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Erase Rewritable Disc Window
Nero Express
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12 Erase Rewritable Disc Window
Nero Express can be used to erase rewritable discs, i.e. discs with the RW specification, as
long as your recorder supports this feature. Two erase methods are available for this pur-
pose:
Quick erasing does not remove the data physically from the disc, but instead only makes it
inaccessible by erasing the references to existing content. The data can be restored!
Full erasing removes the data from the disc by overwriting it with zeros. The contents cannot
be restored with conventional methods. Repeated full erasing increases the probability that
third parties will not be able to reconstruct the contents.
Erase Rewritable Disc window
The following configuration options are available in the Erase Rewritable Disc window:
Selection list
Select recorder
Defines the desired recorder.
Check box
Use multiple recorders
Simultaneously erases CDs/DVDs in multiple recorders.
Selection list
Select the erase meth-
od to be used
Defines the erase method. Two options are available:
The Quick-erase rewritable disc method does not physically
erase all data from the disc, but only the references to the con-
tents. The disc will appear to be empty even though the data is
still physically available. Erasing a disc using this method takes