How do you format CDDVD disk

[rayott]

How do I format a CDCVD disk with this computer

[A4Apollo]

Hi! @rayott, Welcome to HP forums.

I understand you would like to know how to format CD/DVD discs.

Don't worry I'll to help you out.

Did you make any software or hardware changes on your PC?

You cannot just format or re-write the CD's\DVDs like a hard drive or a re-writable DVD.

If you have a re-writable DVD you can erase the DVD and try putting the data back on.

Try the steps recommend below to format and re-write the data.

Insert the CD-RW or DVD-RW disk in the optical drive of your Windows 10 PC and wait for it to be recognized.
Open Windows File Explorer from its taskbar shortcut, select This PC from the left side and then select the CD/DVD drive icon.

Expand the ribbon-bar, switch to the Manage tab and then click on the Erase this disc icon.
Click Next to start the disk erase wizard. Only the re-writable disks can be erased, otherwise, the wizard will fail.

As the disk erase wizard starts to delete the files and their file records, you will be shown a progress bar. This will take a few minutes. In the end, you will be shown a confirmation and you will have a blank disk – ready to be used once again.

Windows 10 provides full support for all kinds of hardware. It includes in-built support for erasing re-writable optical disks (CD-RW or DVD-RW) although your optical drive should also support writing to these disks as well.

Hope this helps!

Have a pleasant day ahead! 🙂