On 12 Feb, 2005, at 13:44, dualg4 macosx wrote: i am on a dual g4 with macosx 10.2.8 which came with the CD-RW/DVD-ROM cdd 5101 philips when i try to burn a dvd with toast6 or disk copy the newly bought virgin dvd does not get recognized and so it is impossible to burn Your answer is in your posting. You do not have a DVD burner, only a CD burner and DVD reader. Your should read the model designation as: Compact Disk- ReadWrite/Digital Video Disk- Read Only Memory. If it had been CD-RW/DVD-R/RW, it would indicate that you have a CD and DVD burner.