How do I format a dvd-rw on an acer aspire 3680 laptop.

might need to format that disk first

Try a different manufacturer/brand of DVD-recordable disks.
If you still have the problem, then your drive is malfunctioning,
and you need to get a qualified technician to disassemble your computer, and replace it.

Follow the filter fix steps in the Microsoft knowledge base article below.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314060

You may have what is called a combo drive...it can play and burn cds but can only play dvds, not burn them. Look at the face plate on the drive and see what is written on it. If it has the following:
Recordable Drive = CD Burner
DVD = DVD Player
RW & DVD = DVD Burner

If recordable drive and DVD is on the drive but no RW, chances are its a combo drive. Keep us posted.

Hit f2 and see if you can get to the bios. It may be the screen, they are known to have bad ones.

There is a small possibility that your lens on the CD Player is dirty. Use a normal CD Lens Cleaner, with no solutions, and run it through 2-3 times to clean the lens. Then re-try the CD in question. If you still have problems, it may be the CD you are using, that may have been formatted wrong when initially created....

Burner software will check DVD-RW disk has suffient free disk space, compressed or not. Then you only select a bit less then maximum. Change disk and repeat until all chosen files are copied.

bluetooth have a problem acer aspire 3680 xp

save the video file youve created and use nero to make dvd movie

When you say you cannot burn DVD's, do you mean you cannot burn DVD movies or do you mean you cannot burn data files to a DVD?

Burning DVD movies requires specific software to transcode the video and create a directory structure that DVD's players expect.

When you try to burn DVD's does it produce an error? What software are you using to burn?