'read only' CD

[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

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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.

 

[Donny Broome]

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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Donny Broome
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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

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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?

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.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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.

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.

 

[Gordon]

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

CD ROM = CD "R"ead "O"nly "M"emory.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

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

 

[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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[Guest]

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.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

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.

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

 

[Guest]

Thanks Yves Leclerc, you helped me out. That's exactly what happened. Just
needed reminded.