This is really a question to put to tech support at roxio however check to
ensure you have the current version and updates of Easy CD&DVD Creator
installed. If so ensure Drag to Disk installed properly as it is the program
within ECD&DVD Creator that enables you to treat a CD or DVD as if it were a
giant floppy. It is typically installed by default when roxio is installed.
Just re-run the ECD&DVD Creator installation again. You should see the
option to Repair/Modify/Uninstall. Select the option to Modify and ensure
Drag to Disk has been installed.
Another problem might have to do with a conflict between Drag to Disk and
XP's built in writing software.
1) right click the My Computer->icon for your CD-R/W
2) select Properties->Recording Tab
3) uncheck the box that says "Enable recording on this device."
also something to keep in mind is that packet writing (which is what Drag to
Disk does) is notorious for messing up discs. It is hardly a stable form of
file writing and very often packet formatted disks become unreadable with
it. Your CD-R/W disk might have gone beyond it's lifespan and has degraded.
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E13300DD-7261-4D5A-91E0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Rock:
> I installed Roxio EasyCD&DVD Creator and was happy for a little while.
> Immediately after installing Roxio, my CD-RW disk in the CD burner drive
> became accessible; if I put the icon on that drive in My Computer, it
> showed
> disk space available and I was able to modify files, delete them, etc.
> However, one day later, without changing anything, the same disk in the
> same
> burner drive is no longer accessible. Putting the icon on that drive, the
> indication is Free Space: 0 bytes. If I open a file from that disk, change
> it, and try to save it to that disk, I get an indication that "This File
> is a
> Read Only File - if I try to delete a file on this disk, I get the same
> message. From past experience, if I shut the computer down and restart it,
> this same disk will immediately become accessible for about one day; then
> it
> reverts to being inaccessible. Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
> As
> I originally indicated. I very recently reformatted the hard drive,
> reinstalled Windows and all other programs. Incidentally, I was having
> this
> same "inaccessible" problem before the reformatting.
> --
> Don
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Don" wrote
>>
>> >I have recently had to reformat my hard drive and re-install Windows and
>> > other programs. Since then, although I have a CD-RW disk in the CD
>> > burner
>> > drive, I am unable to change or delete an existing file on this disk,
>> > nor
>> > can
>> > I save a new file to this disk. I get error various messages indicating
>> > Windows does not support copying to this disk, the disk is
>> > inaccessible,
>> > etc.; I can open and display the files on the disk though. Also, if I
>> > go
>> > to
>> > My Computer and put the cursor on this drive/disk, it will indicate
>> > Free
>> > Space: 0 bytes, Total Size: 378 mb (although the disk is capable of
>> > storing
>> > about 700 mb). I should also state that I have not reloaded any CD
>> > software
>> > such as Roxio CD Creator, which was installed before the reformatting.
>> > Is
>> > the
>> > lack of a CD program my problem, or should I look elsewhere?
>>
>> Yep, you need 3rd party software to use a CD-RW as a big floppy. It's
>> called packet writing software.
>>
>>
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