DVD-Ram driver for Windows

My OS: Windows XP pro SP2
I've just bought and installed a pioneer DVR-109 DVD writer and I'm finding
it a bit hard to swallow that this drive will read DVD-Ram but not write to
it. I'm a big fan of DVD-Ram, I really like it as a convenient re-useable
storage medium. Problem is, it's hard to find DVD-Ram supported drives,
manufacturers seem to steer clear of them.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of a downloadable driver that would
enable this drive to write to DVD-Ram. I've already tried one driver - the
BHA driver (which I have on CD) but it made no difference. I also tried the
update for it - XPDrv5005BHAOEMEN.exe 2586 KB - but it made no difference
either. It could be that the limitation is hardware based but I want to
exhaust all possibilities before I give up. I've written to pioneer support
but had no reply (yet).
Thanks for any help.

tg wrote in message
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My OS: Windows XP pro SP2
I've just bought and installed a pioneer DVR-109 DVD writer and I'm finding it
a bit hard to swallow that this drive will read DVD-Ram but not write to it.
I'm a big fan of DVD-Ram, I really like it as a convenient re-useable storage
medium. Problem is, it's hard to find DVD-Ram supported drives, manufacturers
seem to steer clear of them.

Its not that hard, some do support them. The most common is the LG drives.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of a downloadable driver that would
enable this drive to write to DVD-Ram.

The problem aint the driver, its the drive itself
that needs to be able to write that format.

I've already tried one driver - the BHA driver (which I have on CD) but it
made no difference.

Corse not.

I also tried the update for it - XPDrv5005BHAOEMEN.exe 2586 KB - but it made
no difference either. It could be that the limitation is hardware based

Corse it is.

but I want to exhaust all possibilities before I give up. I've written to
pioneer support but had no reply (yet).

They'll just tell you that the drive cant do that format.

LG drives support writing to DVD-RAM. It's down to the hardware not the
driver.


"tg" wrote in message
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My OS: Windows XP pro SP2
I've just bought and installed a pioneer DVR-109 DVD writer and I'm
finding it a bit hard to swallow that this drive will read DVD-Ram but not
write to it. I'm a big fan of DVD-Ram, I really like it as a convenient
re-useable storage medium. Problem is, it's hard to find DVD-Ram supported
drives, manufacturers seem to steer clear of them.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of a downloadable driver that would
enable this drive to write to DVD-Ram. I've already tried one driver - the
BHA driver (which I have on CD) but it made no difference. I also tried
the update for it - XPDrv5005BHAOEMEN.exe 2586 KB - but it made no
difference either. It could be that the limitation is hardware based but I
want to exhaust all possibilities before I give up. I've written to
pioneer support but had no reply (yet).
Thanks for any help.