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formatting a used cd to burn onto it
does anyone know how to set a old cd that already has files on it to blank to burn a cd onto it by using windos media player? i know it has to be a brand new cd or it tells you to enter a new on and it wont let you burn.i dont have any brand new ones..how can i format one that i dont want anymore to make a new one?
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Hi there,
This isn't possible. When you write data to a standard cd-r, the dye layer of the disc is damaged. That is how the data is stored.
If the disc was finalized, then no additional data can be added to the disc.
The idea of making it completely blank again is just not going to happen. If it was a cd-rw, then it would be possible.
Good thing there are cheap CD-R blanks just about everywhere these days, eh?
Happy burning!
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