News
| 2012.03.10 |
Minor update
DVD Write Now 1.5.12 Service Pack 2.
Change list:
- Fixed write mode autodetect for DVD ISO burning.
- documented ISO recording to Packet formatted disk without Erase.
| 2013.03.10 |
DVD Write Now, v 1.5.12 sp2 |
dwn_1_5_12_sp2.rar/zip (1.1 Mb/1.2 Mb) |
| 2008.12.14 |
DVD Write Now, v 1.5.12 sp1 |
dwn_1_5_12_sp1.rar/zip (1 Mb/1.2 Mb) |
| 2007.01.06 |
Device list update:
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dev_spec.rar/zip (1 Kb/1.1 Kb) |
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| 2008.12.14 |
Small update to New Year:
DVD Write Now 1.5.12 Service Pack 1.
Change list:
- Fixed still some bugs in interaction between console and GUI formatters and disk monitoring tool.
Looks like now it works fine.
- reduced number of technical (and not necessary) requests to drive.
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| 2008.01.06 |
Christmass version:
DVD Write Now 1.5.12.
Change list:
- added compatibility with Instant Writer. This pretty software records a little buggy disk structures
(it sets Partition Number to 1, while other structures defines only partition 0).
- found still one buggy implementation of GET_EVENT command (in NEC drive).
And added workaround for this type of bug. The problem appeares when GET_EVENT randomly starts reporting "no media"
with inserted disk.
- fixed compatibility bug with FAT and CDFS (ISO9660) filesystems on formatted DVDs.
It is native behavior for FAT. For CDFS such recording method increase life time of disk since Erase cycle is not required
for data replacement. New image is recorded just over existing one.
- fixed bug with "partially erased" UDF disks. Nero doesn't erase UDF structures,
recorded at the very end of disk. DWN recognized such disks as UDF-formatted.
- fixed bug with multisession UDF disks support.
- added still one Nero compatibility option. Nero sets Soft Read Only attribute on disks, formatted with its formatter.
Probably, it is done to force incompatibility with other UDF implementations.
- fixed bug with system crash when some programms perfermed direct access to device.
- fixed several bugs in interaction between console and GUI formatters and disk monitoring tool.
- some updates in property sheet
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About
DVD Write Now is free direct CD/DVD recording software. Once DVD Write Now is installed, you can
use you CD/DVD rewritable disks as USB Flash or removable hard drives.
To prepare your CD or DVD disk for such kind of operations it is enough to format it only once.
Along with this you can write to rewritable CD/DVD disks recorded with UDF filesystem.
Downloads
Here you can download fresh version of DVD Write Now.
Attention! This is beta version of DVD Write Now! This software is not bug free.
It is possible, that this software will make your system unbootable.
It is also possible that DVD Write Now will not work on your machine
or will produce unexpected results.
If your system becomes unbootable after installation of the DVD Write Now
you can use Last Known Good configuration from the boot menu to restore
previous system state. You can also uninstall DVD Write Now from Safe Mode.
Note, this version has the following limitation:
Disk Formatting and Erasing tools may require user to have administrative rights and may not
work properly under plain user account.
| 2013.03.10 |
DVD Write Now, v 1.5.12 sp2 |
dwn_1_5_12_sp2.rar/zip (1.1 Mb/1.2 Mb) |
| 2008.12.14 |
DVD Write Now, v 1.5.12 sp1 |
dwn_1_5_12_sp1.rar/zip (1 Mb/1.2 Mb) |
| 2007.01.06 |
Device list update:
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dev_spec.rar/zip (1 Kb/1.1 Kb) |
Details
With DVD Write Now you can also read UDF disks created with other software. Latest Microsoft DVD−ROMs,
and RW disks recorded with Ahead InCD use UDF file system.
DVD Write Now supports the following types of rewritable disks:
- DVD−RW
- DVD+RW
- DVD−RAM
- CD−RW
- CD−RW, Mount Rainier extension (CD−MRW)
DVD Write Now is highly compatible with various
direct CD/DVD recording packages.
Also, we implemented device capability autodetection in order to work with devices those
are not in some fixed (hardcoded) device list. However, the software was tested only with
devices listed
below.
