How do I bypass dvd write protection and format?

[joshuamays]

i have some old movies burned to dvds. When trying to format the dvd it says that it is write protected. how do i bypass the write protection in order to format the disk so that i may save new files? the disks are GQ DVD+R 4.75GB 8X. theres also an RW on the disk (re-writeable?). im not too familiar with what exactly this type of dvd has to offer.

 

[LookinAround]

If you see +R or -R then the DVD is write ONCE!

If you see +RW or -RW then the DVD is re-writable

So GQ DVD+R 4.75GB 8X would mean it's write once media (so if you already burned movies to it, you can not write to it again)

so i don't know where you're seeing RW????

 

[mailpup]

Yes, if it was rewritable, it would say GQ DVD+RW 4.75GB 8X.

 

[joshuamays]

yeah, i guess the RW is just some type of logo? oh well. yeah ur right. 1 time burn. thx

 

[SNGX1275]

Yeh I got confused by this once on some brand I hadn't used before, for some reason there was a little logo on them that says RW even though they were not.

Personally I only use Sony DVD-R or +R.