47000 minutes to format CDRW?

shawn wrote:
I've recently upgraded to Windows XP. I was in the process of trying
to clean up some space. So I took a CDRW I have and put into my CD
writer and choose full format. The formatter said it was going to take
something like 47000 minutes to finish! It started counting it down
and after a few minutes it looked like the program was serious. This
is with a Liteon 52X drive.

Any idea as to why it seems to take so long to format a CDRW. Is it
XP, or is the software (Nero V5.XXX) telling me a fib? Now a quick
format only takes a couple of minutes at 2x, but that full format was
just weird.

Don't trust that estimate. Assuming that you have a blank compatible
with your drive, let the format continue for the nominal duration of the
blank (e.g., 74 or 80 minutes). If it still isn't done, you are probably
not as compatible as you think. An UltraSpeed drive is not likely to be
happy with a HighSpeed disc and even less pleased with an unrated one
(4x max).

Mike
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shawn wrote:

I've recently upgraded to Windows XP. I was in the process of trying
to clean up some space. So I took a CDRW I have and put into my CD
writer and choose full format. The formatter said it was going to take
something like 47000 minutes to finish! It started counting it down
and after a few minutes it looked like the program was serious. This
is with a Liteon 52X drive.

Any idea as to why it seems to take so long to format a CDRW. Is it
XP, or is the software (Nero V5.XXX) telling me a fib? Now a quick
format only takes a couple of minutes at 2x, but that full format was
just weird.

Puzzled how you could burn at 2x when the lowest rewrite speed of Liteon
52x is 4x. The "47000 minutes" is most likely caused by this. You need
cd-rw media with Multi, High or Ultra Speed logo. If there is no speed
rating on the disc, then it's rated at 2x only and is not suitable for
the Liteon 52x.

Try with appropriate cd-rw media, and use UDF rather than MRW by
unchecking "MRW Format all drives" in InCD Options.

In case more trouble, check out KCK's InCD troubleshoot guide:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=9572

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Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum) wrote:

An UltraSpeed drive is not likely to be happy with a HighSpeed disc
and even less pleased with an unrated one (4x max).

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From: Mitch
Subject: CD RW problem
Date: 11/30/03

Mike Richter (Slimy Scum) wrote:

Mitch wrote:

If you have a Rewritable Drive
you can use 1x-4x CD-RW Media

If you have a High Speed Rewritable Drive
you can use 4x-12x CD-RW Media & 1x-4x CD-RW Media

If you have a Ultra Speed Rewritable Drive
you can use 8x-24x CD-RW Media, 4x-12x CD-RW Media & 1x-4x CD-RW Media

Yes and no. Your drive may or may not write to media of a lesser type
than specified, but the quality of the write is generally much less than
that for the specified type, which is often less than you'd want to
begin with. I did not say that it would not work, only that "you're
asking for trouble".

Double-check your data, though. There may be an UltraSpeed drive which
will write as slowly as 4x, but I don't know of it.

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Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum) wrote:

shawn wrote:
I've recently upgraded to Windows XP. I was in the process of trying
to clean up some space. So I took a CDRW I have and put into my CD
writer and choose full format. The formatter said it was going to take
something like 47000 minutes to finish! It started counting it down
and after a few minutes it looked like the program was serious. This
is with a Liteon 52X drive.

Any idea as to why it seems to take so long to format a CDRW. Is it
XP, or is the software (Nero V5.XXX) telling me a fib? Now a quick
format only takes a couple of minutes at 2x, but that full format was
just weird.

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Why are you commenting on Winxp, Nero and InCD when you do not use and
thus not know about them, Mikey?

I do not use XP
I don't know Nero at all
I have not used InCD

I do not comment on what I don't know.

Also, remember this weasel drivel of yours?

[...not use...not know...not write...]

Don't you remember that the above weasel drivel was your slimy excuse
for not acknowledging the Ezcd 5 Mode 1 bug?

Was Adrian Miller wrong about you, Mikey?
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From: Adrian Miller
Subject: Sam needs to apologise to Mike now.
(was: Wife Beating Stopped, Mike Richter?)
Date: 4/25/01

Unlike certain people he does not like to speculate on matters
that he does not have personal experience of.
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Didn't Adrian Miller have reliable information then, Mikey?
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From: Mike Richter (Slimy Scum)
Date: 8/2/01

[Adrian Miller] does provide reliable information
when he has it in my experience.
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