Preferred Format Capacity vs Maximum Format Capacity

[Bluechip]

I would like to reformat this disc to use the full disc (Maximum Format Capacity)... How can I do this???

 

This is a Panasonic 50 GB BD-RE disc and the file I would like to write to this disc is 50,050,629,632 bytes big...

I did not have to format this disc, it came preformatted..

 

I have searched the forum and "Erase" is not the same as "Format"... How can I increase the disc size to the max??

 

Thank you...

 

 

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H10N 1.03 (Fibre)

Current Profile: BD-RE

 

Disc Information:

Status: Complete

Erasable: Yes

Sessions: 1

Sectors: 23,652,352

Size: 48,440,016,896 bytes

Time: 5256:06:52 (MM:SS:FF)

Supported Write Speeds: 2x

 

TOC Information:

Session 1...

-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 23652351)

-> LeadOut (LBA: 23652352)

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: MEI-T01-01

Disc Type: BD-RE

 

Current Format Capacity:

Sectors: 23,652,352

Size: 48,440,016,896 bytes

Time: 5256:06:52 (MM:SS:FF)

 

Preferred Format Capacity:

Sectors: 23,652,352

Size: 48,440,016,896 bytes

Time: 5256:06:52 (MM:SS:FF)

 

Maximum Format Capacity:

Sectors: 24,438,784

Size: 50,050,629,632 bytes

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Settings -> Write tab -> 'Prefer Format Without Spare Areas'

 

Then do a full format.

[Bluechip]

Settings -> Write tab -> 'Prefer Format Without Spare Areas'

 

Then do a full format.

 

Thank You!!!

 

BTW the "Erase" will take along time... It took over 4 hours to erase the disc and ....

 

Is there any reason not to format (erase) it to the Maximum Format Capacity???

 

I can only see 2 options for BD disc that I need to select:

Settings -> Write tab -> 'Prefer Format Without Spare Areas'

Settings -> Write tab -> "DVD-RAM / BD-RE Fastwrite (*)'

 

Are there any other settings for Blu-Ray (BD-RE) disc that I should select???

 

Tks again for a great piece of software....

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Spare areas are used for recovery, sector relocation etc I think.