Can't erase CD-RW.

[Guest]

I have a particular CD-RW which I wrote about 3-4 years ago, but now I can't seem to erase it.
I tried erasing it with Nero, CloneCD, and with Windows XP built-in eraser. All the programs report the CD-RW is erased but when I check I see it isn't.
I have a HP cd-writer cd16.

 

[Arrow]

Did you try the Full Erase, and not just the Quick option?

Rob
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[ejsmith2]

If you're using a high-speed burner, there's a *very* good chance you can't write/erase the old 4x cdrw. Any of them.

I have one that I can, it's a tdk. All my other 4x don't like the plextor 161040.

 

[Guest]

I'm glad to hear that other people have encountered this problem too... I do have a high speed writer (HP cd-writer cd16, it operates at 16x10x40).
But I wonder what's causing the problem.

 

[Guest]

I tried it in Nero, didn't work.
I didn't try it in any of the other programs, though, because it takes too long.

 

[Arrow]

Doesn't Nero allow you to choose your erase speed?

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[ejsmith2]

Sure does. When I first got mine, I was thinking the exact same thing.

Until I started reading about the physical differences in the constructions. The high speed logo really does mean *something*. So all my old memorex (read:cheep a$$) cdrws are basically worthless. Coasters more than anything, because my hp 8200 usb writer doesn't like their chemical makeup either.

I can use TDK's 4x media, and my plextor 161040 will hammer them out left and right. I have ONE. The rest are Ricoh, TDK, and some nappy little 80mins that I pikked up at the store.

On a side note, if you ever abort in the middle of a burn, it's possible that the disk won't pick up in the GD drive as a rewritable. I have one at this very time with this problem, and have had a couple in the past. The trick that works for me is to leave it in the most direct sunlight that I can (car dashboard) all week long. I've not tried it in the middle of summer, but I would hesitate to do so longer than 50 minutes at a time. I'm sure it drops it's lifespan, but it lets me erase the darn disk enough that I can use it again. I've not tried my 2x100w 8.5% sunlamps on it yet, but I've considered it more than once...

 

[Guest]

Myself used to have an Acer 4432 cd-rewriter, now owning a new Samsung SW-224B(24x10x40x). No problem of erasing my 2year-old data written Acer 4X cdrw disc with my new High-Speed Samsung with Nero5.5(updated to 5572) set speed to 4X. So myself can concluded that your HP CD16 firmware with bugs so it unable to recognized your old 4X cdrw disc properly. Unfortunately there is no newer firmware version available on HP website for your CD16, so think you should write to HP or bear with it or maybe purchase a new cd-writer. Personally would recommend Aopen, Imation, Ricoh or Samsung which is least expensive. Don't try Lite-On 24X rewriter cause it didn't support discs below 8X speed. Thanks!