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Can you OVERWRITE a write-protected disk?

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Okay, so I find this old cd+r disk, and my 2007, intel Celeron D, designed-for-Windows XP-but-has-Windows-2007,w3507 from eMachines computer won't run it. Well... the dvd player tells me it has two movies on it (based on the content, we got this disk from my grandma, who got it from John or Jane Q. Public). I first came to this site looking for how to erase it, but another post alerted me that the "RW" on the far right was a logo. In light of that, I was wondering if, since the disk is still writable, you could write over the existing data with just a bunch of zeros, which could be overwritten later. Any ideas?
 
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Oh, almost forgot, when I say "the DVD player told me" what it has, I mean a legit DVD player, not one on the computer. Also, I know it's suggested to download the wierd file when you make an account to put your computer's info in there, but I'm in a bit of a slump as far as (ironically) getting malware on my computer from downloads, so forgive my skeptism.
 
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