Windows 10: Formatting The Rest Of Your Disc After Restart?

Whenever I format a DVD in my drive, upon restart of my computer, if the disc is still in the drive, it always states 'formatting the rest of your disc'...Why?? Never understood it. Even though it's already formatted it prior. Upon restart, it's clearly doing something, as the lights on, on the disc-drive. Why does it do it on re-start, anyone know??

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disc recovery after formatting

Why do you need disk partition E? (E is usually just a partition, not a separate hard drive) That will usually have recovery files or other non essential system files--not your personal files. If everything is running OK don't worry about it. We all have
formatted the wrong partition or disk. That's why you should assign letters at the end of the alphabet when you use flash drives or other removables. If you have assigned letters W-Z to removable media, Windows will not randomly assign letters that can confuse
the user. To check your disk partitioning, open Disk Management by right clicking on the Start button. You will see a visual of all your hard drives.

 

Unable to burn CDs/DVD after upgrading to Windows 10

Hi there,

I am having the same problem after upgrading it to windows 10 from windows 7. I have the files copied on the dvd. When I try to burn it by selecting Burn Disc option from My PC/DVD drive/Share, it shows that please make sure that disc format is recognized
by windows. Format the disc if its not formatted.

I tried to format the disc but formatting of the disc fails as well. Please advise what may be the problem.???

 

I'm confused as to what you mean by formatting a DVD?

 

A DVD-RW disc. If I put something onto it, I can erase and format the DVD to free it up.

 

Hmmm, never heard that as formatting before. Anytime I've used RW discs, I'll erase them, and then burn something new or remove them.

When you restart, and you get this message, is it before or after you log in?

 

Yep, I've used DVD and CD RWs. Two choices if PC "asks" [I can't remember the wording]: format or erase; it's something to do with what will the CD or DVD be used for. Depending upon whether I'm going to Explorer copy/move folders and files OR create an audio CD or video DVD, determines format or erase respectively. Now, why your computer is still finishing formatting after a restart, I don't know.

 

Soon as Windows boots up pretty much. A message comes up at the bottom of the screen near the clock. It isn't important. Just wondering why it seems to finish off formatting the disc or whatever it's doing, when I already previously formatted via right clicking on the disc drive on 'My computer'/ 'This PC'. Lol.

 

I asked the question somewhere else. Someone thought it might be the drive reading the disc during startup, to see if it isn't a bootable media disc or something. Just wondered if anyone else had the same thing happening, too.

 

If the BIOS is set to boot to the ODD/Optical Disc Drive first, that would occur. Same sometimes happens with External USB HDDs, does make for longer boot times. Windows likes to check all its options.

 

Yeah. I have my hard-drive as the primary/boot priority though, over any DVD drives etc.

 

For desktops, I recommend having BIOS order: usb flash drives, usb HDs, CD-DVD external, CD-DVD internal, internal HD C. Same order for laptops, except, one normally cannot have a nonSystem usb flash drive in any usb port during boot process. Makes for longer boot, however, at least I can intercept C-boot/startup if I need to troubleshoot "before Windows."

Addendum: Let me amend this post: my boot order is aimed only at fellow geeks who are comfortable with tweaking computer boots/Windows startup. Everyone else is better served with whatever boot/startup rolled off the factory floor.

 

if its a rewritable and you don't close the dvd it will reformat and start all over again by reformatting you need a software that will create new sessions on the dvd or multiple sessions

 

This is probably the worst idea ever, which for many people will lead to inadvertent boots from USB flash drives or CD/DVD discs accidentally left in the drive. Hello malicios software!

No, absolutely not. Boot order: internal HDD only, everything else disabled.

If you will ever need to boot from somethin else, you will always be able to either use boot override option at boot up or make quick adjustments in BIOS.

 

I think much more viri and malware are introduced by folks in the chair by clicking on links while browsing and/or viewing email than ever introduced by usb stick, CD-DVD, external media. However, I will amend my earlier post: my boot order should have been aimed only at fellow geeks who are comfortable with tweaking computer boots/Windows startup; everyone else is better served with whatever boot/startup rolled off the factory floor.