Re: "Windows was unable to complete the format" appears when Windows XP Pro SP2 formats a DVD-RAM

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From: Dmitriy Kopnichev (kopn_at_hotbox.ruDELETE)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:57:49 +0400

There is nothing about DVD-RAM and "Windows was unable to complete the
format" in Google.
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> So, search for yourself!
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> Regards:
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> Richard Urban
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> "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE> wrote in message
> news:O7%23%23e4YkEHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Windows+was+unable+to+complete+the+format&btnG=Google+Search
>> gives 382,000 results about HDDs, not DVD-RAM drives.
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>> "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE> wrote in message
>> news:%235keRnYkEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> No. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836165 does not apply.
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>>> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%236lDfjYkEHA.3520@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Does this apply:
>>>>
>>>> The formatting operation is unsuccessful when you try to format a
>>>> DVD-RAM disc as FAT32 after you use InCD 4 :
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836165
>>>>
>>>> If not:
>>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Windows+was+unable+to+complete+the+format&btnG=Google+Search
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>>>> All the Best,
>>>> Kelly
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>>>> "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE> wrote in message
>>>> news:uhEZFcYkEHA.3340@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hello
>>>>> An error "Windows was unable to complete the format" appears when
>>>>> Windows XP Pro SP2 formats a DVD-RAM. The error appears when the
>>>>> format is "Quick" and Full. How to format the DVD-RAM successfully?
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