DVD Write Now supports the following OS types:
- Windows NT4
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003
CD/DVD device compatibility
DVD Write Now was tested with the following recorders:
CD recorders:
- AOPEN CD-RW CRW2440
- AOPEN CD-RW CRW5232
- AOPEN COM5232/AAH
- ASUS CRW-5232AS
- GIGABYTE GO-R5232B
- HP CD-Writer+
- LG GCE-8525B (HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B)
- LG GCE-8522B (HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8522B)
- LG GCC-4520B
- LG GCC-4521B (HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B)
- Lite-ON LTR-123
- Lite-ON COB-1H4816
- Lite-ON LTR-52327S
- MATSHITA UJDA740 DVD/CDRW 1.20
- Mitsumi CR-487ETE
- MSI 48X (ATAPI COMBBO48XMAX)
- MSI MS-8352M (ATAPI CD-RW52XMAX)
- PHILIPS CDD7052
- Plextor PX-W5224 A1.01
- SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B
- Sony CRX140E
- Sony CRX230E
- Sony CRX195E4
- Sony CRX0811
- Teac W54E
- Teac DW542D
- Teac DW-548D
- Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1312 (CD−RW,DVD−ROM)
- Yamaha CRW2100E
DVD recorders and multi-format drives:
- AOPEN DRW8800 AAN (AOPEN 8x8DVDDual AAN) (DVD+RW, DVD−RW, CD−RW)
- ASUS SDRW-0804P-D (DVD+RW, DVD−RW, CD−RW)
- GIGABYTE DVD DUALGO-W0404A (DVD−RW, CD−RW)
- LG GSA-4081B (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4081B, DVD−RAM, DVD−/+RW, CD−RW)
- _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A (DVD−/+RW, CD−R/RW)
- _NEC DVD_RW ND-4550A (DVD−/+RW, CD−R/RW)
- _NEC DVD_RW ND-7551A (DVD−/+RW, CD−RW)
- NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A (DVD−/+RW, CD−RW)
- Pioneer DVR-105 (DVD−RW)
- PowerFile Solo Writer R200S (DVD−RAM changer)
- Samsung TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552UUS06 (DVD−R/RW, DVD+RW, CD−RW)
- Sony DRU-500AX (DVD+RW, CD−RW)
- Teac DV-W28SL (DVD−/+RW, CD−RW)
- Teac DW-V58G-A (DVD−RW, CD−RW)
- TOSHIBA DVD-RAM SD-W2002 (DVD−RAM)
- TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632DAS05 (DVD−RAM, DVD−/+RW, CD−RW)
Attention! some drives (especially DVD drives) record disks, those cannot be read
with device of other models or from other manufacturers.
For example, BENQ DD DVD 1620 could not read most disks recorded on other drives
and vice versa. That is why this device didn't get to supported device list, though
it was self-compatible.
DVD Write Now and other UDF drivers compatibility issues
During development of DVD Write Now we dealt to the following implementations of
direct CD/DVD recording software:
- Microsoft UdfReader
- Adaptec DirectCD
- CeQuadrat Packet CD
- Roxio Packet CD
- Ahead InCD
- VOB Instant Writer
Unfortunately, when we checked read/write compatibility of formatted disks across
these products, we had found that they are almost incompatible. Though all them
implement the same standard. Compatibility problems were detected even among
different versions of same product. We attempt to take into account all
known deviations from original standard. DVD Write Now usually can read from
and in most cases write to disks, created with other UDF implementations.
Tech support
Something doesn't work and seems that DVD Write Now is guilty. We all would like to fix the problem.
In order to make this complicated process easier and faster, please follow this:
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Describe the problem in all details. Also include step-by-step instruction for bug reproducing.
Note, all particulars are very important. Even if your cat played with mouse a little. No jokes.
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If you experienced problems with some particular type of CD/DVD disks, please add the following information to your bug-report:
- disk type (CD−RW, DVD+RW, etc.)
- supported recording speeds for this disk (this should be printed on the disk)
- disk manufacturer (e.g. Verbatim, TDK)
- maximum supported by your device recording speed for this type of disks (should be specified in manual)
- if the disk is formatted with some other direct CD/DVD recording software, please mention it
- for how long time the disk is in use
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Run built-in DwReport.exe utility or take it from this archive: DwnInfo.rar/zip (17.6 Kb/17.7 Kb).
If you cannot boot system with DVD Write Now installed, try to run this utility from Safe Mode.
It will gather the following information about your system:
- hardware list
- OS version
- installed DVD Write Now version (if any)
- current user rights
- list of installed drivers
All this information will be displayed in edit box of special dialog window.
Please, copy entire text and attach it to your bug report e-mail.
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Send you mail to
support@dwn.alter.org.ua.
We shall reply with special diagnostic build of DVD Write Now package,
additional utility for getting debug messages and manual.
License
DVD Write Now is free distributable as standalone package if caution about possible bugs in this software is preserved.
Usage of DVD Write Now for any kind of commercial purposes or building it into any kind of software
without agreement with authors is sprohibited.
Contacts
DVD Write Now is developed and copyrighted © by:
- Kelukh Ivan (aka Axxie)
- Telyatnikov Alexandr (aka Alter)
If you have any questions concerning DVD Write Now, contact our development team:
develop@dwn.alter.org.ua.
Special thanks for promotion and testing to:
- Stanky, XstankyX_at_YstankyY.ru (Remove X and Y)
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