lightsout Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I am curious if anyone has ever tried to reuse a DVD RW? And by reuse I mean burn some mp3's or WMA's on there and then later on erase them and burn some new ones on there. I have tried this and it doesn't seem to work. Seems that once the disk is finalized, you cannot erase the files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiccoFX Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I am curious if anyone has ever tried to reuse a DVD RW? And by reuse I mean burn some mp3's or WMA's on there and then later on erase them and burn some new ones on there. I have tried this and it doesn't seem to work. Seems that once the disk is finalized, you cannot erase the files. I have done it all the time - works fine for me! I've even re-used them for vids too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lightsout Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I am curious if anyone has ever tried to reuse a DVD RW? And by reuse I mean burn some mp3's or WMA's on there and then later on erase them and burn some new ones on there. I have tried this and it doesn't seem to work. Seems that once the disk is finalized, you cannot erase the files. I have done it all the time - works fine for me! I've even re-used them for vids too! Can I ask what burning program you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 The problem is not finalizing the disk, your issue sounds media related. If your using Memorex media your bound to have issues. They have the worst quality standards. I would try a different brand of media. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hagow_boy Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Did you re-format before you tried to tried to write data on it again ? I have had problems with Memorex and Fuji DVD+RW before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lightsout Posted August 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 OK well I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. I have tried using a Verbatim CD-RW disk and still cannot erase the files. It's says that they are read only files which cannot be erased. I have tried erasing them using windows CD-RW erase wizard and tried using Nero. No luck! I burn the disk using nero. What method are you guys using to erase the disk. And how do you re-format it, I can't find that option? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I think you have to burn them Multisession, and when you add stuff, it has to be in a new session. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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