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Frankly it's not worth the wear and tear on a writer to have to repeatedly reformat a disc and you're better off replacing it with a new one.
Also I keep a separate DVD+RW for images files, VIDEO_TS folders and data files so as to minimise the need to reformat. -
Originally Posted by ntscuser
I also store backups on video DVDs when there is much left over capacity.
As for the OP: if neither ImgBurn nor Nero can format it, consider it dead. Throw it away. -
The disc's been erased no more than 4 times.
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I've got four DVDRWs, various brands. I've used them dozens, perhaps hundreds of times. They are physically wearing out as I scratch them up through careless handling, and so I notice less reliable reading towards the end of the disc (i.e., near the outer edge, which is the most scratched area). A couple of times I've aborted a write and had to do a full erase before the disc could be used again. Nero seemed the most reliable for that, succeeding when ImgBurn (which I use for all my routine burning) failed.
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