Hi Chip,

 > I don't believe so... once you've used the CD in a CD-R capacity and
 > closing it like that leaves it like that permanetly... no come back...
 > no erasing, formatting... finished... the drive then only see's it as
 > removable media.

How about a smoke test? I have closed data and audio CDRWs and they can be erased.

Regards, Malcolm.

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