badge :
Media does not require formatting. Check the specifications of your drive as to what media is supported.
I probably should clarify then. All the media disks (CDs, DVDs & video games) work without a hitch (& I know they don't need formatting). I'm refering to the disks my computer burned before the driver stopped formatting blank disks. Some of them will be allowed to be read about twice before bringing up the "do you want to format? box. One of the present 3 that underwent this was nevr even burned after the initial burning.
I even tried to re-format a CD-RW that the driver claimed was corrupted. It said format could not be completed. I get the same message on the blank disks also.
I also took one of these blank disks to my roommate's computer (which is the same make & model as my own) & got the same error message.
One of the disks I know is pretty much unsalvagable (as I found a fairly deep scratch on it), but it does not explain the others.