Unable to change CD-RW from Read Only

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When writing photos to rewriteable CD, it writes them as Read Only files.
When I try to change the attribute under Properties, I am denied access. I'm
also denied access to delete these files from the rewriteable CD. This has
only occurred since installing SP2 & I'm tired of dealing with it. Is there a
work-around? Thx in advance.
 
sthardy said:
When writing photos to rewriteable CD, it writes them as Read Only files.
When I try to change the attribute under Properties, I am denied access. I'm
also denied access to delete these files from the rewriteable CD. This has
only occurred since installing SP2 & I'm tired of dealing with it. Is there a
work-around? Thx in advance.
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Unless you were using some form of packet-writing software such as Nero
InCD before, and you stopped using it after installing SP2, then you're
barking up the wrong tree. The read-only attribute is *always* set on
files burned to a CD, and unless the aforementioned packet-writing
software is installed and the CD-RW has been formatted with it, you will
never be able to change a file on a CD-RW as you would on a floppy or
your HD. The only way it can be done is to copy the file to your hard
drive, make your edits, and burn it back to the CD again.
 
I wasn't using any packet writing software b4 but I was able to edit
rewriteable CDs b4. However, that may have been when using Win ME & not XP
Pro.
Besides editing, I sometimes would like to delete photos from a rewriteable
CD. Are you telling me I cannot do that? If not, why not?
 
The answer from Raymond J. Johnson is correct. If you used XP to copy photos
to CD-RW you cannot delete a file. The only option you have is to erase all
the files from the CD-RW.
If you use something like Roxio Drag to Disk to copy this is possible, but
not with XP.
 
| I wasn't using any packet writing software b4 but I was able to edit
| rewriteable CDs b4. However, that may have been when using Win ME & not XP
| Pro.
| Besides editing, I sometimes would like to delete photos from a
rewriteable
| CD. Are you telling me I cannot do that? If not, why not?
|

Au contraire, amigo. If you were doing what you say you were doing, you were
either using packet writing or some form of magic. The reason you can't
delete individual files is that optical disks are fundamentally different
from magnetic media such as floppy disks. For a good basic tutorial from
Alex Nichol on the subject, go here: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm.
 
Well, I referred specifically to Roxio Drag to Disk. If you check, you will
find that you can use a CD or DVD just like you use a floppy to save and
delete files.
With a CD-R or DVD-R you can delete a file (using the procedure in Windows
Explorer to delete a file) and the file name will be deleted, but the space
will not be recovered. You can then continue adding files on the remaining
space.
With a CD-RW or DVD-RW you can delete the name of the file and the space
will be recovered.
Check the Roxio site.
 
| Well, I referred specifically to Roxio Drag to Disk. If you check, you
will
| find that you can use a CD or DVD just like you use a floppy to save and
| delete files.
| With a CD-R or DVD-R you can delete a file (using the procedure in Windows
| Explorer to delete a file) and the file name will be deleted, but the
space
| will not be recovered. You can then continue adding files on the remaining
| space.
| With a CD-RW or DVD-RW you can delete the name of the file and the space
| will be recovered.
| Check the Roxio site.
| | >
| > | > | I wasn't using any packet writing software b4 but I was able to edit
| > | rewriteable CDs b4. However, that may have been when using Win ME &
not
| XP
| > | Pro.
| > | Besides editing, I sometimes would like to delete photos from a
| > rewriteable
| > | CD. Are you telling me I cannot do that? If not, why not?
| > |
| >
| > Au contraire, amigo. If you were doing what you say you were doing, you
| were
| > either using packet writing or some form of magic. The reason you can't
| > delete individual files is that optical disks are fundamentally
different
| > from magnetic media such as floppy disks. For a good basic tutorial
from
| > Alex Nichol on the subject, go here: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm.
| >
| >
|

I was responding to sthardy, not you. XP will *not* allow you to delete
individual files or individual entries of any kind, under any circumstances.
If using multi-session burning under XP on a CD-R, existing data cannot be
erased, rearranged or otherwise changed. YOur reference to Drag-to-Disk
indicates that you didn't read or didn't understand my response;
Drag-to-Disk, like Nero InCD, is packet-writing software.
 
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