Heres a stumper...at least for me....XP Home CD WRITING

budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
Ok....i have XP pro at my house....My mom just got one of the prefab deals that home was loaded on...

She calls me up hollaring how she keeps writing to cds but it makes all her docs read only....Y

how do i fix this?

Its got somethng to do with the cd writing wizard...i look at the file and its not....but then once xp done writing...bam...read only...


Any one?

Bud

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  • jwersanjwersan LI NY
    edited September 2004
    budhisetiawan wrote:
    Ok....i have XP pro at my house....My mom just got one of the prefab deals that home was loaded on...

    She calls me up hollaring how she keeps writing to cds but it makes all her docs read only....Y

    how do i fix this?

    Its got somethng to do with the cd writing wizard...i look at the file and its not....but then once xp done writing...bam...read only...


    Any one?

    Bud

    ALL files on a CD are read only. it is a read only device by nature!!

    Once you write the files to the CD and then close it, it becomes READ-ONLY....

    If you copy the files OFF the CD, they will be READ-ONLY...

    You need to change them once you copy them to the hard-drive, to writable again...

    I hope this helps....
  • HackingGuruHackingGuru
    edited September 2004
    No, actually you are wrong, if you copy them from the cd, you can edit them again you do not need to change them from read-only.
  • jwersanjwersan LI NY
    edited September 2004
    HackingGuru wrote:
    No, actually you are wrong, if you copy them from the cd, you can edit them again you do not need to change them from read-only.

    I may be wrong, and I will check, but EVERY time I have copied a file off of a CD it has been read-only until I modified it...
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited September 2004
    on a CDR...yes...they are Read only...However when on a CDRW they are like a floppy and they should be able to be manipulated....

    So i am still in the same place....

    How do i make XP stop doing this....It has to have something to do with HOME...because i run PRO at my house and no problems there....because i use CDRW all the time instead of floppies....

    ANyone?
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2004
    what cd writing software is it using? Check the settings in it and see if there is a flag somewhere. If it's adaptec's software I'd suggest switching to Nero.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited September 2004
    it is XP nothing else....thats the crazy thing...
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