We no longer recommend EITHER backup to CDRW or
using Mt Rainier formatted CDR or CDRW discs

Please refer to our Backing Up Your Database notes.

This is not an exhaustive list of drives which are compatible but it is a copy of the list from the Mt Rainier Web site itself. We will try to get more information about common drives and put it here as we become aware of it.

CD-RW drive
BrandModelFirmware
Hitachi-LGGCE-8483B1.04
Hitachi-LGGCE-8486B1.00
Hitachi-LGGCE-8526B1.03
Lite-OnLTR-52246S6S0E
Lite-OnLTR-52327SQV4F
Lite-OnSOHR-5238S4V28
SamsungSW-252Ssm05
SonyCRX216EPDT8
CD-RW/DVD
BrandModelFirmware
Hitachi-LGData Storage GCC-4481B1.00
Hitachi-LGData Storage GCC-4241NAT03
Lite-OnLTC-48161HKV5N
Lite-OnLSC-24082KJK0K
Lite-OnSOSC-2483KKV0X
PanasonicUJDA7501.80
PhilipsCDD5301/xxP1.1
PhilipsCDD5263UH9A
QSISBW242UUD26
SamsungSM-352FT900
SamsungSN-324FU203
SonyCRX830EKDK4
DVD+RW/CD-RW drive
BrandModelFirmware
NECND-2500A1.0M
PhilipsDVDR1640MR11
SonyDW-R56ANDT1

A CD-RW drive will read and write CDs but not be able to read or write DVDs
A Combo drive will read and write CDs and READ DVD disks.
A DVD-RW drive will read and write BOTH CDs and DVD disks

A DVD-Dual drive will read and write BOTH CDs and single (4.7Gb) or double layer (9.4Gb) DVD disks

Lite-On Compliant
LTR-52327S52x 32x 52x Half-Height CD-RW
LTR-52246S52x 24x 52x Half-Height CD-RW
LTR-48246K48x 24x 48x Half-Height CD-RW
SOHR-5238S52x 32x 52x Half-Height CD-RW
SOHC-5232K52x 32x 52x + 16x Half-Height COMBO
SOHC-5232KXExternal 52x 32x 52x + 16x COMBO
LSC-24082KXExternal SLIM 24x 24x 24x + 8x COMBO
LSC-24081MXExternal SLIM 24x 24x 24x + 8x COMBO
Lite-On NOT Compliant
SOHW-812S8x 4x / 8x 4x + 40x 24x 40x Half-Height DVD-Dual
LDW-851S8x 4x / 4x 2x + 40x 24x 40x Half-Height DVD-Dual
LDW-811S8x 4x / 4x 2x + 40x 24x 40x Half-Height DVD-Dual
LTR-48246S48x 24x 48x Half-Height CD-RW
LTR-48125S/W48x 12x 48x Half-Height CD-RW
LTR-48126S48x 12x 48x Half-Height CD-RW
LTR-40125S/W40x 12x 48x Half-Height CD-RW