DVD RAM question

Factual Questions
1

I’ve got some old DVD RAM discs – basically recordable DVDs in a permanent plastic casing, which predate the now standard DVD-R’s – and I no longer have a computer with a DVD RAM reader.

I once heard someone say that if you popped the case open and removed the disc, that you wouldn’t be able to write to anymore but that it’d still be readable. Is this accurate? I’m just looking to transfer the info from the old discs onto some newer media.

Anyone ever try this? Is it easy to do? Does it actually work?

2

You need a drive that can read DVD-RAM discs. Many after-market LG drives can do this, but the kind of drives that go in laptops often can’t.

DVD-RAM discs themselves don’t always come in cartridges; when I got an LG “Super Multi” drive for my old PC, it could read and write DVD-RAM discs, and came with a bare Maxell DVD-RAM disc in a regular jewel case. I believe you should be able to remove the DVD-RAM disc from its cartridge and read it no problem… assuming your drive can read DVD-RAM.

3

Here’s the DVD FAQ on DVD-RAM:

My LG drive did write to a bare DVD-RAM disc.

4

Good to know that it’s at least safe to take out of the cartridge… will give it a shot, thanks!

5

Do you have access to a DVD-RAM reader?

6

We’re about to find out…