Files written CD-RW disc cannot be deleted

[Wilfred]

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

 

[Wilfred]

I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it, I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Thomas Wendell]

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Wilfred]

I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Pop Rivet]

It's possible that CDs created under one app may not be eraseable under
another app. Whatever created the CD is going to want to be what can do
deletions etc..
Both Roxio and the XP "ability" to do CDs works for me, at least, but
CDs I format on my laptop cannot be read/added to/deleted with the main
machine until I let it "fix" the CD to make it writable again. Not format,
make writable. That's with Roxio.
Stuff I create on the main machine (Roxio app) works OK on the laptop.

BTW, Roxio does let you "delete" a file from a CD-R, but ... what it
actually does is write a new FAT or NTFS without the "deleted" file in it.
Thus, the file isn't there any longer. That space on the CD however is NOT
recoverable, so ... in theory, you could use up all the space on the CD-R
but have no files left on it. <g>. Dunno if that really happens - too much
work to try.



I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I
never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Thomas Wendell]

In essence, yes. When formatted it's another case.. (or as I, don't use
windows own function, even if it's slightly easier. I use Nero only)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I
never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

There in lies your dilemma Wilfred. XPs built in software treats CD-R/W
disks just as though they were a CD-R with the exception that you can
totally erase the disk. However you can not delete individual files from a
CD-R/W using XP's software. On the other side if you use packet writing
software like Roxio's Direct CD (now called Drag to Disk) you can delete
individual files. The software has preformatted the media and that
preformatting enables you to use the CD-R/W as though it were a giant floppy
making individual changes to files.

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www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I
never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

--

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www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for

over

two

discs.

All

also

get

 

[Wilfred]

Thanks for the lesson. I always learn from this newsgroup.

I have found CD storage to be a technical challenge because I had
incorrectly assumed that CDs were essentially optical removable disk
drives - giant floppies, to borrow your term. They obviously are not and do
not behave the same way.

There in lies your dilemma Wilfred. XPs built in software treats CD-R/W
disks just as though they were a CD-R with the exception that you can
totally erase the disk. However you can not delete individual files from a
CD-R/W using XP's software. On the other side if you use packet writing
software like Roxio's Direct CD (now called Drag to Disk) you can delete
individual files. The software has preformatted the media and that
preformatting enables you to use the CD-R/W as though it were a giant floppy
making individual changes to files.

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I
never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting

the

disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a

CD.

The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to

delete

it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

using

XP's

built in burning software?

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for

over

two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW

discs.

All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I

attempt

to also

files

can

well
be a

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Thanks for the lesson. I always learn from this newsgroup.

I have found CD storage to be a technical challenge because I had
incorrectly assumed that CDs were essentially optical removable disk
drives - giant floppies, to borrow your term. They obviously are not and do
not behave the same way.

In a way, CD-RW's are indeed giant floppy disks, but they need to be
specially formatted before they are used that way. If not they are
write-only, except you can erase the entire disk and start over -- not a bad
approach for a batch of stuff you don't want to keep a long time. Formatting
a CD-RW takes a long time and reduces the capacity of a 700 mb disk to under
600 mb.

Bill

 

[Harry Ohrn]

In a way, CD-RW's are indeed giant floppy disks, but they need to be
specially formatted before they are used that way. If not they are
write-only, except you can erase the entire disk and start over -- not a
bad
approach for a batch of stuff you don't want to keep a long time.
Formatting
a CD-RW takes a long time and reduces the capacity of a 700 mb disk to
under
600 mb.

Bill

Bill some strides have been made in the format time length with Mt. Rainier
Technology. Most new burners have the capability. You need packet formatting
software that also enables Mt. Rainier. Formatting is done on the fly. So
you pop a blank CD-R/W into the drive and Drag to Disk or InCD will as k if
you want to use Mt. Rainier (if your drive supports it of course). In this
case the formatting seems to take seconds and the files are copied using
packet writing. However when you eject the disk the remainder of the
formatting process takes place. It often takes several minutes for the disk
to eject. You can read more about it here if you like
http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/mtr/gi/

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Alex Nichol's has a nice page on CD Burning with XP . I have a link to his
from this page on my site http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/cdr_info.htm
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Thanks for the lesson. I always learn from this newsgroup.

I have found CD storage to be a technical challenge because I had
incorrectly assumed that CDs were essentially optical removable disk
drives - giant floppies, to borrow your term. They obviously are not and
do
not behave the same way.

There in lies your dilemma Wilfred. XPs built in software treats CD-R/W
disks just as though they were a CD-R with the exception that you can
totally erase the disk. However you can not delete individual files from
a
CD-R/W using XP's software. On the other side if you use packet writing
software like Roxio's Direct CD (now called Drag to Disk) you can delete
individual files. The software has preformatted the media and that
preformatting enables you to use the CD-R/W as though it were a giant floppy
making individual changes to files.

--

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www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I
never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music
CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed
that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and
enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend
that
the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he
suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me
that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are
functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting

the

disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on
when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and
using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a

CD.

The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to

delete

it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.


Were you previously using third party software or were you just

using

XP's
built in burning software?

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over
two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs.
All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I

attempt

to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also
get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new

files

can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as

well
be a

CD-R.

 

[wojo]

Actually no there's still a huge difference between the 2.
It's true you can't "delete" a file off a CDR/W but you can either format it or overwrite the file.
Instead of trying to delete the file rename another file that you want on the CD to the same filename as the one you want to delete and copy it to the CD it will then overwrite the previous file of the same filename.

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I may have misspoken. I have used CD-Rs to archive vital data files. I never tried deleting them. I also use Windows Media Player to burn Music CDs on CD-Rs.

I bought the CD-RWs recently to start a photo library and I have assumed that they can be erased. Indeed, I formatted a few with DirectCD and enjoyed the drag and drop convenience. When I complained to a friend that the formatting was so time consuming - it takes about half hour per CD - he suggested that I just use the Windows built-in software. He never warned me that the Windows software is write only like a CD-R.

In essence, are you saying that using Windows XP, CD-Rs and CD-RWs are functionally the same?

I don't know how you've managed for 2 years, but without formatting the disk
beforehand with DirectCD (or the like) you can't delete files from those
CD-RWs.

A CD-RW that can only be written to? Format it, and it's as new (almost...)


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"Wilfred" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
I have used both: Roxio Easy CD Creator v 5.3 and XPs built-in burning
software. I haven't had any conflicts with the two. I do not have the
Roxio CD software loading at boot (I unchecked it in msconfig early on when
I first started burning CDs) and I always shutdown after launching and using
the Roxio software to make sure that it is flushed from memory.

The only thing I can think may be have caused it was a freeware program
called My Album. I used it to try to create a photo slideshow on a CD. The
resulting slideshow did not work as expected and when I tried to delete it,
I got the Read-only and the access denied errors. I can erase the CD and
reuse it but that requires me to erase the entire CD when I only want to
erase a single file.

I tried writing a sample notepad file to a different CD-RW disc. Same
results: the file is read only and cannot be deleted or its read only
attributes cannot be changed.

Were you previously using third party software or were you just using XP's
built in burning software?

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I have been using CD-RW discs on my Windows XP Professional PC for over two
years. Suddenly, I am unable to delete files written to CD-RW discs. All
files written to the CD have read only attributes and when I attempt to
remove the read only attribute, I get an access denied error. I also get
a
pop up message that says that files cannot be deleted but new files can
continue to be written to the disc.

How do I fix this? A CD-RW that can only be written to may as well be a
CD-R.