Cannot format a DVD+R

Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home Premium
64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my Win2000Pro machine the
disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5 disks trying.
Any ideas ?
I have checked for the latest drivers, latest MS updates, uninstalled and
reiistalled the drive to no avail.
The DVDRW drive is an HP CDDVDW TS-L633N. I have tried using the Win Live
format and also the Mastered format. I have waited up to 40 min for it to
happen and then I had to either eject the DVD or go into Task Manager to
stop the formatting process.
Then, the DVD could not be used in my own machine either.
I could not end it otherwise.
Thanks for some thoughts and the solution.
Buffalo

"Buffalo" <> wrote in message
news:i51rh8$fuk$...
> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
> Premium
> 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my Win2000Pro machine
> the
> disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5 disks trying.
> Any ideas ?
> I have checked for the latest drivers, latest MS updates, uninstalled
> and
> reiistalled the drive to no avail.
> The DVDRW drive is an HP CDDVDW TS-L633N. I have tried using the Win
> Live
> format and also the Mastered format. I have waited up to 40 min for it
> to
> happen and then I had to either eject the DVD or go into Task Manager to
> stop the formatting process.
> Then, the DVD could not be used in my own machine either.
> I could not end it otherwise.
> Thanks for some thoughts and the solution.
> Buffalo

You can only "format" a "DVD+R Rewritable" disk, (using Packet Writing
software), not a DVD+R

R = Write Once. Data can only be written to the disc once. Data recorded
on the disc cannot be erased or overwritten. Depending on the CD burning
software used, data can be added in multiple sessions to the disc until
the disc is full. Playable on most current DVD players if recorded as a
DVD-Video disc.

RW – Rewritable. Data written on the disc can be erased or over-written
multiple times. It can be used the same way as an R disc. However with
packet writing software the disc can be formatted so that it can be used
in the same way as a floppy disc. Playable on most current DVD players if
recorded as a DVD-Video disc.

"Buffalo" <> wrote in message
news:i51rh8$fuk$...
> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home Premium
> 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my Win2000Pro machine the
> disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5 disks trying.
> Any ideas ?


Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format "R", only
"RW".

ONLY rewriteable discs can be formatted!!!!!!!

"Sunny" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>> Premium
>> 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my Win2000Pro machine the
>> disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5 disks trying.
>> Any ideas ?
>> I have checked for the latest drivers, latest MS updates, uninstalled and
>> reiistalled the drive to no avail.
>> The DVDRW drive is an HP CDDVDW TS-L633N. I have tried using the Win
>> Live
>> format and also the Mastered format. I have waited up to 40 min for it
>> to
>> happen and then I had to either eject the DVD or go into Task Manager to
>> stop the formatting process.
>> Then, the DVD could not be used in my own machine either.
>> I could not end it otherwise.
>> Thanks for some thoughts and the solution.
>> Buffalo
>
> You can only "format" a "DVD+R Rewritable" disk, (using Packet Writing
> software), not a DVD+R
>
> R = Write Once. Data can only be written to the disc once. Data recorded
> on the disc cannot be erased or overwritten. Depending on the CD burning
> software used, data can be added in multiple sessions to the disc until
> the disc is full. Playable on most current DVD players if recorded as a
> DVD-Video disc.
>
> RW - Rewritable. Data written on the disc can be erased or over-written
> multiple times. It can be used the same way as an R disc. However with
> packet writing software the disc can be formatted so that it can be used
> in the same way as a floppy disc. Playable on most current DVD players if
> recorded as a DVD-Video disc.
>
>

Seth wrote:
> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>> Premium 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my
>> Win2000Pro machine the disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5
>> disks trying.
>> Any ideas ?
>
>
> Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format
> "R", only "RW".

Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use the
Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature (and letting Windows
choose what to backup) while using a DVD +R disk.
It then asks "Are you sure you want to format this media" and (DVD RW Drive
(F"
"The media needs to be formatted before it can be used. Formatting will
completely erase all data on the media."

1)If I choose Format, then it stays on forever and ruins the disc
2)If I choose Cancel, then it cancels

I have tried around 7 new DVD+Rs and all it does is end up making them
unusable while trying to format them.


How do I set it up so that it doesn't do that?

I even tried to just copy some files & folders to another DVD +R and after
it copied them it tried to finalize the disk and again it failed.
Does this sound like a hardware failure, a software failure, or just an
operator failure?

I read the help files on this and it says to select Burn Files to Disc using
Windows Explorer and then either choose how I want to use this disc.
1)Like a USB Flash drive: Live File System
or
2)With a CD/DVD Player: Mastered

Thanks,
Buffalo

Buffalo wrote:
> Seth wrote:
>> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
>> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>>> Premium 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my
>>> Win2000Pro machine the disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5
>>> disks trying.
>>> Any ideas ?
>>
>> Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format
>> "R", only "RW".
>
> Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use the
> Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature (and letting Windows
> choose what to backup) while using a DVD +R disk.
> It then asks "Are you sure you want to format this media" and (DVD RW Drive
> (F"
> "The media needs to be formatted before it can be used. Formatting will
> completely erase all data on the media."
>
> 1)If I choose Format, then it stays on forever and ruins the disc
> 2)If I choose Cancel, then it cancels
>
> I have tried around 7 new DVD+Rs and all it does is end up making them
> unusable while trying to format them.
>
>
> How do I set it up so that it doesn't do that?
>
> I even tried to just copy some files & folders to another DVD +R and after
> it copied them it tried to finalize the disk and again it failed.
> Does this sound like a hardware failure, a software failure, or just an
> operator failure?
>
> I read the help files on this and it says to select Burn Files to Disc using
> Windows Explorer and then either choose how I want to use this disc.
> 1)Like a USB Flash drive: Live File System
> or
> 2)With a CD/DVD Player: Mastered

What do you have against DVD-RW?

