Oops-somehow burned photos to cd in read-only format--how do I open them?? Help

[Kit927]

Somehow when I backed up my digital photo files to cd, they were saved as
read-only, and now I cannot move them, copy them or anything. Everytime I
try, I get some type of access denied message. ( I burned another cd with
pictures, and that one came out fine) I had Windows ME when I burned the cds,
but now have XP, not sure if that makes a difference. I have tried changing
the file attributes, and removing the read-only, but that doesn't help.
Thanks for any ideas you can give me!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

use IrfanView to do a batch opening of the files and saving them to a folder
on your hard drive.... it'll only need to read the files, not copy or move
them...
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[Kit927 via WindowsKB.com]

Thx so much for the quick reply! Only prob now is....when I try to open
files with Infran, I get an error message about my files---says "unknown file
format" or unknown file header.....any ideas or is this a lost cause? Thanks!

use IrfanView to do a batch opening of the files and saving them to a folder
on your hard drive.... it'll only need to read the files, not copy or move
them...

Somehow when I backed up my digital photo files to cd, they were saved as
read-only, and now I cannot move them, copy them or anything. Everytime I

[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]

the file attributes, and removing the read-only, but that doesn't help.
Thanks for any ideas you can give me!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

if the files are a proprietary format, you might have to open them on the
disc with the software that created it... and save them to someplace else
one by one, or as a batch if it supports it.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx

Thx so much for the quick reply! Only prob now is....when I try to open
files with Infran, I get an error message about my files---says "unknown
file
format" or unknown file header.....any ideas or is this a lost cause?
Thanks!

use IrfanView to do a batch opening of the files and saving them to a
folder
on your hard drive.... it'll only need to read the files, not copy or move
them...

Somehow when I backed up my digital photo files to cd, they were saved
as
read-only, and now I cannot move them, copy them or anything. Everytime
I

[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]

the file attributes, and removing the read-only, but that doesn't help.
Thanks for any ideas you can give me!

--
Kit

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http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-xp-photos/200602/1

 

[Yves Alarie]

Looks like you just need a driver to open files made by a different software
when you were on ME. Try the following.

Free...Adaptec UDF Reader Driver 5.1.1.213
http://download.com.com/3000-2100-9497911.html

Reboot after installing the driver and then see if you can read the files on
the CD.