Does Windows XP put write protection on Re-Writable CD's?

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When I bought my CD-RW, the box and manual warned that the accompanying
software was *NOT* compatible with Windows XP and I should not install it if
I had Windows XP. I called them and asked how to use it to write to CD-RW's,
and they said that Windows XP has its own built-in writing-to-CD wizard.

Does this wizard automatically write-protect the CD's though, even if the
CDs themselves are re-writable?

If the answer is yes, how do I remove this write protection? I used the
wizard to save data to some re-writable CD's and all of these CD's are now
write-protected. The data can't be altered, no new data can be placed on them.

How do I regain access to writing to these CD's, if I can at all?
 
Alan M. Goldfarb said:
When I bought my CD-RW, the box and manual warned that the accompanying
software was *NOT* compatible with Windows XP and I should not install it
if
I had Windows XP. I called them and asked how to use it to write to
CD-RW's,
and they said that Windows XP has its own built-in writing-to-CD wizard.

Does this wizard automatically write-protect the CD's though, even if the
CDs themselves are re-writable?

If the answer is yes, how do I remove this write protection? I used the
wizard to save data to some re-writable CD's and all of these CD's are now
write-protected. The data can't be altered, no new data can be placed on
them.

How do I regain access to writing to these CD's, if I can at all?
Click to expand...

Open My Computer and right click your CDRW drive and choose properties. If
Windows can write to it, there should be a Recording tab.
 
Open My Computer and right click your CDRW drive and choose properties. If
Windows can write to it, there should be a Recording tab.
Click to expand...
One other comment: XP will treat your CDRW just like a CDR, with the
exception that you can erase it. XP does NOT provide native
rewritable support.
 
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