RW CD

[Tom O'Reilly]

I use a RW CD for my invoices quotes etc.
The disc was formatted by ROXIO drag & drop.
After using the disc for a couple of weeks without any
problems my operating system WINDOWS XP suddenly converts
all my files on the disc to "Read Only" files and wont's
allow me to change it back.
To rectify the problem I have to run the dics under
WIN98S1, remove the readonly option and then return to
WINDOWS XP where I then can do any changes

 

[Tom O'Reilly]

-----Original Message-----
I use a RW CD for my invoices quotes etc.
The disc was formatted by ROXIO (using WIN98S1),drag & drop.
After using the disc for a couple of weeks without any
problems my operating system WINDOWS XP suddenly converts
all my files on the disc to "Read Only" files and wont's
allow me to change it back.
To rectify the problem I have to run the dics under
WIN98S1, remove the "Read Only" option and then return to
WINDOWS XP where I then can make any changes to the

files on the dRW CD.

Note: Am resending this with the final few words added.

tom

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You can get Roxio to work under XP. Roxio version 5 needs a patch for XP
and version 6/7 works directly. You can then use DirectCD/Drag to CD in XP.

 

[NobodyMan]

The first mistake you made was to format a cdrw disc. The can hold 700 MB, and that's probably all you need. Next time, don't format.



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The OP wants to update the files as they change, so they MUST format
for packet writing to get this function on the CDRW. Don't hand out
bad advice.

To the OP: welcome to the joys of UDF. It works great until it
doesn't, at which point the headaches begin. My advice is to NEVER
store any mission critical data on a formatted UDF CDRW. It's a
recipe for disaster when the damn system crashes and you are stuck
with a CDRW full of unreadable garbage that used to be your vital
info.

 

[Alex Nichol]

To the OP: welcome to the joys of UDF. It works great until it
doesn't, at which point the headaches begin. My advice is to NEVER
store any mission critical data on a formatted UDF CDRW. It's a
recipe for disaster when the damn system crashes and you are stuck
with a CDRW full of unreadable garbage that used to be your vital
info.

The other thought is that this *may* arise if the inbuilt CD burning
(which does not use packet writing or UDF) has been left enabled on the
XP machine. (My Computer - r-click the drive, Properties and uncheck
'Enable' on the Recording page). It sounds a little more like
something of the sort, as he is apparently able to take the disks back
to the other machine and revive them. The big point is that if you use
these methods across machines you need to run the *same* third party
package on all of them

 

[NobodyMan]

The other thought is that this *may* arise if the inbuilt CD burning
(which does not use packet writing or UDF) has been left enabled on the
XP machine. (My Computer - r-click the drive, Properties and uncheck
'Enable' on the Recording page). It sounds a little more like
something of the sort, as he is apparently able to take the disks back
to the other machine and revive them. The big point is that if you use
these methods across machines you need to run the *same* third party
package on all of them

Agreed, except for one point: You can leave the native XP burning
tools active and also use UDF in DLA, Roxio and Nero with no problems.
I support dozens of machines where users do this with no complaints
using either method (mastering or UDF). Try as I might I just can't
wean some users away from UDF.