Guest troublewithtribbles Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 why can't i format a cd? I'm using an hp with windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 service pack 2 build 2600 and I ran mmc and opened a console for disk management. When I click on the d: drive which is my cd, the only tasks available are change drive letter and paths,eject,properties. I'm not sure what my next step with mmc is. Anybody?
Guest Ghostrider Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: disk management? I need to format a cd. troublewithtribbles wrote: > why can't i format a cd? > I'm using an hp with windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 service pack 2 build > 2600 > and I ran mmc and opened a console for disk management. > When I click on the d: drive which is my cd, the only tasks available are > change drive letter and paths,eject,properties. > > I'm not sure what my next step with mmc is. Anybody? One probable reason is that the format command does not include the programming to format a CD-RW. The capability to format such a disc is typically supplied by the burning application that was installed for the computer, e.g., Roxio, Nero, CDBurnerXP, etc.
Guest BigJim Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: disk management? I need to format a cd. In order to format a cd it must be a Read and Write.
Guest HeyBub Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: disk management? I need to format a cd. troublewithtribbles wrote: > why can't i format a cd? > I'm using an hp with windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 service pack 2 > build 2600 > and I ran mmc and opened a console for disk management. > When I click on the d: drive which is my cd, the only tasks available > are change drive letter and paths,eject,properties. > > I'm not sure what my next step with mmc is. Anybody? Same reason that you can't format a keyboard. It is not physically possible to do so.
Guest sgopus Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: disk management? I need to format a cd. yes, it is, it just depends on the type of Media ie CDRW and the proper software regular cd's do not require formatting "HeyBub" wrote: > troublewithtribbles wrote: > > why can't i format a cd? > > I'm using an hp with windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 service pack 2 > > build 2600 > > and I ran mmc and opened a console for disk management. > > When I click on the d: drive which is my cd, the only tasks available > > are change drive letter and paths,eject,properties. > > > > I'm not sure what my next step with mmc is. Anybody? > > Same reason that you can't format a keyboard. It is not physically possible > to do so. > > >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: disk management? I need to format a cd. "troublewithtribbles" <troublewithtribbles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:71D610F6-4F3C-4BC9-873E-17F2E7BAC994@microsoft.com... > why can't i format a cd? First, you can't format CDR's, you need CD/RW disks. Or, DVD/RW if your drive supports them. > I'm using an hp with windows xp home edition 5.1.2600 service pack 2 build > 2600 > and I ran mmc and opened a console for disk management. Disk Management does not have any tools for formatting any type of CD or DVD. So, you aren't going to get far, there. > When I click on the d: drive which is my cd, the only tasks available are > change drive letter and paths,eject,properties. > > I'm not sure what my next step with mmc is. Anybody? You exit, because it can't help you.. To format a CD/RW or DVD/RW you need packet-writing software, which XP does not include. Examples of the software are InCD (Nero), DirectCD (Roxio) or DLA (Sonic). HTH -pk
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