Re: How to Change CD Read Only Attribute

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From: mrtee (hingelicker_at_new$.rr.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 02:39:08 GMT

You didn't say how you put the file on the CD - I.E. what software did you use? If the built in XP burner then this is from "Help and Support":
To erase files from a CD

  1.. Open My Computer.
  2.. Double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays the files and folders located on the CD.
  3.. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard.
  4.. Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the CD-RW.
 Notes

  a.. To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
  b.. Erasing the CD deletes all the files on the CD; you cannot select individual files to delete.
  c.. Not all CDs are erasable. If the CD you are using is not erasable, for example, a CD-R, then this feature is not available.
If another mastering program you usually right click the drive and click format. 

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Just my 2¢ worth
           Jeff
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| Excellent!  So, how, pray tell, does one do that - specifically, a complete
| erase?
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