TDK DVD-Ram 9.4GB + Samsung S202J problems - need help

[nousername]

Hi all,

I have problems with this combination; it is not possible to format and write on this media with Samsung S202J (SB01)? Actually, I formatted this media (FAT32 in WinXP SP2) for once but after that (when i tried to write on this) my system locked up and after restarting the system I got an error - "Medium Format Corrupted" (but for just one side of it - other side of the media can't be formatted but without this error) while formatting/writing again. I also tried with DVDForm and InCD, but nothing changed, got an same error. I don't think that it's TDK's fault/fail; any suggestions?

thanx for replies.

[hoxlund]

you can't format a disc with fat32, thats meant for hard drive

cds have CDFS file system

[Ian]

Actually, you can format DVD-RAM with FAT32.

I'm not sure why that TDK disc doesn't work with the drive. Does anyone know if it supports the double sided 9.4GB media?

[nousername]

As Ian said, it can be formatted as FAT32 that is suggested for XP users rather than formatted as UDF mostly that is suggested for Vista users.
I think, it supports this Type 4 DVD-Ram, because it recognized and formatted this media without any problem before this error . Maybe I should try it with Vista or different DVD-Writer (but which brand?). I guess it's Samsung's fault, but I don't know why?