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Monday, April 5, 2010

Erase a Re-writable CD/DVD in Windows XP without any Software

The information on this article will show you how to erase a CD-RW/DVD-RW without using any other software on Windows XP. You can do either a quick erase or a full erase. Once the CD/DVD is erased (or "formated"), it is considered "blank" and you can write new files/folders to it.

Requirements: You need to enable the CD-R feature on Windows XP.

Note: Besure to backup the data from your CD/DVD before proceed.


Insert a ReWritable CD/DVD disc into the CD/DVD drive.
From Desktop, double-click on "My Computer".
Double-click on the CD-Rom drive.
On the window that displays the contents of the CD, click on the menu "Erase this CD-RW" on the left panel.



On the window "CD Writing Wizard", click "Next".



The "CD Writing Wizard" starts to erase the CD:



Once the erasing is complete, the wizard will disappear and the CD-Rom window shows no files on the CD. You're done!

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