Unable to delete file on CD-RW

[marvo]

Running XP & I save files on a CD-RW. When I tried to delete
a file on the CD I got an error messae saying that the file
was read protected. How can I delete that file.
thanks .......marvo

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You can only selectively delete files on a CDRW if you wrote them with UDF
(packet writing) software. You cannot do this with the native burning
utility. You can only erase the whole disk.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rock]

Running XP & I save files on a CD-RW. When I tried to delete
a file on the CD I got an error messae saying that the file
was read protected. How can I delete that file.
thanks .......marvo

In addition to Rick's reply see this excellent primer on using CDR/RW in
XP by the late Alex Nichol, MVP: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

 

[NobodyMan]

Running XP & I save files on a CD-RW. When I tried to delete
a file on the CD I got an error messae saying that the file
was read protected. How can I delete that file.
thanks .......marvo

Using XP tools, you CAN'T delete a single file from a CDRW. You must
erase the entire CDRW.

If you want a file-by-file type CDRW, where you can add/delete files
at will, then you need to get a third-party packet writing program.
The big players in that game are Roxio and Nero.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Roxio has Drag to Disk (DirectCD).
Ahead (makers of Nero) has InCD.