Trying to Copy File onto CD-RW

[Hurling Fan]

Hi All, trying to copy a file onto a CD-RW disc but when I try to look at the disc, it says that the disc is not formatted and ask do I want to format it. When I click on Yes it says that it cannot be formatted. Just wondering is it a problem with the laptop or the disc - have tried several discs but still no luck. Any suggestions?

 

[Guest128]

Is the laptop capable of writing to a CD? In other words does it actually have a CD burner or just a player?


and
http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-a-CD may help

 

[Caveat]

What type of file(s) are you trying to copy and exactly what procedure are you following?

 

[karlod]

Is your laptop able to burn to CD-RW. some can only burn to CD+RW. Its a different cd type. Might be worth a shot

 

[nmesisca]

with some softwares when you try to write single files on the cd/cdrw it will hold that in a 'staging' area until you commit the changes to the media.
make sure its not that.

 

[Technologist]

Hi All, trying to copy a file onto a CD-RW disc but when I try to look at the disc, it says that the disc is not formatted and ask do I want to format it. When I click on Yes it says that it cannot be formatted. Just wondering is it a problem with the laptop or the disc - have tried several discs but still no luck. Any suggestions?

There are two ways of using a CDRW:

DLA- Drive letter access (treats it like a hard disc....kind of)

Using disc burning software, e.g. 'Roxio' or 'Sonic'.

You don't say what kind of computer operating system you have, so it's difficult to be more precise.

But - normally, you don't format a CDRW in the say way as you format a USB key, floppy disc etc. I suspect you're going about it the wrong way.

In Windows XP, usually when you put in a CDRW, it asks you how you want to use it, does this happen?