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07-04-2008, 03:41 AM
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| Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour?      |
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07-04-2008, 04:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... > Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the > machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW > using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I > cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. > XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? Your answer is simple enough: Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or Roxio's software. Cheap-skate! -- Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. ======================================= |
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07-04-2008, 04:50 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... >> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on >> the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW >> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I >> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. >> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? > > Your answer is simple enough: > Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. > Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or > Roxio's software. > > Cheap-skate! <sigh> but if you read my post, it also tries to format CDR and DVDR AS WELL. |
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07-04-2008, 07:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote: >"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message >> news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... >>> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on >>> the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW >>> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I >>> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. >>> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? >> >> Your answer is simple enough: >> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >> Roxio's software. >> >> Cheap-skate! > ><sigh> but if you read my post, it also tries to format CDR and DVDR AS >WELL. Then try option 2: get a decent burning program :-) |
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07-04-2008, 07:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Nonny" <nonnymoose******.com> wrote in message news:p0es64hiue8sk560pho6s5i9tbeib8bh9s@4ax.com... > "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote: > >>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> >>> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... >>>> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on >>>> the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or >>>> DVDRW >>>> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I >>>> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. >>>> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? >>> >>> Your answer is simple enough: >>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >>> Roxio's software. >>> >>> Cheap-skate! >> >><sigh> but if you read my post, it also tries to format CDR and DVDR AS >>WELL. > > Then try option 2: get a decent burning program :-) I've got one. It's free. I just want to know a) why it does it and b) is there a way to stop it. I do sometimes just want to do a simple burn-to-disk from explorer.... |
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07-04-2008, 07:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote: >"Nonny" <nonnymoose******.com> wrote in message >news:p0es64hiue8sk560pho6s5i9tbeib8bh9s@4ax.com.. . >> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >>>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... >>>>> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on >>>>> the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or >>>>> DVDRW >>>>> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I >>>>> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. >>>>> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? >>>> >>>> Your answer is simple enough: >>>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >>>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >>>> Roxio's software. >>>> >>>> Cheap-skate! >>> >>><sigh> but if you read my post, it also tries to format CDR and DVDR AS >>>WELL. >> >> Then try option 2: get a decent burning program :-) > > >I've got one. It's free. You can't set the default autoplay option to open that program when you insert a blank disc?? > I just want to know a) why it does it and b) is >there a way to stop it. I do sometimes just want to do a simple burn-to-disk >from explorer.... |
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07-04-2008, 09:30 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? Wow, you sound ignorant. Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero does (plus a lot more), and costs $0. "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > Your answer is simple enough: > Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. > Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or > Roxio's software. > > Cheap-skate! > > -- > > Donald L McDaniel > Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. > ======================================= > > > |
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07-04-2008, 10:00 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? I can agree with you 100% WRT Nero, both the Windows and Linux (is that a joke or what?) versions are terribly buggy. Or at least they were until they hit the trashcan. Xenomorph wrote: > Wow, you sound ignorant. > > Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. > > You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? > > Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero > does (plus a lot more), and costs $0. > > > "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message > news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> >> Your answer is simple enough: >> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's >> or Roxio's software. >> >> Cheap-skate! >> >> -- >> >> Donald L McDaniel >> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. >> ======================================= >> >> >> > |
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07-04-2008, 10:00 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:EF026F7E-BCA7-4CD7-AD5C-EE59A52660DF@microsoft.com... > Wow, you sound ignorant. > > Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. > > You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? > > Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero > does (plus a lot more), and costs $0. I actually use CDBurnerXP Pro - have done for some years....the main point of my post is, that occasionally, I do just want to do a simple file burn from Explorer without firing up the burning app, and with XP that was OK but in Vista you can't do that without formatting the CD/DVD first..... |
