How to Erase a DVD

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Click the Launchpad icon on the bottom of the screen.. Click the disk utility icon.. Insert the DVD into your computer's DVD drive.

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1

Click the Launchpad icon on the bottom of the screen.

Step 1

Click the Launchpad icon on the bottom of the screen.

2

Click the disk utility icon.

Step 2

Click the disk utility icon.

3

Insert the DVD into your computer's DVD drive.

Step 3

Insert the DVD into your computer's DVD drive.

4

Click the DVD icon.

Step 4

Click the DVD icon.

5

Select either the "quickly" or "completely" options.

Step 5

Select either the "quickly" or "completely" options.

6

Click the "Erase" button.

Step 6

Click the "Erase" button.

7

Bring up Windows File Explorer.

Step 7

Bring up Windows File Explorer.

8

Click "This PC" on the left-hand side of the File Explorer.

Step 8

Click "This PC" on the left-hand side of the File Explorer.

9

Double click on the DVD icon.

Step 9

Double click on the DVD icon.

10

Select the files you want to delete.

Step 10

Select the files you want to delete.

11

Hit the "Delete" key.

Step 11

Hit the "Delete" key.

12

Click the "My Computer" icon.

Step 12

Click the "My Computer" icon.

13

Insert the DVD into the drive.

Step 13

Insert the DVD into the drive.

14

Right-click the DVD-RW and left-click the "Erase this disc" text.

Step 14

Right-click the DVD-RW and left-click the "Erase this disc" text.

15

Click the "Next" button.

Step 15

Click the "Next" button.

16

Backup the files that you want to save on your hard drive.

Step 16

Backup the files that you want to save on your hard drive.

17

Destroy the old DVD-R disc.

Step 17

Destroy the old DVD-R disc.

18

Transfer the files that you want onto a new disc.

Step 18

Transfer the files that you want onto a new disc.

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