pchlpdr
27th February 2004, 16:59
I been looking for a quick way to erase a BATCH of CD-RW (VCD) and DVD-/+RW discs. I Have Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 1.
I have Nero6, but that takes several mouse clicks and the load time is too long each time I want to erase discs. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't see any command line options to erase discs in Nero6. Also it is limited to only 1 drive at a time. Since I have a CD burner and a DVD burner in my computer I was hoping to use both to erase discs.
People have suggested DirectCD from Adaptec/Roxio, but that does not erase discs, it "Formats" them to UDF. Not exactly what I need.
If anyone has seen the system tray utility program CD-Eject, I was looking for something like that. CD-Eject sits in the systray and has menu options to open and close any CD/DVD drive you have in the computer. Very handy. One of the rare times I actually want something in my system tray. Even though I wanted a systray utility, I could make do with a command line driven utility too. Since my programming skills are over ten years old, I doubt I could write the program myself, but sounds like a simple program to write.
I have done several Google and Teoma searches, but found mostly CD/DVD ripping/burning software.
Any leads on how to erase CD-RW and DVD-/+RW discs quickly would be great.
JP
I have Nero6, but that takes several mouse clicks and the load time is too long each time I want to erase discs. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't see any command line options to erase discs in Nero6. Also it is limited to only 1 drive at a time. Since I have a CD burner and a DVD burner in my computer I was hoping to use both to erase discs.
People have suggested DirectCD from Adaptec/Roxio, but that does not erase discs, it "Formats" them to UDF. Not exactly what I need.
If anyone has seen the system tray utility program CD-Eject, I was looking for something like that. CD-Eject sits in the systray and has menu options to open and close any CD/DVD drive you have in the computer. Very handy. One of the rare times I actually want something in my system tray. Even though I wanted a systray utility, I could make do with a command line driven utility too. Since my programming skills are over ten years old, I doubt I could write the program myself, but sounds like a simple program to write.
I have done several Google and Teoma searches, but found mostly CD/DVD ripping/burning software.
Any leads on how to erase CD-RW and DVD-/+RW discs quickly would be great.
JP