I have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an
Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL
Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers are
running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2

My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a
Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through the
formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete the
format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines.
Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to format
a CD-RW disk OK.
Help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.
Thanks

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JJ MacA

"jj mac" <jj [email]mac@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:E3EB5843-08D9-4FD7-ABDF-FC800DFD0403@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an
> Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL
> Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers
> are
> running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2
>
> My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a
> Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through
> the
> formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete
> the
> format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines.
> Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to
> format
> a CD-RW disk OK.
> Help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>[/color]

May I ask why you are wanting to format a DVD in the first place?

jj mac <jj [email]mac@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote:
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>I have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an
>Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL
>Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers are
>running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2
>
> My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a
>Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through the
>formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete the
>format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines.
>Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to format
>a CD-RW disk OK.
>Help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.
>Thanks[/color]

AFAIK, there is NO reason to format a DVD. They are ready for use if
you have a burner that is capable of doing what you want it to do.

Thank you Gordon.
I want to format a DVD +RW disk because I would be unable to burn files on
an unformated disk. I was wrong to suggest that I needed to format a DVD-R
disk for that purpose.
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JJ MacA


"Gordon" wrote:
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>
> "jj mac" <jj [email]mac@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> news:E3EB5843-08D9-4FD7-ABDF-FC800DFD0403@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > I have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an
> > Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL
> > Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers
> > are
> > running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2
> >
> > My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a
> > Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through
> > the
> > formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete
> > the
> > format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines.
> > Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to
> > format
> > a CD-RW disk OK.
> > Help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.
> > Thanks
> >[/color]
>
> May I ask why you are wanting to format a DVD in the first place?
>
>
>[/color]

Thank you Bill. You are quite right as far as DVD-R disks are concerned but
I did have an issue with a DVD+RW disk which turned out to be caused by a
defective disk. Using a different RW media resolved that issue.
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JJ MacA


"Bill Daggett" wrote:
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> jj mac <jj [email]mac@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >I have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an
> >Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL
> >Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers are
> >running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2
> >
> > My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a
> >Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through the
> >formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete the
> >format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines.
> >Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to format
> >a CD-RW disk OK.
> >Help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.
> >Thanks[/color]
>
> AFAIK, there is NO reason to format a DVD. They are ready for use if
> you have a burner that is capable of doing what you want it to do.
>[/color]