How to Erase a CD-RW

Erase a CD-RW

Erasing CD-RW discs (CD rewritable discs) is very easy - all you need is a CD recorder that supports CD-RW discs!
Follow these few easy steps to erase your CD-RW:

1. Step 1
   Insert the CD-RW disc that you want to erase.
   
   
2. Step 2
   Depending on your operating system, the steps that you need to follow differ slightly.
   
   For Mac OS users:
   
   Open Disk Utility (you can find it in Applications/Utilities)
   
   For MS Windows users:
   
   Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. When it opens, right- click on the CD recording drive and click Open.
   
3. Step 3
   For Mac OS users:
   
   Click the Erase tab.
   
   For MS Windows users:
   
   Click Erase this CD-RW - the Welcome to the CD Writing Wizard box will be displayed.
   
4. Step 4
   For Mac OS users:
   
   Select the CD-RW disk that you want to erase from the list of drives that you can see on the left.
   
   For MS Windows users:
   
   Click Next, then the erasing process is going to begin.
   
5. Step 5
   For Mac OS users:
   
   Click Erase.
   
   For MS Windows users:
   
   When the CD-RW disk is erased, a message will pop up saying that you can use your CD-RW disk now.
   
6. Step 6
   Your CD-RW disc is now empty and you can re-use it.