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How Do I Erase A DVD+RW Disc


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I have many Phillips DVD+RW discs that have old info on 'em that I want to reuse.

 

I am running Windows XP Professional, SP2 but I do not seem to have the tool to erase them.

 

I have tried using the below procedure, which I got from Ehow.com

 

1] Insert the DVD-RW into the DVD burning drive. Press the "My Computer" or "Computer" icon from the desktop or "Start" menu.

 

2] Click on the DVD drive. Typically, this is the "D:" or "E:" letter. Files on the disc will appear in a separate window.

 

3] Select the "File" tab on the toolbar. Scroll to the "Erase this Disc" option. Click "Next." Wait approximately 2 to 3 minutes for the disc to erase. Select "Finish" when complete.

 

4] Open and close the DVD drive. Use your specific burning program to write new files to your DVD-RW disc.

 

However, using this procedure, I do not have the "Erase this Disc" option in the My Computer, File tab menue.

 

Can anyone help me?

 

Thanks in advance. :)

 

Ken

 

BTW - I'm using the full Nero 9 as my burning program.

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I have many Phillips DVD+RW discs that have old info on 'em that I want to reuse.

 

I am running Windows XP Professional, SP2 but I do not seem to have the tool to erase them.

 

I have tried using the below procedure, which I got from Ehow.com

 

1] Insert the DVD-RW into the DVD burning drive. Press the "My Computer" or "Computer" icon from the desktop or "Start" menu.

 

2] Click on the DVD drive. Typically, this is the "D:" or "E:" letter. Files on the disc will appear in a separate window.

 

3] Select the "File" tab on the toolbar. Scroll to the "Erase this Disc" option. Click "Next." Wait approximately 2 to 3 minutes for the disc to erase. Select "Finish" when complete.

 

4] Open and close the DVD drive. Use your specific burning program to write new files to your DVD-RW disc.

 

However, using this procedure, I do not have the "Erase this Disc" option in the My Computer, File tab menue.

 

Can anyone help me?

 

Thanks in advance. :)

 

Ken

 

BTW - I'm using the full Nero 9 as my burning program.

 

 

nero 9 is a great program

 

RW stands for Re Write not erase

 

I think you might be able to use a demagnitizer for a couple of minutes to erase the information on the disc,

although I do not know if the integrity of the disc will be saved to allow it to be re used.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Metric, your response makes my head hurt. Do you by any chance own this?

http://www.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/10/dvdrewinderdevice.jpg

 

 

anyway, Ken, RW stands for rewritabe, it can be erased.

 

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3235/erasew.jpg

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Metric, your response makes my head hurt.

 

anyway, Ken, RW stands for rewritabe, it can be erased.

 

 

Nero 9, not Nero Express Todie

 

I actually forgot that he could open computer from his start menu and with the disc inserted in the DVD drive,

and right click on the file for a drop down menu and click "FORMAT"

which will promt a Warning message that ":Formatting will erase all data on this disk,.."

 

Hows your headache now Todie ?

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I was talking about your suggestion to wipe an optical disc with a magnet....

 

Nero Express is part of Nero. It's the simpler interface.'

 

 

My head still hurts, mr electrical engineering

Don't worry todie someone will eventually clean your litter box.

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i've ran into times when the oreg formating program is not longer being use'd and the r-w disk is not reconize'd by the pc any more , in fact i have about 20 that i can do nothing to, read or write

 

it the case of these 20 r-w's a program call'd adaptech was use'd to do the oreg format and nero's nor windows XP will read them

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