Windows Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk, why

[Benjamin]

I am on Windows Vista Enterprise and I have not installed any third-party CD/DVD recording software on this machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I cancel the format, then the burn does not proceeded further. What shoul I do to stop this? Thank you for any help

[Expertz]

Look at the labels on the DVD disks, If it says DVD-R or DVD-RW (notice the hyphen) the disk is already formatted. If it says DVD+R or DVD+RW (notice the plus sign ) the disk needs to be formatted.

[nitesh mehta]

That's normal for blank optical drives.

What are you using to try and record and what happens? Do you get error messages?

[newtech]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11*CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Apparently it seems that this is an age old fix for even XP systems. If you venture to the registry key above by doing the following steps:

1. Click on the start menu.
2. If this is a Vista machine in the search box type in “regedit” without the quotation marks.
3. Maximize the HKLM and then go ahead and browse until you reach the key listed above.
4. In the right panel you’ll see something along the lines of “UpperFilter” and “LowerFilter” you want to click on each “filter” key and hit delete. Click yes when it asks to confirm if you wish to delete the key.
5. Restart Windows.
6. Let me know if this works.