Windows 10: 'Format' option on a DVD + or - RW disc causes unexpected error in Disk Management Console

As per the title, any attempt to click the format option on a DVD+RW or DVD-RW causes the error in the image below. A long time since I used optical media so this may be a very obvious solution!Drive is DVD-RW/DVD+RW as below:

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Can't Format Dvd-RW? (Windows 10)

Hi Hayden,

In order for us to properly address your issue with formatting a DVD-R/RW disc, we'd like to ask a few questions.

• Are you getting any error messages when formatting a DVD-R/RW disc?If yes, what is the exact error message?
  
• Have you tried formatting a DVD-R/RW disc to other DVD-R/RW drive?
• Have you tried inserting other disc like DVD movies or mp3 disc to check if the DVD-R/RW drive is working?

Looking forward to your response.

 

Windows 10x64 Home Not Recognizing a DVD+RW Disc

Hi:

I have several important files (mostly documents, spreadsheets, etc.) that I want to store on a rewritable DVD.

When a DVD+RW disc is inserted in my DVD RW Drive (D and click on it with FileManager, windows is telling me that it can not read the disc in drive D:/ and prompts me to make sure that the disc uses a format that windows recognizes and that the disc must be formatted.

So, my first question is: how to determine if my RW disc is already formatted noting the above situation?
Second questions is: How should the DVD+RW disc be formatted, if that is required, what file format structure, NTFS?

I am attempting to make use of some TDK DVD+RW discs (e.g., as if they are USB thumb drives). I want to be able to revise the file content and then write-over the existing stored file that is on the DVD+RW disc. IOW, use the DVD+RW disc as a RAM.

I've read elsewhere that I should open AutoPlay: So, in FMgr, I right-clicked on DVD RW Drive (D and then clicked Open AutoPlay; but nothing happens.

Please help. And, any suggestion to continue this in some other sub-forum of tenforums.com would be appreciated.

TNX.




Edited:
I noticed that "Format" is not shown as an available choice after right-clicking on the DVD+RW icon; whereas each of my other drive devices do offer a "Format" choice.

I found several DVD+RW discs here that were previously written to, a long while ago. Each of these discs give me the same error message as an unused disc. It appears that formatting of the disc is not the real issue here.

I am now thinking there may be something in OS or driver that is the root cause of my problem. The DVD+RW device hardware is TSSTcorp&Prod_DVD+-RW_SH-216DB, and is using a Microsoft Driver Dated 6-21-2013. Device Properties > Device shows "This device is working properly.".

So, I ask for suggestions on troubleshooting.

 

DVD RW Drive E not recognizing formatted Verbatim DVD-R Disc

My DVD RW Drive E does not recognize a formatted Verbatim DVD-R Disc that I am trying to burn.

Any suggestions?