Re: Read-Only Attribute


I would add this: files which need editing/revision really don't belong on
a CD-R or CD-RW. USB stick drives and external hard drives are very
inexpensive now and or much more suitable for your purpose.
GeneK
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GeneK
"LFR" <LFR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am having trouble copying files from my documents to a cd-rw. All the
> files get copied as read-only files and then I cannot work on/edit them
on my
> laptop, which also has the same version of xp. Anyone know how to remove
this
> annoying problem before I actually send the files to my cd? Also, once
they
> are on the cd, I cannot change the read-onoly attribute it seems no
matter
> what I do.
>
> --
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Jim


used Drag-to-Disc method which does not change the attribute.

CD-R media is by definition read only. CD-Rom, the format for most
pre-packaged software disks and all CD-R media, stands for Compact Disc
Read
Only Memory. When you burn a CD project using software like Nero or Roxio,
finalizing the project converts everything you just burned to the disk to
read-only. Generally speaking, once you burn a CD-R project, its contents
are
finalized. CD-RW disks are re-writable, which means you can copy over the
information stored on the disk, however, for compatibility reasons the
disk
is burned as if it were a CD-R.

When you use Drag-to-Disc, the formatting of the blank CD is slightly
different than a traditional burned CD. When you copy files to a disk
using
Drag-to-Disc type programs, the software creates a file system on the CD
blank. Using Drag-to-Disc with Roxio or Nero's equivalent InCD, the
software
maintains the properties of the files you copy when they are transferred
to
the disk, so from Windows perspective, it treats the copy of the file the
same way it would treat copying a file from one hard drive to a second
hard
drive.






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