CD-RW that no is no longer RW?

ShockTherapy · 11-27-2006, 10:40 AM

I made a quick CD using a RW which I have used on several occasions, but for some reason now, it won't let me clear the CD. It IS a CD-RW because I have used it and cleared it before.

dai · 11-27-2006, 11:00 AM

if you have nero try running a full erase before formatting,is the best i could find on a search for the problem

ShockTherapy · 11-28-2006, 07:08 PM

Alright I will give it a try

ShockTherapy · 11-28-2006, 08:04 PM

Installed Nero, still no dice. Nero won't pick it up as CD-RW. Think my disc is done.

dai · 11-29-2006, 01:50 AM

try another rw disk and see if it will format it

ShockTherapy · 11-29-2006, 02:22 PM

Is it sensible to assume it is just the disc? It definitly isn't new, and it's fairly scratched up. I tried cleaning it but, still, there's a lot of scratches.

**Done_Fishin** · 11-29-2006, 03:19 PM

RW disks don't last for ever. Some don't even make it the first time around.
One thing that I have noticed that kills them quicker than anything is changing the recorder that you usually use to write them.
Having changed writers a few times I found that with the first attempt to erase and write a new CD on a differnt drive they were finished! If I did manage to get past the erase cycle, even at x2, the chncaes are that they would not finish the mainwrite procedure.
Whatever rw disks I had I gradually used them to write stuff on them for other people then give them away. especially at todays prices of cdr ..

dai · 11-29-2006, 03:25 PM

any formatted on my dvd recorder in the lounge will no longer work on the computer
it just does not want to know them

**Done_Fishin** · 11-29-2006, 03:43 PM

I think that's a different kettle of fish but it's a good example .. I a just talking about common PC RW CD's and writers. I always thought that there was a standard and anything written on a machine could be read and re-writen on any other machine .. but it seems not ..

11-27-2006, 10:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
ShockTherapy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 43 OS: XP	CD-RW that no is no longer RW? I made a quick CD using a RW which I have used on several occasions, but for some reason now, it won't let me clear the CD. It IS a CD-RW because I have used it and cleared it before.

11-27-2006, 11:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,677 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	if you have nero try running a full erase before formatting,is the best i could find on a search for the problem __________________

11-29-2006, 01:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,677 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	try another rw disk and see if it will format it __________________

11-29-2006, 03:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	RW disks don't last for ever. Some don't even make it the first time around. One thing that I have noticed that kills them quicker than anything is changing the recorder that you usually use to write them. Having changed writers a few times I found that with the first attempt to erase and write a new CD on a differnt drive they were finished! If I did manage to get past the erase cycle, even at x2, the chncaes are that they would not finish the mainwrite procedure. Whatever rw disks I had I gradually used them to write stuff on them for other people then give them away. especially at todays prices of cdr .. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

11-29-2006, 03:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,677 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	any formatted on my dvd recorder in the lounge will no longer work on the computer it just does not want to know them __________________

11-28-2006, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
ShockTherapy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 43 OS: XP	Alright I will give it a try

11-28-2006, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
ShockTherapy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 43 OS: XP	Installed Nero, still no dice. Nero won't pick it up as CD-RW. Think my disc is done.

11-29-2006, 02:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
ShockTherapy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 43 OS: XP	Is it sensible to assume it is just the disc? It definitly isn't new, and it's fairly scratched up. I tried cleaning it but, still, there's a lot of scratches.

11-29-2006, 03:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	I think that's a different kettle of fish but it's a good example .. I a just talking about common PC RW CD's and writers. I always thought that there was a standard and anything written on a machine could be read and re-writen on any other machine .. but it seems not .. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner