On Mon, 12 May 2008 08:04:20 -0400, "Dave" wrote:


"Alric Knebel" wrote in message
m...
J wrote:

Word is that full discs do not need to be erased. In other words, you
can record a TV program over the contents of a full +RW disc.

Didn't work for me.

So how *do* your erase a +RW disc? Thanks

If you're talking about for a DVD recorder, somewhere there's an erase
function, that'll erase the entire disc, without your having to record
something over it.

It's called "initialize". Essentially, the disk needs to be formatted. But
they call it initialize, as sometimes you can choose more than one format
option. Somewhere in the menus for the dvd recorder, there will be an
option to initialize the disk. There SHOULD be an option to finalize the
disk, also. -Dave

I know that on my DVD recorder (Phillips) "erase" is something
different from "format", as it is in computer CD/DVD burning software.
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