[witchezpet]

Hi there. My name is Lelani and I have a simple question about formatting CD RW disks.

Do I have to format a RW CD that I'm only going to use for storage? Or, when is it necessary to format a RW CD?

Thank you for any help you can enlighten me with.

Lelani :)

[ScottGem]

Its necessary to format a CD/RW disk (for packet writing) when you plan on using it as rewriteable media. In other words so you can erase and modify files saved to the disk.

[witchezpet]

Let me check with you to see if I understand what you wrote. If I am going to use the CD disk and put executible files on it, then I need to format it. If I use it for data only, for the HD to access, I don't need to format it?

This question pertains to keeping graphic files only on the disk for my website, as graphics can take a lot of room. I will only access the CD in order for the HD to know where to find the graphics.

Thank you,

Lelani

[ScottGem]

No, not executibles, but files you intend to modify. In other words, you want to use the disk as you would a floppy, USB drive or any regular drive to store, delete and modify files.

Without formatting you can only use a disk as a CD/R which means you can save files to it, but not modify or delete those files.