'read only' CD

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Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data to a folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only' attributes with the Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so that I can edit the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango
 
No. Files on a CD are always "read only".

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Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data to a folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only'
attributes with the Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so that I can edit the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango
 
Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data to a
folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only' attributes with the
Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so that I can edit
the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango

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Only if you have formatted it so that it behaves like a floppy
disk drive, e.g. under Ahead's InCD tool.
 
No.

If you need removable storage that can be edited on the fly (just like your
hard drive), ditch the CD's and use a USB Flash Drive. I've listed a few
models below that might interest you. I personally use a 512 MB Lexar brand
model. It works great.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2483851

http://lexar.com/jumpdrive/index.html

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=162109&N=1000000456+10324&An=browse


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Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data to a
folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only' attributes with the
Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so that I can edit
the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango
 
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deango said:
Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying
the data
to a folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only'
attributes
with the Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a
command so
that I can edit the data directly on a CD?
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It's not a matter of a command. It's the nature of the beast.
What you're calling a CD is properly called a CD-ROM. That "ROM"
stands for *read-only* memory. The data is recorded optically,
not magnetically, and there's no way to erase or change what's
there.

With a CD-RW (the "RW" stands for "read-write"), it's a different
story.
 
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Donny Broome said:
No.

If you need removable storage that can be edited on the fly
(just
like your hard drive), ditch the CD's and use a USB Flash
Drive. I've
listed a few models below that might interest you. I personally
use a
512 MB Lexar brand model. It works great.
Click to expand...


Not to argue against such flash drives, but the OP may be
interested in changing the contents of a CD only once or a few
times, and then perhaps keeping the final version for archival
storage. Even if you use and throw away a few generations of CDs
before getting the final copy you want, the cost of those few CDs
is almost insignificant. Although flash drives are inexpensive
these days, they are *many* times more expensive than CDs.
 
deango said:
Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data
to a folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only' attributes
with the Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so
that I can edit the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango
Click to expand...

CD ROM = CD "R"ead "O"nly "M"emory.
 
You can not do this with the XP CD writing tools and most other utitlites.
The only way is to use CD "packet-writing" tools like InCD or Roxio's Drag
to CD (DirectCD).


Hi. I know I can edit data from a 'read only' CD by copying the data to a
folder on my hard drive and removing the 'read only' attributes with the
Command Prompt attrib -r *.* /s. But is there a command so that I can edit
the data directly on a CD?
Thanks. deango
 
Thanks to everybody! More useful information than I deserve...........It was the CD designation that confused me.............I have an external drive for backup, just wanted to edit some old CD-RW data discs.............Regard. deango
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I noticed your post said to format with ahead but I have done that and still
I get the message on some disk that I can't make changes because the file is
a read only file.
 
I noticed your post said to format with ahead but I have done that and still
I get the message on some disk that I can't make changes because the file is
a read only file.
Click to expand...

You need to format with InCD (by Ahead.) If yoy use Nero, it will only create
a Read-Only CD.
 
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