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Do CD-Rw disks need formatted ??

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    MIR11

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    Hello;
    i have a cd-rw burner which i have not used in years.
    Do cds for it need formatted ?? i remember formatting 3 1/4 floppys, but do not know how to format cd's!!!!
    also i was tod that they can only be read by the 'burner that made them.. yes or no !!
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    There is no requirement to format a CD before burning - just pop a blank CD into the drive and use your burning software to burn the data to the disk.

    Provided that you burn to ISO standard - most software does this by default the CD should be readable on any CD-ROM drive.
     
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    MIR11

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    do cds need formatted ???

    Thank You,
    i forgot to mention these Sony CD's are in Green label,if that means anything.
    I believe you, and do not wish to start an argument, but it seems when i bought them 4 years ago with Pacific Digital burner that he told me they were only readable on burner thast made them. that was in a different town, and i do not know the Staples store clerks name anymore
    yes i am a hard headed Yankee of German/Irish descent(which you may be thinking.)
    MIR
     
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    Be bold - be brave - be adventurous - Pop one in and see what happens;)
     
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    Burning a CD disc ----- requires NO formating.
    Burning a CDRW disc - REQUIRES formatting.

    A CDWR disc can be erased and reused. You can no longer burn to a CD disc once full.
     
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    If I remember correctly, in old days (I guess, it was my Win98 computer burner), it required CDRWs to be formatted, first (I'm not sure about CDRs), and they could be formatted two ways. One, CD could be read only on the very same computer, and second option, readable on any computer.
     
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    MIR11

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    Do Cd's Need Formatting

    TO Dennis and others
    PLEASE advise 'How to format my CD-RW'S.....
    MIR
     
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    Your burning program should have that option.
    When you pop-in CDRW disk, it'll ask you to format.
    What burning program do you have?
     
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    MIR11

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    Do Cd's Need Format

    Broni and others
    there is not any option
    i pop R or RW disk in and get message "E not accessible " or nothing happens.
    i have Nero V5
    if NERO had an icon on desktop, i could start it
     
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    Start > Programs > Ahead or Nero > Nero Burn will start it.

    Right click on Nero Burn > Send To - Desktop (create Shortcut) will give you a Desktop icon.
     
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    broni

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    Is your drive listed in Device Manager without any errors?
     
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    MIR11

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    do cd's need formatted?

    my brain is fried from that modem episode
    Right now i can not even findDevice Manager
    but looking at CDRW E drive properties Hardware tab there is a ST340810A also listed besides D and E drive, looking around there is a dropdowntab at bottom enabled disabled, i think it was disabled
     
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    Where are you looking at it?
     
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    MIR11

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    Do Cd's Need Formatted

    under device Manager there is + or - DVD/CDrom drives
    i dropped it down and found two
    1 ATAPI CDROM48X
    2 CDWRITER IDE 5224 ,PROPERTIES, GENERAL TAB at bottom is enable/disable
    p/s how put that in gray inset??
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    MIR11

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    DO CD'S RW need formatted

    WHOOPIE,HOORAY i just burnt/copied WinAudit from 'my documents' folder to an R CD using WINDOWS cd wizard, now trying music CD , but no one ever explained how to format RW CD???
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    MIR11

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    do cds need formatted

    the music one apparently didn't work, something about reading it in MT Ranier format.
    HUH, WHAT
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    broni

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    Your burning program should have that option.
    If it doesn't, put blank disk into your drive, open My Computer, right click on your drive, and click Format.

    While answering, drag your mouse over text, you want to quote (to highlight it), then look above.
    In second row of tools icons, click on 3rd from the right (yellow page).
     
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    MIR11

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    do cds need formatting

    Broni
    Thanks i may just print this for future reference
    i don't think Nero software working, didn't see it on Windows wizard
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    MIR11

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    do cds need formatting

    There is NOT a Format option for E drive or D, just C and i don't think we want to go there
    MIR:confused: :confused:
     
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    PeteC

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    You won't - it is entirely separate from the Windows burning Wizard.

    Initiate Nero from Start . Programs > Ahead/Nero > Nero Burn and burn from there - best to disable Windows burning software on your drive.

    Right click on the drive in My Computer > Properties > Recording tab and uncheck (if checked) 'Enable CD recording on this drive'.

    BTW - there is no need to format a CD-RW - just burn (to confirm this I have just dug out a new CD-RW and burnt to it directly through Nero). To erase the disk at a later date you will need to use Nero anyway - AFAIK the Windows software does not allow for this, but I stand to be corrected - as always :)
     
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