DVD +RW question

[silver!]

Ok, I am really new to this. I have a NEC ND1100A DVD +R/RW and Pinnacle Studio 8. I burned a couple of coasters trying to learn stuff, and decided to get a DVD +RW to test stuff on till I get the hang of this.

Here is my question. My PC has Win XP Professional, and when I put in a DVD +RW it is "unformatted". Studio 8 can burn to it (and re-burn) but I cannot drag and drop files on it or anything. My question is does Windows XP have the ability to format a new +RW disk, or do I need a copy of some other software to manage auithoring files and erasing/formating blank new DVD's? I did download a copy of Nero (demo) and could "burn" some PC files to it, but could never figure out how to "format" it for drag and drop. Thanks!

Danny

[dcsos]

WINDOWS XP CANNOT record to DVD MEDIA
AFAIK

it will be in the next OS
and maybe in the MEDIACENTER XP OS already

[Paul_W]

XP won't do it directly but it will with the proper program. Roxio EZ CD and DVD creator work well and includes the "classic" interface that has the drag & drop capability. It works with all DVD +/-R and RW as well as CD's.