--
Crash

I always thought Mensa was a Japanese import.

Buffalo wrote:
> Seth wrote:
>> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
>> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>>> Premium 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my
>>> Win2000Pro machine the disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5
>>> disks trying.
>>> Any ideas ?
>>
>> Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format
>> "R", only "RW".
>
> Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use the
> Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature (and letting Windows
> choose what to backup) while using a DVD +R disk.
> It then asks "Are you sure you want to format this media" and (DVD RW Drive
> (F"
> "The media needs to be formatted before it can be used. Formatting will
> completely erase all data on the media."
>
> 1)If I choose Format, then it stays on forever and ruins the disc
> 2)If I choose Cancel, then it cancels
>
> I have tried around 7 new DVD+Rs and all it does is end up making them
> unusable while trying to format them.
>
>
> How do I set it up so that it doesn't do that?
>
> I even tried to just copy some files & folders to another DVD +R and after
> it copied them it tried to finalize the disk and again it failed.
> Does this sound like a hardware failure, a software failure, or just an
> operator failure?
>
> I read the help files on this and it says to select Burn Files to Disc using
> Windows Explorer and then either choose how I want to use this disc.
> 1)Like a USB Flash drive: Live File System
> or
> 2)With a CD/DVD Player: Mastered

What do you have against DVD+RW?
--
Crash

"The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do."
~ B. F. Skinner ~

On 25/08/2010 19:17, Buffalo wrote:

>
> Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use the
> Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature

I didn't think that the built-in Windows backup feature was able to use
a writable DVD....certainly the prior versions couldn't.
Try making the backup to your HDD and then burning the file to a DVD
using Windows Explorer or a third-party burning application...

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:17:35 -0600, Buffalo wrote:

> Seth wrote:
>> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
>> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>>> Premium 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my
>>> Win2000Pro machine the disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5
>>> disks trying.
>>> Any ideas ?
>>
>>
>> Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format
>> "R", only "RW".
>
> Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use the
> Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature (and letting Windows
> choose what to backup) while using a DVD +R disk.
> It then asks "Are you sure you want to format this media" and (DVD RW Drive
> (F"
> "The media needs to be formatted before it can be used. Formatting will
> completely erase all data on the media."
>
> 1)If I choose Format, then it stays on forever and ruins the disc
> 2)If I choose Cancel, then it cancels
>
> I have tried around 7 new DVD+Rs and all it does is end up making them
> unusable while trying to format them.
>
>
> How do I set it up so that it doesn't do that?
>
> I even tried to just copy some files & folders to another DVD +R and after
> it copied them it tried to finalize the disk and again it failed.
> Does this sound like a hardware failure, a software failure, or just an
> operator failure?
>
> I read the help files on this and it says to select Burn Files to Disc using
> Windows Explorer and then either choose how I want to use this disc.
> 1)Like a USB Flash drive: Live File System
> or
> 2)With a CD/DVD Player: Mastered
>
> Thanks,
> Buffalo

Get one of the free applications, such as CDBurnerXP (that's the one I use;
there are others) and kiss your troubles goodbye. At least, that's been my
experience.

To answer Crash Dummy's question: what I have against RWs is that when I
used CD and DVD RWs for backup, I found that the disks would fail after a
few, maybe 10, reuses. Of course, they're OK up to that point :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Buffalo wrote:
>> Seth wrote:
>>> "Buffalo" <> wrote in message
>>> news:i51rh8$fuk$...
>>>> Trying to backup a friend's new Compaq 62-210US laptop with 7 Home
>>>> Premium 64bit and the (4x) DVD +R's will not format. On my
>>>> Win2000Pro machine the disks work just fine. I have ruined over 5
>>>> disks trying.
>>>> Any ideas ?
>>>
>>> Yeah, stop trying to format a "write once" disk. You don't format
>>> "R", only "RW".
>>
>> Thanks for the replies. The computer tries to format them when I use
>> the Backup feature in the "Bsckup and Restore" feature (and letting
>> Windows choose what to backup) while using a DVD +R disk.
>> It then asks "Are you sure you want to format this media" and (DVD
>> RW Drive (F"
>> "The media needs to be formatted before it can be used. Formatting
>> will completely erase all data on the media."
>>
>> 1)If I choose Format, then it stays on forever and ruins the disc
>> 2)If I choose Cancel, then it cancels
>>
>> I have tried around 7 new DVD+Rs and all it does is end up making
>> them unusable while trying to format them.
>>
>>
>> How do I set it up so that it doesn't do that?
>>
>> I even tried to just copy some files & folders to another DVD +R and
>> after it copied them it tried to finalize the disk and again it
>> failed.
>> Does this sound like a hardware failure, a software failure, or just
>> an operator failure?
>>
>> I read the help files on this and it says to select Burn Files to
>> Disc using Windows Explorer and then either choose how I want to use
>> this disc. 1)Like a USB Flash drive: Live File System
>> or
>> 2)With a CD/DVD Player: Mastered
>
> What do you have against DVD-RW?

Nothing at this time, but I have a bunch of DVD+Rs right now.
Do they not work with Win7 Home Premium or is it just this laptop or ?
Thanks
Buffalo