image and write the image also.
KC....

[milko9000]

Sounds good. I know the software does it. However, I've read that almost all CD-ROM/RW drives do not read safedisk correctly due to a shortcut taken by the manufacturers - it's how safedisk works. Are you sure I can use the Liteon writers to actually create the image from?

Thanks.

[kcodd]

Your thinking about cdroms the lite on will read to a image just fine! I always use my writer to read.
KC.....

[milko9000]

RIght, well, that sounds like what I'm after then, thanks!

[podunkviller]

the reading problem usually isnt in the hardware, its in the software. reading with nero and things like that will automatically fill in the errors registered on a safedisc cd with null code. clonecd and its many counterparts read the data RAW, which means that the errors stay errors. if your cd writer can correctly re-encode the errors as they were (which the lite-on is a pro at), then you have a perfect copy.

[milko9000]

Right then, thanks to both of you. I think I'll shortly be the owner of a 32x Liteon burner...

[volmer]

I am new to this forum and would like to say that I have been able to decide on the Lite On 2410 2B. Thanks to all the helpful users of this forum.

[packer]

i envy you lucky you!