Unable to format ?

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• Aug 28, 2010

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I found some disks in my room with old music burned on them so i decided to format it so i can put new stuff on it. When i click for mat its goes for like 3 seconds and says "Unable to format disk".

 

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• Aug 28, 2010

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Jacobe said:

I found some disks in my room with old music burned on them so i decided to format it so i can put new stuff on it. When i click for mat its goes for like 3 seconds and says "Unable to format disk".

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Disks? Floppy, cd, dvd? R+ RW+? sometimes old floppies cant be reformatted


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its cd-r

 

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erm cdr ??, you cant format the disc again , once its been recorded onto and the session "closed" its no use anymore (apart from getting the data obviously) I think CD-RW is rewriteable im not sure dont use em anymore

 

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dude yu can format only CD-RW/DVD-RW... in optical disc.. nothing else can be formatted...

 

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