erase and rewrite on DVD+RW?

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  • ray3d
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2003
    • 5

    erase and rewrite on DVD+RW?

    I am burning DVDs on a SONY DVD+RW DRU-120A. The media I am using is labeled "DVD+RW". However, when I try to erase or rewrite a disc using either "B's Gold" or "Nero Burn or Express", I get error codes stating that the medium in the drawer is incorrect or not recognized. The discs play OK, but will not re-write or erase.

    I'm pretty new to this. Can anyone tell me what I am missing?
  • setarip
    Retired
    • Dec 2001
    • 24955

    #2
    You didn't, by any chance, FORMAT the R/W DVD so that it can be read from and written to as if it were another drive?

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    • ray3d
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Feb 2003
      • 5

      #3
      DVD+RW erase

      I didn't intentionally format my DVDs as you describe. Some of them are Video DVDs, others are data discs.

      Is there a place where I may check whether or not I inadvertently formatted the DVDs in an incompatible manner?

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      • setarip
        Retired
        • Dec 2001
        • 24955

        #4
        "whether or not I inadvertently formatted the DVDs in an incompatible manner?"

        It would be virtually impossible to other-than-intentionally format a DVD R/W...


        I'd suggest you put an UNUSED one into your burner and from within NERO select "Media Information", to determine if it is truly a R/W (or examine it under DVDDecrypter)...

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        • ray3d
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          Junior Member
          • Feb 2003
          • 5

          #5
          DVD+RW

          In "disc info", it says that my media are DVD+R. On the disc itself, it first says "RW", followed by "DVD+R". So, I guess it is record only.

          Now my question is, why does it call itself "RW" in the first place?

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          • setarip
            Retired
            • Dec 2001
            • 24955

            #6
            "Now my question is, why does it call itself "RW" in the first place?"

            You'd have to ask the folks from whom you purchased them...

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