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Unlike CD-RWs, CD-Rs cannot be erased and re-written. It is possible however, to write a new data track onto the disk. There are two methods, one which simply adds more data, which when inserted into a PC will show up as one set of data, even though it is technically two tracks. The other option is to write a new data track which disregards the old data track. In the latter example, the original data is still there, but is now being skipped over and only the new data will show when the disc is read by a PC.

To be precise, the only real way to erase a regular CD-R is to destroy the disk.

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Just write over it.

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try formating it

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