Format a CD-ROM in NERO or XP ?

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Is it possible to format a CD-ROM in Nero StartSmart or XP?

If so, can somehow tell me the steps?

Thanks.
 
SanDiegoSunRizer said:
Is it possible to format a CD-ROM in Nero StartSmart or XP?

If so, can somehow tell me the steps?

Thanks.
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You need to install Incd. It is not installed by default. You have to go to
nero product setup and click on modify. Find Incd and install it. Then you
can format a cd or DVD.
 
A cd-rom is read only, it cannot be formatted. If you meant a cd-rw, there
should be a format option in the application somewhere.
 
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Is it possible to format a CD-ROM in Nero StartSmart or XP?

If so, can somehow tell me the steps?
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CD-ROM = Compact Disc, Read-Only Memory
(don't know why they used "memory" for a platter-based drive)

CD-ROMs are pressed much the same way as were vinyl records. Pits are
pressed into a substrate that is then fused to the transparent plastic
disc. The physical pit records the digital one and the lack of a pit is
a digital zero.

CD-R and CD-RW media do not use pits. Instead they rely on heating up
with the substrate with the laser in high-power mode to create a bubble
(phase change) or dye that has a different reflectance and which
emulates a pit. That is why CD-R[W] media is more prone to loss data
due to heat, like leaving them in your hot car. Pits in CD-ROMs don't
melt away. Heat will weaken the phase change material or the change in
the dye used by CD-R[W] media to reduce the differential in reflectance
so it it harder to detect the emulated pit.

You won't be able to [re]burn any CD-ROM. They are "pressed", not
burned.

http://snipurl.com/1ohwz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM#Manufacture
 
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