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"Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> My new PC has a Pioneer DVR-111CD optical drive. I have Vista Ultimate
> ver 6000 and the help files tell me to insert a blank disc into my DVD
> drive and a dialogue box will appear. I am then told to click on "Burn
> files to disc", click "Show formatting options" and choose one. However,
> when I insert my blank disc up pops a dialogue box but it does not give
> the messages referred to in the help files. Instead it states "Windows
> cannot read the disk in drive F. Make sure the disc uses a format that
> windows recognises. If the disc is unformatted, you need to format it
> before using it". This is hardly helpful.
>
> Can someone please tell me how to format a blank CD-RW disc?
Open Windows Explorer. Find your drive in the Computer section of the
treeview on the left. Right-click the drive where you have the blank CD.
Select Format from the context-sensitive menu.