Bluechip Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 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! Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Settings -> Write tab -> 'Prefer Format Without Spare Areas' Then do a full format.
Bluechip Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 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! Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Spare areas are used for recovery, sector relocation etc I think.
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