The VCR King
Well-Known Member
I want to format some CD-RWs to use like flash drives between my gaming PC and laptop (mostly for images and ISOs), but when I go to format the CD-RW in Windows Explorer, it gets about 50% into the format when it says "FORMAT FAILURE" and ejects the disc. I even tried the format with my Memorex external burner and I got the error again. I thought it was the disc at first but after trying several other CD-RWs on both burners I got the error again.
I also can't format the CDs in the laptop because the CD-RW drive in it stopped burning a while back.
I am not having formatting troubles with DVD-RWs, or DVD-RAMs but I NEED to do CD-RW because my laptop only READS CDs!
Do any of y'all computer geeks know of a free format utility that I can use to openly format CD-RWs?
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Can you format a CD-RW in Ubuntu 13.10? My gaming PC dual-boots into Ubuntu 13.10 so if I can format it their I'll just do that.
I also can't format the CDs in the laptop because the CD-RW drive in it stopped burning a while back.
I am not having formatting troubles with DVD-RWs, or DVD-RAMs but I NEED to do CD-RW because my laptop only READS CDs!
Do any of y'all computer geeks know of a free format utility that I can use to openly format CD-RWs?
or
Can you format a CD-RW in Ubuntu 13.10? My gaming PC dual-boots into Ubuntu 13.10 so if I can format it their I'll just do that.