bachabaloo

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Can anyone tell me if this drive actually supports M-Disc???
Recently I wanted to archive some photos and files so I bought this on New Egg .
Pioneer 6x BDR-XS06 External Blu-ray Burner+100GB Verbatim M-Disc BDXL+Software
I assumed this Drive would support M-Disc but the documentation and specs say nothing about M-Disc support. I decided to try anyhow and hooked it up. Windows 10 read the M - disc and I can write to it also. This still leaves me worried because I want it to securely archive my data on the M-Disc and no one will tell me if this drive actually supports it.
 

bachabaloo

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Seems like you've answered your own question?

If you want to be extra sure, you can write something to the M Disc and then read it using a different optical drive (you shouldn't need a special drive for reading M Discs).
Seems like you've answered your own question?

If you want to be extra sure, you can write something to the M Disc and then read it using a different optical drive (you shouldn't need a special drive for reading M Discs).

I guess I did didn't I. I more so was questioning in my head if I wrote to this disc and the drive didn't support it would the M-Disc part work proper. After I read how they are made and work I realized its the material they are made of and not the software for M-Disc. Now I am going to Burn a few discs and see how they read on other drives.
 
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