Formatting CD - R under Windows 7 Professional

The AutoFormat dialog does not appear when I inserted a CD - R 700 MB disc in my laptop.  Disc sold as Magnavox.

So I right click on the DVD RW drive (D): icon in the folder on the computer.    Default values show 702 MB, UDF 2.01, 2048 bytes of allocation unit size.

It is not allowed to click on a format option, but the options are fast format and create a MS-DOS startup disk.  The return message is

"Windows could not complete the format".    No explanation of why is given.

(1) why the program of automatic formatting not launched automatically?

(2) it is necessary to format the drive?   I tried to store some pictures to this subject but has not been able, so thought it needed formatting.

I tried two different drives and 2 different computers, a tower and a laptop.   Both use Windows 7 Professional.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hello Steve,.

Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft Community.

Your queries in order to answer it please let us know the following information so that we can help you best:

  1. What happens when you try to copy the disk images? Not getting any error message you must first format the disk?
  2. Have you tried to copy images on the disk from another computer? Also, have you tried to format the drive from another computer?
  3. What happens when you try to copy the images on the two new drives you mentioned? Are you having the same problem?
  4. Do you mean normal format when you mention auto format option?
  5. The disks are re writable, you try to format?

I suggest you to format the drive in disk management

No CD/DVD disk management format

a. Click Start and select Control Panel.

b. click on Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management

c. When this window opens, you can click on disk management and find the device in the viewer of the reader.

d. then you can right click on the drive and select Format and see if using this utility for managing disks allows you to solve your problem.

You can read the following article and check if that answered some of your queries:

Formatting disks and drives: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/formatting-disks-and-drives-frequently-asked-questions

Please return with the required information.

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