Can no longer FORMAT CD/DVD

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Several days ago I burned several slideshows to CD-Rs using Dell Image
Expert. This program required that the new/blank CDs first be formated. I
formatted the CDs with no problem, and successfully burned the slideshows to
the CDs.

Today I tried to format a new/blank DVD+R and to my surprise when I right
clicked on 'Properties', for the CD/DVD burner, the 'FORMAT' option was no
longer there (it does still show up for floppy and flash drives). Also,
curiously when I insert a new/blank disc a window pops up stating that the
media is read only --never saw this message before.

The drive is working fine in all other aspects --I can read discs and can
write discs using other 3rd party s/w (Roxio RecordNow and Backup MyPC), as I
could also have done before this problem.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
I might be wrong but with the description you give it sounds like you are
using a windows function to right click the drive and select "format". This
may well work for CDs as windows can write a CD but not DVDs. Perhaps
that's why you cannot format a DVD using this method.
Neil
 
I might be wrong but with the description you give it sounds like you are
using a windows function to right click the drive and select "format". This
may well work for CDs as windows can write a CD but not DVDs. Perhaps
that's why you cannot format a DVD using this method.
Neil
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Further, XP has no ability to format a CD in any way, shape or form.
Formatting a CD or DVD is a way of preparing it for Packet Writing,
which XP does not support. You have to have third party software to
do it.

So, bottom line: Your question has absolutely nothing to do with XP.

Ask elsewhere.
 
bpa_retired said:
Several days ago I burned several slideshows to CD-Rs using Dell Image
Expert. This program required that the new/blank CDs first be formated. I
formatted the CDs with no problem, and successfully burned the slideshows to
the CDs.

Today I tried to format a new/blank DVD+R and to my surprise when I right
clicked on 'Properties', for the CD/DVD burner, the 'FORMAT' option was no
longer there (it does still show up for floppy and flash drives). Also,
curiously when I insert a new/blank disc a window pops up stating that the
media is read only --never saw this message before.

The drive is working fine in all other aspects --I can read discs and can
write discs using other 3rd party s/w (Roxio RecordNow and Backup MyPC), as I
could also have done before this problem.

Any help would be appreciated.
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I can't think of any good reason to ever format a CD-R (a CD-RW,maybe),
and have trouble believing that any software would ask you to do it. If
you have packet writing software installed (Roxio's Drag-to-Disc, e.g.)
you can format DVD-RWs, but XP has no native ability to burn DVDs.
 
go to the properties for this device and look under the recording tab and
recheck the enable cdburning for this device, bunch of idiots, to tell you
this is not a xp problem.
 
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