Richard Urban

I can't say that I have this issue, nor have I personally ever seen it.

I also do not use the built in burning capabilities. For the past 10 years I
have been using Roxio's Drag-To-Disk. This is perfect for those such as
myself who use the drive specifically for data backups and file storage.

Because Dell has been having so much trouble with the software they supply
as part of their package, Dell has placed a stand alone copy of the latest
version of Drag-To-Disk on their web site for download. It doesn't check as
to whether, or not, you have a Dell computer. It installed fine on my home
built computers and runs fine.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"hamishmacdonald" <hamishmacdonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I'm unable to format DVD rewritable media in the File Explorer. (I can
> burn
> from other programs.)
>
> I would like to copy backup files to disk -- and to use this basic
> functionality! -- but I'm having the issue described in Knowledge Base
> article KB931654, namely that my PC running Windows Vista Home Premium
> fails
> to format optical media.
>
> Apparently there's a hotfix, but you have to write or call to find out
> about
> it. I don't have the time at the moment to go through that process, so I
> was
> wondering if anyone else had had this issue, and more importantly, if
> anyone
> has a solution.
>
> Thanks!