I have frequently problems with DVD+RW and DVD-RAM.

Sometimes they burn fine sometimes they have burn errors.

But even if they burn fine, some of them cannot be read afterwards.

I did not have mentionable problems with burning VideoDVDs yet, only with Data-DVDs.

Erasing is not possible anymore.

The media is not recognized in the drive. Explorer hangs.

Is there a software that can erase a media regardless of the content?

Or is this drive firmware specific?

I am using LG GSA-4120B + LG GSA-4082B + Benq/4kus DRW-1S41

with Nero 6.6 full + CDBurnerXPpro

1. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Sp...=9931&PageId=10

2. http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?r...age=Performance

also http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Firmware/S...spx?DriveId=914

Generally it is not recommended to use old õ1-õ2 DVD-R/RW and unsupported (not entering into the official Compatibility list) R/RW`s disks

CDBurnerXP has a known bug with erasing DVDs : they won't be formatted and will then be unusable.

It think it has been corrected in CDBXP 3.5 and is only present in CDBXP 3.