Hi,
CDR/CDRW's come ready-to-write to. CDRW's only need to be formatted in a few
conditions where you are going to start fresh with new data. To wipe an
existing CDRW (remove all existing data on the disk in preparation to write
new data to it), click start/help and support, search on "erase cd".
Selective removal/rewriting of data is not support by the WinXP CD writing
software. If this is your goal, you will need to purchase and install a
third-party product like Nero (
www.ahead.de).
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone