After (full/quick) erase DVD-RW states that it has 0MB free

[SuperSaiyanZero]

hi,

i recently bought some brand bew dvd-rws. they worked fine through nero but when i used them through power director 3 retail, it asked me to erase them (although they were blank) so i did erase them! when powerdirector 3 started the burn process it failed. when i looked at the free space indicator on power director 3 it reported 0MB free!
i tried erasing the disk with nero using full and quick but the free space still remained 0MB.

is there anyway to recover those dvd-rws, they worked before i used power director 3?

[Shocker Milwaukee]

I've noticed burning apps that don't like how a different burning app erased a RW. Try a "full" erase with the app you plan on burning with.

[SuperSaiyanZero]

hello, thanks for the reply!

i've tried a full erase with nero and winoncd 6 dvd but even after that it reports 0MB free.

are there any programmes specifically designed to erase dvd-rw?

[lordsmurf]

Erase in DVDINFO

[SuperSaiyanZero]

hello lordsmurf,

where can obtain dvdinfo from?

[fritzi93]

DVDinfoPRO

[SuperSaiyanZero]

thanks for your replies!

i've noticed when i use disc info within nero it states the capacity is 0MB after performing an erase with power director 3 where as the real capacity should be 4468MB as reported by dvdinfopro.

dvdinfopro: tried all options but the capacity remains the same! the disc as i stated earlier in this post worked fine before using power director 3

these disks are brand new and the manufacturer id is prodisc.

are there any suggestions to restore the capacity back to its original amount?

thanks in advance,

Adam (United Kingdom)

[SuperSaiyanZero]

here is a picture:
using nero 6.3xxx

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Try to erase the disc through windows explorer. Open windows explorer, right click on the DVD-RW drive & see if "format" is an option. This option may or may not be present depending on what burning apps you have installed. Food for thought: The general consensus in this forum seems to be that the PLUS (+) format DVD+RW is far superior to DVD-RW.

[leebo]

Try erasing it on another computer, or even better, a set top DVD recorder.
Power director 3 must have written something to the discs causing Windows to report 0mb free. If Windows thinks there's no room on the disc, all your apps will. I'm not sure what formatting it will do.

A set top recorder will ignore whatever is written there and erase it anyway. You can always go into a store and pretend you're interested in buying a set top recorder and want to test record a minute of video (which should do the trick), but probably only for one or two discs.

[muskgrave]

umm...

isn't it supposed to be like that? Any CD you put in your computer will only say it's as large as the data on it..grab any software cd you own and put it in the computer..if the data on the cd is say..300mb..it will say that there is 300mb of data and the capacity of the cd is 300mb..therefore there will be 0mb free.

[SuperSaiyanZero]

Hello once again!

thanks for all your replies!

i'll try what some of you have suggested!

hi muskgrave; this (DVD-RW) disk is rewritable it reports 0MB even after erasing or formatting it with any software (nero, winoncd, dvdinfo pro, etc).

i have tried through other computers but i end up with the same results, i don't own a DVD-Video Recorder but i'll try to erase it through windows explorer!

thanks once again and i do apologise for troubling you guys!

if you do have any more ideas please let me know!

thank you, adam

[Sam Ontario]

Try another brand that your Pioneer 106 likes, e.g. Maxell or other quality brands. I have a lot of troubles with earlier media such as 1x DVD-RW Princo and Memorex with my LG GMA 4020B. Now I mostly use LG GSA 4082B, it burns well with any media I throw in except 1x Princo and 1x Memorex -RWs.

[SuperSaiyanZero]

Cheers SAM,

yes i've finally decided to move over to another brand!
for DVD-RW i'm using TDK and for DVD+RW im using Verbatim v2.0

both seem to be working very well, ^_^!

thanks all for all your help!

regards, Adam