formatting CD's

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lorie

I've already made a movie with Window's Movie Maker.(very
short movie) It was fun.
My question is on my other CD maker program it says I
have to format my CD's 1st before recording.(it comes
with a CD format program) Do I?
Windows doesn't say anything about formating a CD 1st.
(is this because they think I should already know the CD
should be formated 1st) ha-ha!
I need help. To format or not to format that is the
question!
I'm confused!
 
there is really no need to format a cd unless it's a used rewritable cd
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Or if your program is trying to write to the cd using a Packet Writing
technique. Then it will need to be formated. XP doesn;t support packet
writing directly. 3rd party software is needed.
 
lorie said:
I've already made a movie with Window's Movie Maker.(very
short movie) It was fun.
My question is on my other CD maker program it says I
have to format my CD's 1st before recording.(it comes
with a CD format program) Do I?
Windows doesn't say anything about formating a CD 1st.
(is this because they think I should already know the CD
should be formated 1st) ha-ha!
I need help. To format or not to format that is the
question!
I'm confused!
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Lorie

It depends on which type of blank CD's you are using. If they are CD/R
Disks, they do not require formatting. If they are CD/RW Disks they may
require formatting.

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lorie said:
I've already made a movie with Window's Movie Maker.(very
short movie) It was fun.
My question is on my other CD maker program it says I
have to format my CD's 1st before recording.(it comes
with a CD format program) Do I?
Windows doesn't say anything about formating a CD 1st.
(is this because they think I should already know the CD
should be formated 1st) ha-ha!
I need help. To format or not to format that is the
question!
I'm confused!
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CD's only need to be formatted for use with packet writing software, like
Drag to Disk, Direct CD, InCD, etc. For your needs, formatting is not
necessary or desired.
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