copying to cd

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Why is it that when I copy files to a cdwr they become read only files, which
results in not being able to delete them from the disc. Am I doing something
wrong or is this the norm. ???
 
strider said:
Why is it that when I copy files to a cdwr they become read only files, which
results in not being able to delete them from the disc. Am I doing something
wrong or is this the norm. ???
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This will only work if you have formatted the CDRW for packet writing.
The native XP CD burning function will not do this. You need a
third-party app such as Nero, or the excellent CDBurnerXP Pro, which is
free.
 
Why is it that when I copy files to a cdwr they become read only files,
which
results in not being able to delete them from the disc. Am I doing
something
wrong or is this the norm. ???
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What program/software are you using to copy to a CD-RW? If it's the in
built software in XP that does not treat the CD-RW as a big floppy disk, it
treats it as a CD-R. To use a CD-RW disk as a big floppy disk 3rd party
packet writing software is needed such as Sonic or Nero. See this link for
info on burning CD's in XP.

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
 
If you are using only XP to do this, then this is the normal behaviour.
CD-RWs are only treated as CD-Rs by XP.

If you want to write/re-write/delete file on CD-RWs at any time, look for
software like InCD or Roxio's Drag to Disk.
 
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