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Naaa
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_ 		7. May 2008 @ 05:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi!

I had a DVD+R with pictures on and I wanted it to become plain again. I couldn't delete the files so i tried to format the DVD+R. Now it should be empty, but it isn't! I can't see any files there, but the memory is exactly the same as before. I want it plain and empty, but how should I do...?
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varnull
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_ 		7. May 2008 @ 05:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
????? It's a burn once disk. You can only blank rw disks.
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Naaa
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_ 		7. May 2008 @ 05:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I see, but now it's just strange. If you look at the disk upside-down it looks like the files is there, bu why can't I see them i the file-system then?
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_ 		9. May 2008 @ 15:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The written patch isn't going to go away. By writing to the disc you've permanently set that data on it. By formatting it you've just made all the data unreadable, but it still exists.
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Naaa
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_ 		15. May 2008 @ 15:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I understand. Can I do anything to make the files readable again then?
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_ 		15. May 2008 @ 16:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You maybe out of luck
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