Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (
More info?)
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:28:02 -0700, "wyred"
<wyred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>"NobodyMan" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:25:12 -0700, "wyred"
>> <wyred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Has anyone else tried formatting a DVD_R (non recordable) disc using the
>> >format disc utility? I tried it and it works!! I got the standard window
>> >format on the disc and can record files to, delete files, and open and record
>> >new files. After reading all the problems that dvd-r drives can come up
>> >with, I'm afraid it will crash something if I use this. Anyone else have
>> >information? Thank if you do.
>>
>> This is misplaced and doesn't belong here. Why?
>>
>> 1. WinXP does not have ANY capability to support DVDs. None. Zero.
>>
>> 2. What optical media XP does support, CDR and CDRW, can't be
>> "formatted" by WinXP. To do that, you MUST use a third-party program.
>>
>>
>Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but I don't know where else to post.
>There are other DVD questions here. Now I'm worried! I am running xphome,
>My dvd-rom drive is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B and I'm using Maxell DVD-R
>discs. I am not very computer savvy, but a program I had on my old computer
>did format DVD-R disc in the windows fomat. At that time I was running ME
>OS. It worked so well that I thought I would just try formatting a disc
>using the windows format disc utility, and chose my e-drive to format instead
>of the a-drive. And really it worked as a windows folder instead of a dvd
>disc. I am still using it, but now that you have said it can't be done I'm
>really nervous about crashing something. Have you tried this? Or am I
>losing it?
>
There are plenty of groups for DVD information - they even have the
letters DVD in their title. Search them out and ask their.
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