Mt. Rainier/Easywrite on DVD-RW/DVD+RW?

[Greg Lovern]

Mt. Rainier (also called Easywrite??) is working fine on my Asus CRW-5224A, and I like it. However, since I also have a DVD-RW drive, I wouldn't mind retiring the Asus CRW-5224A to regain its IDE spot.

But can I get Mt. Rainier on the DVD-RW drive, and if so, how?? It's a Toshiba SD-R5112.

Also, my laptop -- I just replaced the original DVD-ROM with a DVD+RW/DVD-RW, a NEC ND-6500A. Is there any way I can get Mt. Rainier working on it?

I'm using XP on both. I understand Longhorn will provide Mt. Rainier on all RW drives, but that's still well into the future. Is there anything I can do now, on XP?


Many Thanks,

Greg

[offline]

Good questions that I'm also interested in. Bumping this

[funkguy4]

isn't this what DVD-RAM was made for? i know it's kinda been phased out, but wasn't that its intent? i could be mistaken tho. Mt. Rainer is so last season :P FLASH DRIVE! jk/jk mt rainer would be nice on a 16x rw...

[Greg Lovern]

Doh! According to the specs, neither of my drives write DVD-RAM, and I found out while checking that neither one supports Mt. Rainier, either:

Toshiba SD-R5112:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=8406

NEC ND-6500A:
http://www.cdr-info.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=11915

Serves me right for price shopping, I guess. At least now I know that there's nothing I can do to get it working on these two drives, and also what I need to look for in another drive if I want that feature.


One last question:

Am I correct in understanding that the next version of Windows, Longhorn, will enable Mt. Rainier on all DVD burners, even those drives not designed to support Mt. Rainier?


Thanks,

Greg

[lordsmurf]

I'm of the understanding this was mainly vaporware. Lots of talk, little action/use.

[funkguy4]

I'm of the understanding this was mainly vaporware. Lots of talk, little action/use.

If you're talking about Mt Rainer in general, i would have to sorta agree. It was implemented into several drives, just the use itself wasn't promoted by software and demand. Some manufactures implemented it then kept it locked

Anyway, FLASH DRIVE

And DVD-RAM is pretty much done for...not enough backing/usability

[Greg Lovern]

I'm of the understanding this was mainly vaporware. Lots of talk, little action/use.

If you're talking about Mt Rainer in general, i would have to sorta agree. It was implemented into several drives, just the use itself wasn't promoted by software and demand. Some manufactures implemented it then kept it locked

That's too bad. It works great on my Asus CRW-5224A. I can save to CD-RW from any application.

And DVD-RAM is pretty much done for...not enough backing/usability

That's disappointing. I did a little digging just now and found that even though Mt. Rainier is licensed by Philips, even Philips' latest and greatest DVD burner doesn't support it, or DVD-RAM either. I don't understand that.

I just discussed all this with my wife, who was pushing me to get it working on the laptop for her, and she's particularly annoyed about it. Any idea why this technology would just be abandoned? Is it because the hardware manufacturers are just waiting for Longhorn to handle it?

So, the only options really are an older CD burner that supports Mt. Rainier, or wait for Longhorn?

BTW, when you say "flash drive", you're joking, right? I can't get Mt. Rainier on my Toshiba SD-R5112 and NEC ND-6500A just by flashing them, right? That's probably a dense question, but I just want to be sure I'm not missing something.


Thanks,

Greg

[RabidDog]

AFAIK Mt rainier has to be implemented in the drive hardware and or software. Its nice but really no loss now that 16x dvd writers are the norm. HAving used it on a cd writer the only adavanatge gained was on the. first format of a cd/rw. (no waiting)

[Greg Lovern]

HAving used it on a cd writer the only adavanatge gained was on the. first format of a cd/rw. (no waiting)

And being able to save data files directly from any application to CD-RW, rather than having to save the file from the application to the hard drive, then open up a CD writing application to write the file from the hard drive to CD-RW (or DVD+-RW).

Also, being able to drag and drop files to and from a CD-RW from Windows Explorer.

Or, am I missing something that I could be doing without Mt. Rainier?


Thanks,

Greg

[Skith]

MT. Rainier support never made it into WinXP (some third party software provided support). Supposidly the next Windows OS (Longhorn?) will have native Mt. Rainer support... but by that time you will probably have a HD/Blu-Ray drive. :P

[RabidDog]

You may be right, Greg Lovern, but all those things can be done with INCD/packet writing software. Not sure if they're part of the MT rainier "package". I thought it simply dealt with background formatting.

[gmatov]

Greg,

He's kidding.

He means a USB keyring type Flash Drive, Sandisk Cruzer and the like.

Good idea if you want to have easy access to up to 1 gig of data, totally Random Access, delete and write in a "flash".



Cheers,

George