is this drive Lightscribe capable?
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Thank you for your interest in our products. This is not a Lightscribe compatible system.
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At this time, "Lightscribe Software" will not work with Windows 8. Hopefully, HP will correct this in the future.
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Both. You can also burn lightscribe images as well. I've been happy with it.
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I purchased the Pawtec External USB 3.0 drive to utilize the Lightscribe capability that I lost when I replaced my HP desktop with an HP laptop that did not have the Lightscribe capability. I ran a set of Quickbooks training DVD's on the drive which included video so I can only assume that you can watch movies on the device. In any event, I always communicate with the manufacturer on any purchase for which I have questions prior to making my purchase.
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Yes - this would all you to do lightscribe - that is the main use of this model - It will work on your Windows 7 operating system -
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Yes. You will probably need to visit the Lightscribe website to download a specific programing depending on your computer, but the software started right up with mine. I think the USB cable was 3'
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You have to install the Lightscribe Software separately. The Software is no longer supported so you have to search for it on the Internet. I got a copy from http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/#windowsinstall. You need to install "Lightscribe System Software". In addition one of either "Lightscribe Simple Labeler" or "Lightscribe Template Labeler".
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You can install a lightscribe in any desktop. You just have to make sure that the interface is the same. In this case it's a SATA. You can also get an external lightscribe. I installed an LG blueray burner in mine, not so much for playback but rather for optical storage. So now I have the original DVD drive plus the Blueray. Incidentally the cable is already in the tower. You just have to plug it in to the optical drive after you install it.
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You will need a Lightscribe able program to laser etch onto the label side of your dvd/cd. I use still the Lacie Lightscribe Program that was included with my defunct external drive. This LG portable drive works great but should warn you it draws it power through the supplied USB cords, there's two of them. One is for data transfer and the second is for additional power if there's not enough power supplied with just one USB cord. I have noticed that this drive does cause a glitch with my iMac (Fall 2009). When the computer goes to sleep mode with the drive still plugged in, the machine does not properly wake up. I have to do a hard power disconnect by unplugging the power cord and then restarting the machine.
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I have never used the Lightscibe feature, but my recollection is that Lightscribe is part of the software that comes with the drive. Of course, you have to have Lightscribe enabled DVDs to use this feature.
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You need an external DVD/CD player/writer. I happened to have one which does LightScribe, so I was okay. I did not check close enough in the specs to notice it did not come with the DVD/CD Writer.
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Yes, I am using it successfully with CDBurnerXP and the software you can download from lightscribe.com, LS Simple Labeler and LS Template Labeler. This is also one of the only internal DVD-RW drives I could recently find still in stock and available that has Lightscribe.
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Yes, this LightScribe-enabled drive will laser etch a silkscreen-like high-contrast label on the topside of a LightScribe CD or DVD. For best results we would recommend Aleratec LightScribe media.
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Windows 8 would detect this model as an external drive - however you would need lightscribe software for windows 8
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As long as your computer uses SATA connections it should be compatible. It says it burns at 24 X speed. It does not have lightscribe which allows you to print labels directly to the CD/DVD, using discs that are made for lightscribe. As I said in my review I found this drive to be extremely noisy and was not impressed at all with it. You might want to consider another drive. Any cd/dvd with a sata connection should work, and if you're not using the lightscribe why pay extra for it.
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The Pawtec website provides third-party drivers for lightscribe to be used with Pawtec products (google: lightscribe download pawtec). I have not used lightscribe so I cannot comment on how well these drivers work. Good luck.
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Hi Leon: I can't remember if software came with this drive for litscribe. If it does, you should be able to use it for that. If it didn't, the answer would be "No." It would not have that ability. Just to keep in mind, if you have a drive that will inscribe, on a disc it doesn't matter if it is a CD or DVD....as long as it has the printable surface required for Litscribe. Thanks for asking