Re: Files written CD-RW disc cannot be deleted

From: Thomas Wendell (tumppiw_at_NO_SPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:32:35 +0300

In essence, yes. When formatted it's another case.. (or as I, don't use
windows own function, even if it's slightly easier. I use Nero only) 

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"Wilfred" <wpla@hotmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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I may have misspoken.  I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files.  I
never tried deleting them.  I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.
I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased.  Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience.  When I complained to a friend that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software.  He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.
In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?
"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw@NO_SPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the
disk
> beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
> CD-RWs.
>
> A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new
(almost...)
>
>
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> "Wilfred" <wpla@hotmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> I have used both:  Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
> software.  I haven't had any conflicts with the two.  I do not have the
> Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on
when
> I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and
using
> the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.
>
> The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
> called My Album.  I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD.
The
> resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete
it,
> I got the Read-only and the access denied errors.  I can erase the CD and
> reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
> erase a single file.
>
> I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc.  Same
> results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
> attributes cannot be changed.
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
> news:e4KPcReIEHA.2480@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Were you previously using third party software or were you just using
XP's
> > built in burning software?
> >
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> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> >
> > "Wilfred" <wpla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:Wt2dna0jUpx1VuHd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> > >I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over
> two
> > > years.  Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs.
> All
> > > files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt
to
> > > remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error.  I also
> get
> > > a
> > > pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files
can
> > > continue to be written to the disc.
> > >
> > > How do I fix this?  A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be
a
> > > CD-R.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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