Erasing a Re-writable disc (CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD+RW)

Last update on March 23, 2009 12:40 PM by jak58
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Erasing a Re-writable disc (CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD+RW)







It is not necessary to format a rewritable disc in the first use.

However, when data were recorded on rewritable media and that no more space available, it is necessary to delete them again to burn data.

Using Nero Burning Rom


In the Recorder menu, use the Erase rewritable disc. Nero then proposes two options:
  • Erasing rewritable disc to fast, to quickly clear the data and free space. Nevertheless, it is possible with specialized tools to recover deleted data.
  • Completely erase the rewritable disc, to securely delete the data in a time much longer. This method is called when the disc contains data.

Using BurnAtOnce


Menu > Tools > Format CD/RW

Using Super Blank

  • Select the drive name (if you have several)
  • Erase with Blank

Using Sonic DigitalMedia Home


Go in tools menu :

Click on finalize the disc
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