From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:49:16 +0100 (BST), "Rodney Pont"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 05:29:26 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >   
   >>I'm not talking about trying to format pre-recorded discs, but about discs   
   >>that are made to be written on, and specifically WORM discs (Write Once Read   
   >>Many).   
   >   
   >You can't format them though. What would be the point, you get the   
   >format but that's your write once done so you can't put any data onto   
   >it. You must create an iso file and then burn that to the disc. This   
   >process might be hidden if you copy some files to the disc and then   
   >tell it to burn them to it. You can add more files later if it hasn't   
   >been finalized but, nevertheless, it only writes each bit of the disc   
   >once.   
      
   I can format them in Windows 7, and used to be able to do so in XP, until I   
   installed Nero.   
      
   The point is that you can then back up files to the formatted disc using a   
   batch file, so that you can have a back-up of frequently changed data files.   
      
      
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