Toolbox

The Format Blu-ray Discs project is available only for the SwiftDisc Burning Wizard Premium. For information on how to upgrade to SwiftDisc Burning Wizard Premium, please read the section: How To Upgrade From Standard To Premium Edition. 

New Blu-ray discs are usually pre-formatted by the manufacturer. In case they have not been formatted, they need formatting in order to be burned. Once a DVD-RAM has been formatted, there is no need to format it again for new data to be recorded. 

Steps to format a Blu-ray disc: 

1. Start up SwiftDisc Burning Wizard. 

2. Choose section: Toolbox => option: Format Blu-ray Disc. 

3. Select the drive where you inserted the Blu-ray Disc to be formatted. You can verify the information about the selected device and disc space availability. Press the “Next” button. 

4. Select a format method from the “Format Method” drop-down menu. 

=>The “Quick Format” function prepares the Blu-ray Disc media for recording. 

Hint: This function should be treated with caution if the disc contains confidential data. 

=> The “Full Format” function overwrites physically all data on the disc. The thorough disc formatting will take some time, depending on the media and device speed. 

When you finish selecting a format method, press the “Finish” button. This will initiate the actual formatting process. 

5. After the actual formatting process has been initiated, you will be directed to the "Progress screen". Please wait until the formatting process is finished. Select a device to review the progress of formatting a particular disc: elapsed time and estimated time to complete the formatting. 

When the formatting procedure is over, press the "Continue" button to start another project, or press the "Exit" button to leave SwiftDisc Burning Wizard.