Race Guy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I formatted a blank BD-RE with "Prefer Format Without Spare Areas" NOT checked, which saves some "spare area", as I discovered in another post. Consequently, I have a disc that's now about .75 GB smaller in capacity than a BD-R would be. What's the procedure to reformat this disc to "max capacity". Nothin's jumping out at me in the "Tools" pull down. Also, in the Write Settings tab, there's a pull down that says: "Prefer Format Size" & the 3 choices are "Preferred, Minimum, Maximum". The obvious choice is "Maximum", but is it the correct choice? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Tools -> Drive -> Erase -> Full. or Right click the drive selection box -> Erase -> Full or Click the 'Erase Disc' button in the Destination box when you're in Build/Discovery/Write mode. If you're formatting without spare areas then the format size option doesn't apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Guy Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 EXCELLENT! I now have 12,219,392 sectors & 25,025,314,816 bytes free, which I think is identical to a BD-R. Thanks Mr. UK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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