Vista Tutorial - Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk?

07-05-2008

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

"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the
> machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW
> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I
> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with.
> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour?

07-08-2008

"JerryM" <jerrym526@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

07-05-2008	#1 (permalink)
JerryM Guest n/a posts	Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? 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 "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:g4l24u$9qk$1@xxxxxx Quote: > Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the > machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW > using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I > cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. > XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour?
My System Specs

07-08-2008	#2 (permalink)
- Bobb - Guest n/a posts	Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "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.
My System Specs

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