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Errick
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Posted on - 12/10/2011
Hey everyone,
On my system I had some problems with CD devices. Including software (Nero) I have installed DVD-RAM driver and DVD Form. With DVD Form I tried to format DVD disc to UDF file system, but it failed and I got an error message.
New hardware is Samsung DVD writes. OS Windows XP SP2. If anyone had a problem like this please help.
Any suggestion/ device is more than welcome.
Erick
DVDForm
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DVDForm Cannot format this disc
You are saying that you need to format a DVD device but then you are receiving the error as you have stated above. Well, what I think is the cause of the problem is either the DVD drive itself or the drivers that you installed for the DVD device:
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The DVD device could be read only, and that means it can only be written to one time. If you try to write on it another times then it will refuse and bring you the error above. In that case, the remedy will be to get another DVD so that you can write the files that you have on it.
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The problem could be also with the DVD drivers that you have installed. You just said that you installed a new DVD hardware for the DVD which is samsung. And therefore you will need to get fresh drivers for that particular hardware for the drivers of the old hardware may not work on it.
Regards
Thonmpson Locker
DVDForm Cannot format this disc
If the drive you want to format is a DVD drive, you don’t really need to format the disc manually because the one handling the formatting or the one applying the correct file system to the disc is the burning software. Like if you want to create a data DVD, when you burn the files to the disc it is the burning software that will format the disc with the correct file system.
If you have a software that can format a disc for use, the type of disc you need to use is an RW or rewritable. You cannot do it on R types like CD-R, CD+R, DVD-R, or DVD+R. It should be done on RW types like CD-RW, CD+RW, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW. R and RW are the two types of discs.
R means recordable while RW means rewritable. With recordable, you can only burn or write data to the disc once and you cannot delete it. You can add more files to the disc later if you leave the disc “open” after burning. If you “close” the disc after burning, no more data can be added. With rewritable, you can burn and delete files.
The same thing also applies when you leave the disc “open” or “close” after burning. If you want to burn files or create a data disc, you can use a free burning software like ImgBurn.
