How do you "preformat" a CD-RW disk so it will pick up what you are trying to write to it?
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you dont need to..... the software does it before it writes..... just make sure the disk is erased and doent have anything on it already....
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if its a rewritable cd, try to erase it first. although the best quality cd's for music would be a cd-r.
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Do you mean to want to clean the CD of files?\nAssuming you have a burner, insert the CD/RW then use the software that powers your burner to "format" the CD.
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You could do as suggested with Disk Utility as well.  Try making it into a Sparce Image.
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If you are using Windows XP it's called "diskpart". Go to Help and Support from your start menu for info. You do not need the CD for this.
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CD-R are called write once/read many (WORM) discs.  Erasing a disc requires you to be able to write on it more than once.  If you want to use your discs over you need CD-RW discs are mentioned above.
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been there too. cd rw disks are unmanagable. i cant find a decent brand that i dont encounter a problem. first you have to format it which takes too long. and when you use another computer it wont be recognized. so what i do now is just use cdr which is much cheaper than rewritables. i just transferre my previous backups to cdr. i used the original drive to read and write to another media. or you can transfer the old cdrw to your new computer. it is not advisable to have a combo on a desktop cause if it breaks then you lost both functionality.
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you need a win98 start up floppy disk with cdrom support on it, it will install generic drivers to run the cd drive
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Format it, if it's a CD-RW.  If it's a CD-R, you can't change it once you burned it the first time.
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Use Nero or Easy CD-DVD writer
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Can read and write to DVD-R,RW+/-,RAM...basically all the formats available.
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Download Nero 7 premium.\nMake Images of CD's and run them in Nero ImageDrive.\nThat will work just perfect.\ngood luck
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CD-RW's usually have to be formatted before they can be burned. Right-click on the drive from Mm Computer, and choose format.That should work.
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First of all your CD/DVD drive must support writing on the media and second you need a software like NERO to do that. If you have Windows XP with latest fixpack, even this will do the job for you!
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You can't delete anything from a CD unless is RW(re-writable).\nI'm sorry,get another blank CD.
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Here\nhttp://www.meritline.com/cdr-24x-90min-800mb-blank-disc.html\n\nI think you may need software that supports it like Nero.
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http://www.directron.com/formatdrive.html\nand read