My RW-161032 drive is works fine for reading CDROMs but no
longer can write because it cannot format a disk. When I
right click the drive ("E") there is no format option. I
have logged on as Administrator and launched the Disk
Management program, but have found nothing to solve the
problem. I have the same problem with rewritable disks or
single-write disks. Advice will be appreciated.

"Dwight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My RW-161032 drive is works fine for reading CDROMs but no
>longer can write because it cannot format a disk. When I
>right click the drive ("E") there is no format option. I
>have logged on as Administrator and launched the Disk
>Management program, but have found nothing to solve the
>problem. I have the same problem with rewritable disks or
>single-write disks. Advice will be appreciated.

The ability to format CD-RWs will be a feature of your burner
software. As you don't say what application you're using and I don't
recall which, if any, give you a format option within Explorer I can't
offer any specific advice but it might be worth checking you can still
format re-writtable media from the application itself and/or
re-installing the application.

Either way it's not a Windows 2000 issue per se, so you'll probably
get a more helpful response in a CD-R specific newsgroup or from the
vendor of your CD authoring software.

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>iv< Paul >iv<

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>-----Original Message-----
>"Dwight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>My RW-161032 drive is works fine for reading CDROMs but
no
>>longer can write because it cannot format a disk. When
I
>>right click the drive ("E") there is no format option.
I
>>have logged on as Administrator and launched the Disk
>>Management program, but have found nothing to solve the
>>problem. I have the same problem with rewritable disks
or
>>single-write disks. Advice will be appreciated.
>
>The ability to format CD-RWs will be a feature of your
burner
>software. As you don't say what application you're using
and I don't
>recall which, if any, give you a format option within
Explorer I can't
>offer any specific advice but it might be worth checking
you can still
>format re-writtable media from the application itself
and/or
>re-installing the application.
>
>Either way it's not a Windows 2000 issue per se, so
you'll probably
>get a more helpful response in a CD-R specific newsgroup
or from the
>vendor of your CD authoring software.
>
>--
>>iv< Paul >iv<
>
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>[ WWW: http://www.hopwood.org.uk/ ]
>.
>Paul,
You are so right. Thank you and thre cheers for the UK.
I was under the impression that the CD authoring software
was optional, especially since Windows 2000 has formatting
instructions. I reinstalled Roxio and am in business.
Dwight