How to Change CD Read Only Attribute

[Al Smith]

I have a CD-RW with one relatively small file that seems to
have taken up the whole disk. I would like to delete the
file, but it is a read only file.

How do I change the attribute or how can I delete the file?

 

[Tumbleweed]

I have a CD-RW with one relatively small file that seems to
have taken up the whole disk. I would like to delete the
file, but it is a read only file.

How do I change the attribute or how can I delete the file?

Erase the disc?

 

[Al Smith]

I tried. Access denied

I tried attrib -r f:\filename.

Access denied!

 

[Bruce J. Weiers]

Are you sure
1.) that it really is a CD-RW and not a CD-R?
2.) that the CD-RW has been formatted for packet-writing, using an
application such as DirectCD, InCD, etc.?

 

[Guest]

You cannot do that if the CD is a CD-R, only on CD-RW
On a CD-RW you can format it and reload it with all th
files you want. It sounds like you are using a CD-R.

 

[Tumbleweed]

What did you try with? You'll need a utility that can erase the disk.
Generally that would be whatever app came with your CD rewriter

 

[NobodyMan]

You cannot do that if the CD is a CD-R, only on CD-RWs
On a CD-RW you can format it and reload it with all the
files you want. It sounds like you are using a CD-R.

If Mastering and not using UDF, it doesn't matter if you are using a
CDR or a CDRW. The mastering program will treat them the same, with
the exception that you can do a complete erase and re-use the CDRW.

 

[Al Smith]

If Mastering and not using UDF, it doesn't matter if you are using a
CDR or a CDRW. The mastering program will treat them the same, with
the exception that you can do a complete erase and re-use the CDRW.

Excellent! So, how, pray tell, does one do that - specifically, a complete
erase?

 

[mrtee]

You didn't say how you put the file on the CD - I.E. what software did you use? If the built in XP burner then this is from "Help and Support":
To erase files from a CD

1.. Open My Computer.
2.. Double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays the files and folders located on the CD.
3.. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard.
4.. Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the CD-RW.
Notes

a.. To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
b.. Erasing the CD deletes all the files on the CD; you cannot select individual files to delete.
c.. Not all CDs are erasable. If the CD you are using is not erasable, for example, a CD-R, then this feature is not available.
If another mastering program you usually right click the drive and click format.

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
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| Excellent! So, how, pray tell, does one do that - specifically, a complete
| erase?
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[Tumbleweed]

Thanks for that jeff seems many of us here didnt know you could erase in XP

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Tumbleweed

Remove my socks for email address
You didn't say how you put the file on the CD - I.E. what software did you
use? If the built in XP burner then this is from "Help and Support":
To erase files from a CD

1.. Open My Computer.
2.. Double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays the files and
folders located on the CD.
3.. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. Windows displays the
CD Writing Wizard.
4.. Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the
CD-RW.
Notes

a.. To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
b.. Erasing the CD deletes all the files on the CD; you cannot select
individual files to delete.
c.. Not all CDs are erasable. If the CD you are using is not erasable, for
example, a CD-R, then this feature is not available.
If another mastering program you usually right click the drive and click
format.

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________

| Excellent! So, how, pray tell, does one do that - specifically, a
complete
| erase?
|
|

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a CD-RW with one relatively small file that seems to
have taken up the whole disk. I would like to delete the
file, but it is a read only file.

How do I change the attribute or how can I delete the file?

How did to do the write to disk? If with the inbuilt burning it does
not use a CD-RW technique anyway, and all you can do is erase the disk
as a whole - if you r-click its icon in My Computer, there should be an
'erase CD-RW'