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[Shables]

I have a Dell Deminsion 4600 with Windows XP. I have
formatted Sony disc to file information in my CD-RW.
However, I purchased a box Memorex CD-RW disc and can't
format them. Please tell me why Memorex disc will not
work on my computer. Is there certain brands of disc
that I should use or should my computer support all CD-RW
disc. Please give me any information that will help.

 

[purplehaz]

What kind of cd are you trying to burn, music, data, or "floppy" cd?
You do not need to format cd-r or cd-rw disks to make music or data cds. Any
brand will work.
If you want to use the cd-rw disk like a giant floppy disk then you need
some software that does packet writing, like ezcd creator or nero. XP's
burning software doesn't do packet writing.

 

[JAX]

Hi Shables,

What software are you trying to use to format? With XP's native software,
there is no need to format a CD-RW and there is no option to do so. You
should be able to use any brand of RW whether you are using XP's native or
some packet writing software.

JAX