Solve : How can I erase DVDs?

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Answer» I have backed up my computer on DVDs. I have several of these but only want to save the last one I MADE. I want to erase the old ones and use them again. When I put a new DVD in to run a backup a PANEL says that it must be formatted and that will erase every thing on the DVD. There is nothing on it because it is new. If I put a DVD in that has a backup on it, the panel says that there is already a backup on the DVD and refuses to run it. How can I get it to erase the DVD and leave it clean so that I can use it again? Thanks BobAre they DVD-RW's or DVD-R's? Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on April 26, 2009, 05:05:55 AM Are they DVD-RW's or DVD-R's? A good question! I forgot to tell you facts. I am RUNNING Vista Home basic on an E Machine. The DVD package says DVD + R. The computer panel says I am using it in "DVD RW drive (E:). Thanks for the replies. Bob There's your problem. The DVD's are DVD-R's or DVD Recordables, not Re-Writable. They cannot be written on a second time, only once.Thank you for the explanation. I just went into Best Buy and bought what they told me I needed. No BIG deal. I don't plan on making a backup very often and the DVDs are not expensive. I'll just discard the old ones. Thanks again. BobAnytime.

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I have backed up my computer on DVDs. I have several of these but only want to save the last one I MADE. I want to erase the old ones and use them again.
When I put a new DVD in to run a backup a PANEL says that it must be formatted and that will erase every thing on the DVD. There is nothing on it because it is new. If I put a DVD in that has a backup on it, the panel says that there is already a backup on the DVD and refuses to run it. How can I get it to erase the DVD and leave it clean so that I can use it again? Thanks BobAre they DVD-RW's or DVD-R's? Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on April 26, 2009, 05:05:55 AM

Are they DVD-RW's or DVD-R's?

A good question!
I forgot to tell you facts. I am RUNNING Vista Home basic on an E Machine. The DVD package says DVD + R. The computer panel says I am using it in "DVD RW drive (E:). Thanks for the replies. Bob There's your problem.

The DVD's are DVD-R's or DVD Recordables, not Re-Writable. They cannot be written on a second time, only once.Thank you for the explanation. I just went into Best Buy and bought what they told me I needed. No BIG deal. I don't plan on making a backup very often and the DVDs are not expensive. I'll just discard the old ones. Thanks again. BobAnytime.

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