Can't Burn 4.7GB on my DVD. Why??

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  1. junks69

    junks69 Member

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    I am trying to burn a 4.7GB data DVD and when I attempt to burn it I can't because it says the DVD can only hold 4,483MB of data instead of 4,700MB which it should be able to hold. So my question is HOW can i get Nero to burn that much data onto a DVD, I would like to get all of this onto 1 DVD so I don't have extra discs laying around. I am using the latest version of nero and I have a digital research dvd burner. My discs are Fuji 4.7GB DVD-R. Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    4.5GB is all you can physically fit on a DVDR despite the 4.7GB rating. It's down to different ways of measuring capacity kinda like hard drives.
     
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  3. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    4,483MB is quite a bit anyway. Im one fo the few who set theirs as high as 4,480MB, if its too high you will get disappointing results near the end...
     
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    sly_61019 Senior member

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    actually, its 4.37gigs.

    4.7gb as advertised = 4.7 billion bytes
    = 4483MB
    = 4.37gigs
     
    sly_61019, May 11, 2004
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  5. Nephilim

    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    Thank you, sly! I'm horrible with all those numbers :)
     
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