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    How long does it take to format a DVD-RW

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by simsky, May 23, 2008.

  1. simsky

    simsky Newbie

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    The new Acer 5720 is taking over 45 minutes to format the disk. Does it normally take this long?
     
    simsky, May 23, 2008
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    RAMBO30 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's about 5-10 minutes most cases.
     
    RAMBO30, May 23, 2008
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  3. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    RW??? FORMAT??? too cheap to know.... i just burn a permant disk each time... maybe i'm a wee bit lazy too.... and i have (3) 100 cd cases very oraganize,, one for each OS w/ data backups,, software installs ect..

    very handy..
     
    bigozone, May 23, 2008
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  4. Nokia 3650

    Nokia 3650 Notebook Guru

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    Yes Simsky, it SHOULD take 45 minutes to do a complete format. If you aren't paranoid about hiding your previous data, then you can do a quick format which would only delete the Table Of Contents instead (only takes 30 seconds for me).

    It still depends on the type of software that you are using. I rely on the NTI software that came with my ACER machine, as I found it much faster than NERO or Roxio.
     
    Nokia 3650, May 26, 2008
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