formatting a CD in Windows XP

[Guest]

I keep being told that to format a CD all I have to do is go to My Computer,
right click on the drive that the CD is in, and "format" will be an option.
NOT! How do I format the disk? Under properties it shows the entire disk is
used, but won't show what the files are.

 

[Opinicus]

I keep being told that to format a CD all I have to do is go to My
Computer,
right click on the drive that the CD is in, and "format" will be an
option.
NOT! How do I format the disk?

Short answer: You don't.

Longer answer: The CD will be formatted at the time you burn files to it.

Of course, if you're trying to use rewritable CDs... But no, those are
*evil*.

 

[Guest]

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q306524
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324129
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321640/
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
May help to look the above links over, your call..
Cheers
j;-j