Questions/Problems about my new NEC 2510a

[Alexlepro]

I bought an NEC 2510a from Newegg and installed it last night and I have some problems and questions. First of all, this is the first time I put a new drive in my computer and I'm not really sure if I'm just supposed to plug it in and it should work? Also, the main reason I bought this dvd burner is because my cd-burner was having problems and because I needed to back up very big files. When I put a normal game cd or a movie dvd it works fine but I have questions because I want to start burning dvd's. When I put a blank dvd r (The ones that came free from Newegg with the order of the dvd burner) and I go to windows explorer and click on the drive nothing shows up. In properties it says 0 bytes used and 0 bytes free. On the other had when I go into Nero and properties it sees that it has 4500 mb of free space. Other questions:

1. Is Nero a good program to burn dvds? If so do I go about it the same ways as cds?
2. What type of dvd's should I buy in the future that will work well with this drive?
3. What is the difference between dvd-r and dvd+r?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm new to all this dvd burning stuff.

 

[TechHead]

I bought an NEC 2510a from Newegg and installed it last night and I have some problems and questions. First of all, this is the first time I put a new drive in my computer and I'm not really sure if I'm just supposed to plug it in and it should work? Also, the main reason I bought this dvd burner is because my cd-burner was having problems and because I needed to back up very big files. When I put a normal game cd or a movie dvd it works fine but I have questions because I want to start burning dvd's. When I put a blank dvd r (The ones that came free from Newegg with the order of the dvd burner) and I go to windows explorer and click on the drive nothing shows up. In properties it says 0 bytes used and 0 bytes free. On the other had when I go into Nero and properties it sees that it has 4500 mb of free space. Other questions:

1. Is Nero a good program to burn dvds? If so do I go about it the same ways as cds?
2. What type of dvd's should I buy in the future that will work well with this drive?
3. What is the difference between dvd-r and dvd+r?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm new to all this dvd burning stuff.

First off, no worries. We were all n00bs once
Don't worry, as long as Nero says it's fine, it's all good.

1)Nero ->Excellent program to burn DVDs, yes you can burn them in the same way you burn CDs.
2) Here are a few recommendations -> Memorex, FujiFilm, Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim and Prodisc will all work well with your drive.
3)Refer to sticky titled "Media FAQ".


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[Xrave]

Don't worry about the 0 free byte or whatever.

Windows always reads blank media as having no free space.

As for media, personally I use either Memorex or Ritek and never have problems.

And the only difference between +R and -R is the format. Some drives read only read 1 format...but usually 90% or so of home theater DVD players read both. Almost add DVD-ROM's read both formats.