Re: Another set of Read Only woes
From: Rob Schneider (rmschne_at_removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net)
Date: 11/14/04
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Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:05:04 +0000
Unless you use software more sophisticated than that which comes with
Windows XP, all files written to CD are read only. That's the way CD's
work. Don't think of them as equivalent to a floppy disk. Use them for
backup, and that's it. Don't try to open or re-write them to the CD.
Use your hard disk for that.
When you are ready for something more sophisticated, get more
sophisticated CD burning software and read about how you can use
re-writeable CD disks.
But in the meantime. Keep it simple. Use them for backups only. When
you bring them back from CD onto the hard disk, then remove the
read-only property.
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
feetintheair wrote:
> I've just spent the last few hours reading these posts, applying the advice
> I've been reading here, and becoming more and more frustrated with the same
> Read Only files problem. I recently bought a Toshiba notebook, which came
> with Windows XP Home. I'm a professional writer, and I've been planning to
> use the notebook mostly for working on my various projects. I installed Word
> 2000 on it, the same disk I'd used when installing the program on my desktop
> computer (which uses Win ME). Since that's the computer hooked up to my
> printer, I'd intended to make backup copies of Word 2000 files on a CD, then
> transfer them to my desktop and then to the printer.
>
> I've had some Read Only problems on my desktop, but it's not hard to make
> copies and/or change the filenames, saving to the hard drive. However, on
> the Toshiba, this seems much harder to do. It's not consistent, either. One
> night I practically killed Word because it kept telling me that *all* my
> documents were Read Only although the previous evening, none of them had
> been. Tonight, it's not doing that, at least not when I Save to the hard
> disk. However, I have not been able to save anything to the CD. That
> miserable term, "Read Only," keeps showing up.
>
> On one of the posts on this list (from tj), I read that one could go through
> Windows Explorer, open the file and right-click on it, click on Properties,
> and then uncheck "Read Only." So I did that, thinking, whew! My troubles are
> over. But when I clicked on Apply, I rec'd the following Error message:
>
> Error Applying Attributes
> D:\ Chapters. doc
> Access is denied
>
> So much for that. lostinspace said, "It's not a good practice to save Word
> docs to transportable media (floppies, CD or DVD,) rather save the files to
> your local hard drive and then COPY to transportable media." I tried that,
> but the copy didn't take. Besides, in order to get the material I'd copied
> onto the CD, I had to Save it, and up popped the paperclip, telling me I
> couldn't do that because D: was guess what? "Read Only." Is there another
> way of doing this? I'm entirely humble. I'd love to learn whatever it is I
> need to make this work. (Oh yeah, someone on this list said something about
> files on CDs all being Read Only--is that true? How come? And what's the
> use of having unusable, unchangeable backups?)
>
> I'm not totally computer savvy, but I've been saving Word files onto
> floppies for years with nary a problem. True, I haven't been using CDs, but
> this notebook has no A: drive. I can purchase an external drive, but I'd
> prefer not to. That's what the DVD/CD drive's for. And how do I know Read
> Only wouldn't show up in reference to a floppy?
>
> So I guess my major question is, How do I make backup copies that aren't
> Read Only? Again, what's the use of a file that can't be changed or Saved
> elsewhere? How does one keep it safe? It's a bit of a bummer to sit here at
> my desk into the wee small hours, reading my text off the notebook and typing
> it into the desktop in order to meet deadlines! I may end up just printing
> off the notebook, which would be a great idea if there were any extra room on
> my desk.
>
> Someone on another list (the person who suggested I get in touch with you)
> told me that in many cases, Word 2000 and Win XP aren't entirely friendly
> with each other and that a lot of people with this combination have problems
> with the Read Only attribute. Yet I read on this list that the programs get
> along fine. If so, what else could be causing the problem? I understand
> that Word 2000 and 2003 do work well with Win XP, so I guess if I have to,
> I'll shell out the money for an upgrade...I don't have to buy an entirely new
> Word program, right?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> feetintheair
> Kirkland, WA (right down the road apiece from the Microsoft campus)
>
>
>
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