How to 'format' CD-RW?

Toshiba Satellite A40-S270 with Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R2412.

Trying to use a CD-RW for the first time and 'B's Clip' pops up and says to format the CD-RW first....OK.....

'B's Clip' says the format will take 20-30 minutes....4 hours later it pops out the CD-RW and says 'Bad Media'.

OK - what the .......

How can I get this sucker to access the CD-RW?

Using like a 'floppy' sounds great but 4 hours to format seems excessive to me.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.......

 

I think you have a fews problems First you do not need to format a cd-rw
me i put them on my DVD-burner and i burn files that's it and to erase
a cd-rw it take only 1 minute. I uses NERO to burn my stuff...

So you have a software issue or hardware !!!