CD

I have a vista H.P with DVD/CDRW it plays DVD fine .I am having a problem
burning music or file to CD. When I enter a blank CD it asks to formate and I
say ok after a few minute it says formating failed and I cant burn anything?
What do I need to do ? Thanks for any help or suggestion.

I am trying to format a CD. After a few minutes I get a message telling me
that Windows can't complete the formating. I am able to save a file to the CD
and can also open it. What is the significance of the message? I don't
understand what is happening

Is it a rewritable CD? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot erase data
from them.

"Willy" <Willy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:336B4198-E3D7-429C-9FF8-CF098C39FC52@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to format a CD. After a few minutes I get a message telling me
> that Windows can't complete the formating. I am able to save a file to the
> CD
> and can also open it. What is the significance of the message? I don't
> understand what is happening
>
>
Is it a rewritable CD (CD-RW)? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot
erase data from them.
--
Cassandra
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments
that take your breath away.

Yes it is a new CD-RW. Windows tries to format. It gives me a message that it
can't complete. I can still save files to it and then open them. I do not
understand.

Later I was able to format a DVD and backup to it without trouble

"EliteKat" wrote:

> Is it a rewritable CD? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot erase data
> from them.
>
> "Willy" <Willy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:336B4198-E3D7-429C-9FF8-CF098C39FC52@microsoft.com...
> > I am trying to format a CD. After a few minutes I get a message telling me
> > that Windows can't complete the formating. I am able to save a file to the
> > CD
> > and can also open it. What is the significance of the message? I don't
> > understand what is happening
> >
> >
> Is it a rewritable CD (CD-RW)? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot
> erase data from them.
> --
> Cassandra
> Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments
> that take your breath away.
>

Yes this is a new CD-RW.

"EliteKat" wrote:

> Is it a rewritable CD? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot erase data
> from them.
>
> "Willy" <Willy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:336B4198-E3D7-429C-9FF8-CF098C39FC52@microsoft.com...
> > I am trying to format a CD. After a few minutes I get a message telling me
> > that Windows can't complete the formating. I am able to save a file to the
> > CD
> > and can also open it. What is the significance of the message? I don't
> > understand what is happening
> >
> >
> Is it a rewritable CD (CD-RW)? You can't format a CD-R because you cannot
> erase data from them.
> --
> Cassandra
> Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments
> that take your breath away.
>

I am having the same problem. Did you ever figure out a solution?


"AT" wrote:

> I have a vista H.P with DVD/CDRW it plays DVD fine .I am having a problem
> burning music or file to CD. When I enter a blank CD it asks to formate and I
> say ok after a few minute it says formating failed and I cant burn anything?
> What do I need to do ? Thanks for any help or suggestion.

I bought Roxio

"EditorMN" wrote:

> I am having the same problem. Did you ever figure out a solution?
>
>
> "AT" wrote:
>
> > I have a vista H.P with DVD/CDRW it plays DVD fine .I am having a problem
> > burning music or file to CD. When I enter a blank CD it asks to formate and I
> > say ok after a few minute it says formating failed and I cant burn anything?
> > What do I need to do ? Thanks for any help or suggestion.