Re: Format not an option for D:

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 02/25/05


Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:31:07 -0500

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:49:52 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
<rick@mvps.org> wrote:

>"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
>news:krcq11lej1m1fbq6eoom0mvk6dgotc4648@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:34:56 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
>> <rick@mvps.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> Incorrect. Some third party utilities CAN format CDR media, so saying
>>>> that you can only format CDRW media is wrong wrong wrong.
>>>
>>>Perhaps true in part, but......
>>
>> No, it's completely true. Regardless of what the OP asked/stated, you
>> replied that CDRs could not be formatted for packet-writing. That all
>> inclusive statement was wrong. They CAN be.
>
>Actually I said: "First, you don't format CD-R media. You would only format
>CDRW media and then only if you are using a third party tool."

>Which remains true, and packet writing was not a consideration here, the
>question was about the native burning engine, which uses ISO-9660. Even if
>it were, you still would rarely format a CDR for usage. I didn't say "you
>could not format a CDR", I said "you don't". Plus, again, WinXP's burning
>engine does not provide a format option for optical media - and if you
>reread the original question, you will see that the OP was asking why this
>option was not available.

You don't get it. Read your first statement: "First, you don't
format CD-R media."

That is where you are 100% wrong. You can (and many people DO) format
CD-R media.



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