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Am curious to know whether modern day burning software will
automatically format the media (CD/DVD/R-RW before the actual burning
occurs?

Thanks. Digger

Digger

You do not need to format a RW disc be it CD or DVD

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"digger odell" <> wrote in message
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> Am curious to know whether modern day burning software will
> automatically format the media (CD/DVD/R-RW before the actual burning
> occurs?
>
> Thanks. Digger

digger odell wrote:
> Am curious to know whether modern day burning software will
> automatically format the media (CD/DVD/R-RW before the actual burning
> occurs?
>
> Thanks. Digger

It was never necessary to format them.

Formatting was necessary only if you wanted to use packet writing and who in
the world would want to do that?

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Peter Foldes wrote:
> Digger
>
> You do not need to format a RW disc be it CD or DVD
>

I suspect the OP misspoke and meant to as if you must
do a Full ERASE of an RW disk before reusing same.

A full erase of an RW disk can take nearly 30 minutes,
so it is a good question: Can modern DVD writers
overwrite modern R/W disks?

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:10:20 -0800, digger odell wrote:

> Am curious to know whether modern day burning software will
> automatically format the media (CD/DVD/R-RW before the actual burning
> occurs?
>
> Thanks. Digger

Any software that does RW will 'prepare' the disc for writing. It's not
the same as formatting.



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