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07-04-2008, 10:40 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0500, "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote: >Wow, you sound ignorant. Yeah, you're responding to a typical no nothing MS fanboy. They can't get it in their heads anything free might be as good as or better then the overpriced crap like Microsoft shovels out. Just three examples of good, free applications: Autoruns..... great utility that shows what's getting loaded at boot GIMP......... equal to or better than Photoshop in many respects VirtualDub... one of the best feature loaded basic video editors There are dozens of others. Any what's wrong with RW media? Nothing. McDaniel is just another clueless jerk. This newsgroup is a magnet for his type. > >Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. > >You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? > >Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero does >(plus a lot more), and costs $0. > > >"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> >> Your answer is simple enough: >> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >> Roxio's software. >> >> Cheap-skate! >> >> -- >> >> Donald L McDaniel >> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. >> ======================================= >> >> >> |
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07-04-2008, 11:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? Personal attacks really make your day!!! "Ringmaster" <bigtop@VistaGeneralCircus.net> wrote in message news:ceqs6457fcqt1uhgr0v485vvil0s5vq20l@4ax.com... > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0500, "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote: > >>Wow, you sound ignorant. > > Yeah, you're responding to a typical no nothing MS fanboy. They can't > get it in their heads anything free might be as good as or better then > the overpriced crap like Microsoft shovels out. > > Just three examples of good, free applications: > > Autoruns..... great utility that shows what's getting loaded at boot > GIMP......... equal to or better than Photoshop in many respects > VirtualDub... one of the best feature loaded basic video editors > > There are dozens of others. > > Any what's wrong with RW media? Nothing. McDaniel is just another > clueless jerk. This newsgroup is a magnet for his type. > >> >>Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. >> >>You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? >> >>Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero >>does >>(plus a lot more), and costs $0. >> >> >>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>> Your answer is simple enough: >>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >>> Roxio's software. >>> >>> Cheap-skate! >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Donald L McDaniel >>> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. >>> ======================================= >>> >>> >>> |
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07-04-2008, 11:20 AM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message news:g4loba$uu6$1@news.mixmin.net... > "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message > news:EF026F7E-BCA7-4CD7-AD5C-EE59A52660DF@microsoft.com... >> Wow, you sound ignorant. >> >> Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. >> >> You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? >> >> Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero >> does (plus a lot more), and costs $0. > > I actually use CDBurnerXP Pro - have done for some years....the main point > of my post is, that occasionally, I do just want to do a simple file burn > from Explorer without firing up the burning app, and with XP that was OK but > in Vista you can't do that without formatting the CD/DVD first..... > Have you checked how your AutoPlay is set up, like Nonny asked you ? |
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07-04-2008, 12:30 PM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:04:19 -0700, "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote: > >Personal attacks really make your day!!! No, correcting misinformation from some blowhard does. >"Ringmaster" <bigtop@VistaGeneralCircus.net> wrote in message >news:ceqs6457fcqt1uhgr0v485vvil0s5vq20l@4ax.com.. . >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0500, "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote: >> >>>Wow, you sound ignorant. >> >> Yeah, you're responding to a typical no nothing MS fanboy. They can't >> get it in their heads anything free might be as good as or better then >> the overpriced crap like Microsoft shovels out. >> >> Just three examples of good, free applications: >> >> Autoruns..... great utility that shows what's getting loaded at boot >> GIMP......... equal to or better than Photoshop in many respects >> VirtualDub... one of the best feature loaded basic video editors >> >> There are dozens of others. >> >> Any what's wrong with RW media? Nothing. McDaniel is just another >> clueless jerk. This newsgroup is a magnet for his type. >> >>> >>>Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. >>> >>>You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? >>> >>>Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero >>>does >>>(plus a lot more), and costs $0. >>> >>> >>>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@invalid.com> wrote in message >>>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>> >>>> Your answer is simple enough: >>>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media. >>>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or >>>> Roxio's software. >>>> >>>> Cheap-skate! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Donald L McDaniel >>>> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. >>>> ======================================= >>>> >>>> >>>> |
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07-04-2008, 02:50 PM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? hello Your problem is a real one. I got the same one. I try to remember what i have done... I uninstalled all the burning softwares except one. I disabled the burning service of vista. I deleted a directory (don't remember which one and if i do my Vista is not in english) whose content was files to burn on a disk. Look like i began a burning operation with vista's burning tool and never went to the end.) Hope it gives you some ideas. (I apologyze for my english) "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> a écrit dans le message de news:g4l24u$9qk$1@news.mixmin.net... > Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the > machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW > using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I > cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with. > XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour? |
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07-04-2008, 06:11 PM
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| Re: Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk? XP always wanted to install its file System on a CD before burning files!!!!! That is why we used 3rd party burning software, lol. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "Gordon" wrote: > "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message > news:EF026F7E-BCA7-4CD7-AD5C-EE59A52660DF@microsoft.com... > > Wow, you sound ignorant. > > > > Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free. > > > > You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead? > > > > Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero > > does (plus a lot more), and costs $0. > > I actually use CDBurnerXP Pro - have done for some years....the main point > of my post is, that occasionally, I do just want to do a simple file burn > from Explorer without firing up the burning app, and with XP that was OK but > in Vista you can't do that without formatting the CD/DVD first..... > > |
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