I've been trying to put some files on a DVD. It's only 1.07GB of data to burn to a 4.7GB disc. But this continually fails to write. Since I know the discs are good and I know the burner works and I ...

Sounds like the DVD burning software is converting your AVI back into DVD compliant MPEG2, also know as HUGE files. If you don't want to be able to play the DVD in a settop DVD player, then you could ...

Note, however, that DVD-R back-up is only a supplement to a mirror drive or RAID array, not a substitute. DVD backup is takes too much time to be a realistic day-to-day solution. That said, you can ...