Posted by Frank on 10/03/05 16:00

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:06:58 +0100, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Cannot erase DVD-RW>,
Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>> I have a DVD-RW on which there was a playable DVD I'd recorded. Today
>>> I tried to re-use it but cannot erase the existing contents. Using
>>> Nero Express I get just the unhelpful message 'Write Error'.
>>>
>>> How can I proceed please?
>>>
>>> Happy to provide any other details that might help isolate the
>>> problem.
>>
>>
>>A utility called Super Blank from http://www.infinadyne.com/super_blank.html
>>has saved me when all else has failed.
>>
>Thanks. Looked promising, but that too seems to have failed. Not
>entirely sure how to interpret it (no Help?). I inserted the disc and
>ran the program, pressing no buttons. After about a minute of progress
>under 'Auto Blank' the large Drive button turned red and the 'Blank'
>button changed to 'Clear', with a red X on it. Can you translate that
>for me please?
>
>Is there any program that will actually give me a definitive statement
>along the lines of 'This disc is unusable because of xxx.' ?


If it was me, I would probably just discard the disc as one which has
simply "gone bad" (diskettes often do the same thing).

If I wanted any further information about the disc and its condition,
I would run it through ISOBuster, doing a surface scan on the entire
disc to see what it reports.

http://www.smart-projects.net/


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