kenferrie Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Trying to erase disc dvd-rw but when i do it says that it cannot format median - incompatible median I 22:22:10 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 22:22:10 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 22:22:10 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,528 KB - Available: 1,387,604 KB I 22:22:10 Initialising SPTI... I 22:22:10 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:22:12 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C DE01 (D:) (ATA) I 22:22:12 Found 1 DVD-ROM/CD-RW! I 22:22:33 Operation Started! I 22:22:33 Device: [1:0:0] TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C DE01 (D:) (ATA) I 22:22:33 Media Type: DVD-RW (Speeds: 0.5x) I 22:22:33 Quick Erase: Yes I 22:22:33 Erasing Disc... E 22:22:38 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Cannot Format Medium - Incompatible Medium E 22:22:39 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Your drive can write CDs but only read DVDs, which is known as a combo drive, and you need a DVD burner in order to burn/erase DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenferrie Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Your drive can write CDs but only read DVDs, which is known as a combo drive, and you need a DVD burner in order to burn/erase DVDs. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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