Unmountable DVDs

[Basil Chupin]

On 31/10/13 19:11, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 10/31/2013 10:05 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 31/10/13 18:00, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>
>>> I think you misunderstood him - as I read his post he states that once
>>> the RW disc is reformatted using K3B nothing happens. No actions
>>> options etc, but the disc just spins in the reader a few times
>>
>> In his opening post Phil states, quite categorically, "A batch of DVDs
>> were formatted using K3B so that they could be reused."
>>
>> "...so that they can be reused."
>>
>> What does this state?
>>
>> k3b will NOT reformat a RW disc if it has already been formatted.
>>
>> k3b will only format a NEW, UNUSED, blank RW disc.
>>
>> Try it and read the message which k3b shows.
>>
>> If Phil means something else then he should describe exactly what the
>> situation is and what was formatted with what et al.
>>
> Well I think this is semantics. Clearly he means erasing a rewritable, 
> something many call reformatting. K3b says "format/erase rewritable 
> disc" in its menu

<Sheesh>

I know that.

Read what I wrote.

k3b will NOT format or erase any WR disc is it has already been formatted!

> And as I get it following that procedure the discs are not recognised 
> by his Kubuntu system.

If k3b will not format an already formatted RW disc then how can this 
happen?

BC

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