Formating CD's & CD-RW's

[Guest]

Is there a formatting process buit-in to XP Pro to format a CD or CD-RW? If
not, then does MS have a utility that does it? If not, can someone point me
in the right direction.

Thanks

 

[Richard Urban]

Nero's component "InCD" and Roxio's component "Drag to Disk" allow
formatting CD's for packet writing.

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[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a formatting process buit-in to XP Pro to format a CD or
CD-RW? If not, then does MS have a utility that does it? If not,
can someone point me in the right direction.

You can only "format" a CD-RW. A CD-R cannot be formatted, for the very act
would make the CD-R worthless - as it can only be written to once -
(multiple sessions, sure - but "format" implies erasure of the whole thing -
not multiple sessions.)

A good place to look for the limitations and possibilities of Windows XP
native CD burning activity is:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

If you have a CD burner, you may be able to use a free application
to make a duplicate copy of your CDs. One such application is
ISORecorder:

ISORecorder home page (with general instructions on use):
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Pre-SP2 version:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/IsoRecorder/download.asp

Post-SP2 beta version:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/download/ISORecorderV2B2.zip

More full function applications (free) for CD/DVD burning would be:

DeepBurner Free
http://www.deepburner.com/

CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Another Option would be to search the web with Pricewatch.com or
Dealsites.net and find deals on Nero and/or Roxio.

 

[Rock]

Is there a formatting process buit-in to XP Pro to format a CD or CD-RW? If
not, then does MS have a utility that does it? If not, can someone point me
in the right direction.

Thanks

See this excellent tutorial on burning CDs in XP by the late MVP Alex
Nichol: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

 

[Michael Stevens]

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You can only "format" a CD-RW. A CD-R cannot be formatted, for the
very act would make the CD-R worthless - as it can only be written to
once - (multiple sessions, sure - but "format" implies erasure of the
whole thing - not multiple sessions.)

DLA and Drag to Disk will format CD-R disks for packet writing.
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[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a formatting process buit-in to XP Pro to format a CD or
CD-RW? If not, then does MS have a utility that does it? If not,
can someone point me in the right direction.

You can only "format" a CD-RW. A CD-R cannot be formatted, for the
very act would make the CD-R worthless - as it can only be written to
once - (multiple sessions, sure - but "format" implies erasure of the
whole thing - not multiple sessions.)

DLA and Drag to Disk will format CD-R disks for packet writing.

This is true, you can "format for packet writing" a CD-R or CD-RW.

You can reformat the CD-RW and get the 650MB back (nearly all of it) - but
with the CD-R - it just keeps getting more and more full until you run out
of space - because you really cannot "reformat" it - once the space is used,
it cannot be recovered on a CD-R - correct?

 

[Michael Stevens]

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This is true, you can "format for packet writing" a CD-R or CD-RW.

You can reformat the CD-RW and get the 650MB back (nearly all of it)
- but with the CD-R - it just keeps getting more and more full until
you run out of space - because you really cannot "reformat" it - once
the space is used, it cannot be recovered on a CD-R - correct?

Exactly.

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[Dick Mahar]

Nero's component "InCD" and Roxio's component "Drag to Disk" allow
formatting CD's for packet writing.

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That is true. It has been my experience that they provide a different type of
format, and that disks formatted on one may not be read on the other. Maybe I
screwed somehting up. I like Nero, have used both..............Dick M.
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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!