format cd's

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I bought some new cd-rw cd's. I am trying to format the
cd to make it readable and writable. I haven't been
succesful. Any suggestions from anybody?
 
Jerry said:
I bought some new cd-rw cd's. I am trying to format the
cd to make it readable and writable. I haven't been
succesful. Any suggestions from anybody?
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Are you using the built in formating in Windows XP? or a third party
application?
 
The built in capability of Windows XP allows to burn a set of files to a
CDRW like it was a CDR, except it can be erased and reused. There is no
formatting involved. If what your are looking for is the capability to use
a CDRW like a big floppy - copy, edit, delete files, etc. you need to use a
3rd packet driver. Nero inCD, Roxio EasyCD, and Sonic DLA are the best
known.
 
Are you using the built in formating in Windows XP? or a third party
application?
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You are confused and know not what you speak of.

There is NO built in formatting capability for CDR(W)s in XP. None.
Nada. Zip. The big zero.

XP masters discs; this does not require formatting.

Formatting is involved when one wants to be able to read/write/erase
individual files on a CDRW (and to a limited extent, a CDR). For
that, you MUST turn to a third party application like InCD or Roxio
(Drag to CD? Is that what it's called now?). XP can't do that
natively.

Personally I steer clear of this UDF (packet writing) format as it is
not real realiable. It works fine until it doesn't, at which point
you are completely buggered and you have a CDR(W) that is completely
useless to you.
 
Jerry said:
I bought some new cd-rw cd's. I am trying to format the
cd to make it readable and writable. I haven't been
succesful. Any suggestions from anybody?
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Shenan said:
Are you using the built in formating in Windows XP? or a third party
application?
Click to expand...
You are confused and know not what you speak of.

There is NO built in formatting capability for CDR(W)s in XP. None.
Nada. Zip. The big zero.

XP masters discs; this does not require formatting.

Formatting is involved when one wants to be able to read/write/erase
individual files on a CDRW (and to a limited extent, a CDR). For
that, you MUST turn to a third party application like InCD or Roxio
(Drag to CD? Is that what it's called now?). XP can't do that
natively.

Personally I steer clear of this UDF (packet writing) format as it is
not real realiable. It works fine until it doesn't, at which point
you are completely buggered and you have a CDR(W) that is completely
useless to you.
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Although it may not be "formatting", you can erase RWs in XP:
http://snipurl.com/8vlp

Which is why I did not mince words with the OP. I am sure they just wanted
to know why they could not ERASE their CDRW, but as they have not returned..
 
/Shenan Stanley/ said:
Although it may not be "formatting", you can erase RWs in XP:
http://snipurl.com/8vlp

Which is why I did not mince words with the OP. I am sure they just wanted
to know why they could not ERASE their CDRW, but as they have not returned..
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This is true. But remember, it's not selective erasure, but the entire disk.
 
I have a question also ... WHAT is the DNA Format for the drives? And, DO I
want to have my CDRW Drive/CD's formatted that way (by default) or Not?
Thanks, Ann
 
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