You could try seeing if Nero, or DVD Decrypter will overwrite the disk with any image, if so, then you may be able to re-format it as a RW later.
However, I always recommend that people do not use the packet mode for writing to RW media as that can swiftly stress the parts of the disc that hold the directory and allocation tables past the 1000 re-writes rating of most RW media. Writing to the media as if it were a Single use disc only writes to each part of the disc twice for each time you 're-use' it, (Write, and then mark as cleared before the next write) If you want to use a DVD as a hard drive, then you should get RAM media at that has a much higher re-write rating, usually in excess of 1,000,000 changes JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Gundersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: Re: DVD/CD is stuck On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 02:08:35 +1200, you wrote: >I'd like to format or erase a used Mitsubishi DVD-RW disk. >It was first used to record TV programs on an LG DVD recorder made for this purpose, but now the thing can't even delete the previous programs. I'm hoping there is a way I can with the computers DVD player/Recorder. (XP, 1.3gb cpu thunderbird chip). >I also have Nero version 6 installed (OEM). >INCD (version 4, 3, 23, 2) seems to disappear when I insert this disk, as do the format and erase menu items. >I suppose this disk is now a coaster? > > >Regards >Robert McCurdy Throw it away and get a new one - cheap enough these days Sir Hugh of Bognor -- Remember. You may honestly believe that you understood everything you thought I said but what you thought you heard wasn't exactly what I said. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] E38 Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
