Formatting blank CD's

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rushpuppy

Help please, im unable to burn music from my laptop, i have vista basic and
until now ive had no problems. I insert a blank cd and it auto loads, then
it asks to format before continueing, i click yes, it formats then right at
the end it says unable to finish formatting and opens the cd. I then try to
burn onto it and the cd stays blank. Any ideas?
 
rushpuppy said:
Help please, im unable to burn music from my laptop, i have vista basic
and
until now ive had no problems. I insert a blank cd and it auto loads,
then
it asks to format before continueing, i click yes, it formats then right
at
the end it says unable to finish formatting and opens the cd. I then try
to
burn onto it and the cd stays blank. Any ideas?
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Why are you formatting a CD? The ONLY time you need to do that is when you
want to format a CDRW for packet writing.
 
Gordon said:
Why are you formatting a CD? The ONLY time you need to do that is when you
want to format a CDRW for packet writing.
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When i put in a blank cd for writing files or pictures to it, the auto load
pops up and asks me to write file to cd etc, when i click this option it
tells me the cd needs to be formatted in order to continue. it then trys to
format and fails.
Does this make sense?
 
Gordon said:
Why are you formatting a CD? The ONLY time you need to do that is when you
want to format a CDRW for packet writing.
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Thats the problem, i put in a cd to format and it wont let me...
 
rushpuppy said:
When i put in a blank cd for writing files or pictures to it, the auto
load
pops up and asks me to write file to cd etc, when i click this option it
tells me the cd needs to be formatted in order to continue. it then trys
to
format and fails.
Does this make sense?
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Does this happen with EVERY CD?
Have you tried another brand?
 
Gordon said:
Does this happen with EVERY CD?
Have you tried another brand?

Yes, i had some cheap CD-r, but then i bought Sony ones and it still doesnt work? Also in control panal under hardware it says the dvd/rw is working correctly so could it be a software problem?
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