Quote Originally Posted by garyng
You misunderstood me

I know the blank option and have used it and cdrecord returns no error on my suspicious CD-RW.

What I want to ask is do I need to blank a CD-RW before I can burn it again.
Good question, I've never had cdrw though so I couldn't say. I don't think it is required. Be aware that I am frequently incorrect in my assuptions. Did you use software to do this in windows?