"JerryM" <jerrym526@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O%23mefLr3IHA.1436@xxxxxx
Quote:
> One more note,
>
> Look at the labels on the DVD disks,
> If it says DVD-R or DVD-RW (notice the hyphen) the disk is already
> formatted.
> If it says DVD+R or DVD+RW (notice the plus sign ) the disk needs to
> be formatted.
>
> Jerry
>
Whether Vista or another app - with option to use drive checked will try
to format it.
"Do you have Recording enabled" for drive ?
I found that in Drive Properties - Recording tab - uncheck "Recording "
box and autoformatting stopped for me. Blank DVD's for either model would
produce same result. If you had software cd burning app installed, IT
would start format ( if set to do so) automatically. Windows sees unusable
media and is trying to correct it.