How to Diagnose Whether My DVD Drive Can Burn Dual Layer DVDs
- 1). Navigate to "Resources" on this page and download the linked DVD Decrypter, a free program. After downloading, double-click to install the program.
- 2). Your first time running the program, you will receive a prompt asking for the region code of your DVD. Don't worry about that, just click anything. You are just trying to find out what your drive can do.
- 3). Once the program is launched, it will automatically detect your DVD drive within seconds. Click "Tools," then "Drive," then "Capabilities." This will display a list of what your drive can do. Near the bottom under "Can burn DVD-RAM" are the two options you are looking for. It will read "Can write DVD-R DL" and the one under that will read "Can write DVD+R DL" ("DL" stands for "dual layer"). It will inform you if you can by simply saying yes or no to the right of those lines.