Posted by BillyBob on 10/01/05 21:54

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:433ec137.5057781@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:12:36 GMT, "BillyBob" <NEWSMAN@NOSPAM.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >> >No - DVD-R media is not preformatted if you "preformatted" it then you
> >would
> >> >not be able to write data as it is a write once media.
>
> >> The MID is written to the disc and that does not prevent writing more
> >> data.
>
> >The MID has nothing to do with reformatting a disc. . .
>
> I never claimed it was. I am saying that the MID is part of the
> pre-formatting process.

To use the term pre-formatting I do not believe is correct - a better term
would be part of the manufacturing process. Formatting would refer to the
physical or logical layout of the disc - the MID does not have any
relationship to this other than it will give some info on the disc maker so
the drive knows how to handle it - how strong to make the laser et al.

On DVD-R Media there is no format written to the data area until the disc is
burned - to say that the disc has been preformatted is not correct -

BB

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