Can I copy the files on DVD-R to the hard disk?

[smith]

Hi, all.Can I copy the files on DVD-R to the hard disk using DVD-ROM machine
or DVD-R machine? I wonder if I can do it because the disks are READ-ONLY.

 

[JS]

Yes.

JS

 

[BR549]

Hi, all.Can I copy the files on DVD-R to the hard disk using DVD-ROM
machine or DVD-R machine? I wonder if I can do it because the disks are
READ-ONLY.

Yes, but why would you not just try it instead of asking the question?

 

[smith]

But why? the DVD-R is READ-ONLY!

Yes.

JS

 

[smith]

I just wonder why they can be copied since the disks and the machine are
READ-ONLY!

 

[V Green]

Books are READ-ONLY.

You can still put them on a copier...

 

[JS]

Read Only is a way of protecting the file from being overwritten by another
file of the same name or a revised version of the same file.
On DVDs or CDs all files are effectively Read Only since you can't burn a
file to the same area of the media.

JS

But why? the DVD-R is READ-ONLY!

 

[smith]

And what about the machine? It is READ ONLY too!

Read Only is a way of protecting the file from being overwritten by
another file of the same name or a revised version of the same file.
On DVDs or CDs all files are effectively Read Only since you can't burn a
file to the same area of the media.

JS

 

[Richard Urban]

Reading is what you do when you copy the files to "another" drive.

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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

But why? the DVD-R is READ-ONLY!

 

[Jonny]

There are 2 forms of read only here. One is hardware, where the media
and/or the media reader cannot be written to or write, only read. The other
form is a "read-only" bit for each file.

A "read only" file, when copied to hard disk from CD/DVD, carries the
"read-only" bit with it. It still cannot be written to/modified unless the
"read-only" bit is removed from the file. Such a file is read, then written
as is, not modified during a copy. You are misinterpreting the purpose of
"read-only". Its not a form of copy protection, its a form of modification
and deletion protection.

 

[MAP]

Books are READ-ONLY.

You can still put them on a copier...

LOL

 

[Richard Urban]

Tell my 2 year old grand daughter that books are read only - when she has a
crayon in her hand. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Dave B.]

What are you talking about? A computer is NOT read only.

 

[JS]

To date I have not found any computer that has be able to READ my mind and
it has been more than 26 years since I first worked on the concept of neural
implants.

JS