Illegal medium in Nero?

[Kenny]

Trying to "quick erase" a CDRW in Nero get "illegal medium" message and it
won't do it, anyone know why?


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Kenny

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

Try to reformat the CD-RW disk. The file system may be screwed up.


"Kenny" > wrote in message
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> Trying to "quick erase" a CDRW in Nero get "illegal medium" message and it
> won't do it, anyone know why?
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> --
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> Kenny
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[Harry Ohrn]

Has this disk been previously quick erased successfully? If Nero doesn't
work with it you might be successful in erasing the disk with another CD
Burning software program like Superblank (freeware)
http://www.arrowkey.com/pub/SuperBlank301.zip but I'd still be suspicious of
a CD-R/W that gives you grief.

Does the error always happen? Is it only with one specific CD-R/W disk? How
old is the CD-R/W (how often has it been previously erased). Was it
formatted with InCD prior to the attempt to erase it now? Can you do a Full
erase of the disk?

A quick erase only removes the TOC (table of contents) and if this is done
many times it is possible the disk has simply "worn out". Or you could have
poor medium or a scratched disk in either case it is time to toss the
CD-R/W.

BTW are you using the latest version of Nero? You may need to upgrade as
some earlier versions of Nero 5.5 were a bit buggy on XP. www.nero.com will
get you an update.


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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
www.webtree.ca/newlife/


"Kenny" > wrote in message
...
> Trying to "quick erase" a CDRW in Nero get "illegal medium" message and it
> won't do it, anyone know why?
>
>
> --
>
> Kenny
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>
>

[Kenny]

Discovered it's only with a few older Memorex discs, seems they don't age
well.

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Kenny


"Harry Ohrn" > wrote in message
...
> Has this disk been previously quick erased successfully? If Nero doesn't
> work with it you might be successful in erasing the disk with another CD
> Burning software program like Superblank (freeware)
> http://www.arrowkey.com/pub/SuperBlank301.zip but I'd still be suspicious
of
> a CD-R/W that gives you grief.
>
> Does the error always happen? Is it only with one specific CD-R/W disk?
How
> old is the CD-R/W (how often has it been previously erased). Was it
> formatted with InCD prior to the attempt to erase it now? Can you do a
Full
> erase of the disk?
>
> A quick erase only removes the TOC (table of contents) and if this is done
> many times it is possible the disk has simply "worn out". Or you could
have
> poor medium or a scratched disk in either case it is time to toss the
> CD-R/W.
>
> BTW are you using the latest version of Nero? You may need to upgrade as
> some earlier versions of Nero 5.5 were a bit buggy on XP. www.nero.com
will
> get you an update.
>
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
> www.webtree.ca/newlife/
>
>
> "Kenny" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Trying to "quick erase" a CDRW in Nero get "illegal medium" message and
it
> > won't do it, anyone know why?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Harry Ohrn]

There were a lot of problems with Memorex CD-R/W a few years ago. Just do a
search of some the CD burning newsgroups. Personally I haven't had problems
with them recently though.

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
www.webtree.ca/newlife/


"Kenny" > wrote in message
...
> Discovered it's only with a few older Memorex discs, seems they don't age
> well.
>
> --
>
> Kenny
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Has this disk been previously quick erased successfully? If Nero doesn't
> > work with it you might be successful in erasing the disk with another CD
> > Burning software program like Superblank (freeware)
> > http://www.arrowkey.com/pub/SuperBlank301.zip but I'd still be
suspicious
> of
> > a CD-R/W that gives you grief.
> >
> > Does the error always happen? Is it only with one specific CD-R/W disk?
> How
> > old is the CD-R/W (how often has it been previously erased). Was it
> > formatted with InCD prior to the attempt to erase it now? Can you do a
> Full
> > erase of the disk?
> >
> > A quick erase only removes the TOC (table of contents) and if this is
done
> > many times it is possible the disk has simply "worn out". Or you could
> have
> > poor medium or a scratched disk in either case it is time to toss the
> > CD-R/W.
> >
> > BTW are you using the latest version of Nero? You may need to upgrade as
> > some earlier versions of Nero 5.5 were a bit buggy on XP. www.nero.com
> will
> > get you an update.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
> > www.webtree.ca/newlife/
> >
> >
> > "Kenny" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Trying to "quick erase" a CDRW in Nero get "illegal medium" message
and
> it
> > > won't do it, anyone know why?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kenny
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>