Hi, Lionel, I think the main issue is whether or not the data is something of a private and/or confidential nature, and whether the CD could fall into the hands of 'undesirables'. Otherwise I can't see the importance of it. Erasing is much quicker. There might be other opinions. BTW Do you follow the V8's - Marcus Ambrose/Stone Bros Racing, for example? Cheers Rick H Lionel wrote: >What would you recommend Rick , Don't format and only erase. ?? > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk