formatting cd

[John]

i have a cd that i want to format, but when i follow
the 'help' it tells me to select the drive,
select 'file', then 'format'. 'format' however is not
one of the options. how can i format this cd? thanks.

[Spinner]

You don't.
It is not possible to format a CD.
You can format a CD-RW, but you use burning software, not file/format to do
it.


"John" > wrote in message
...
> i have a cd that i want to format, but when i follow
> the 'help' it tells me to select the drive,
> select 'file', then 'format'. 'format' however is not
> one of the options. how can i format this cd? thanks.

[sqr]

The only way to format a CDR is to use DirectCD or INCd but remember they
are totally proprietary to their particular programs, just food for thought
you can buy preformatted DirectCD discs

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"Spinner" > wrote in message
news:2CENa.47285$G6.18938@lakeread04...
> You don't.
> It is not possible to format a CD.
> You can format a CD-RW, but you use burning software, not file/format to
do
> it.
>
>
> "John" > wrote in message
> ...
> > i have a cd that i want to format, but when i follow
> > the 'help' it tells me to select the drive,
> > select 'file', then 'format'. 'format' however is not
> > one of the options. how can i format this cd? thanks.
>
>