write protected

[Guest]

How do you remove a write protected on a cd rom ? I want to
reinstall a cd rom but it wont let me remove the icon it says
can't delete because it is write protected, please remove write
protected or insert other cd. this is a guitar lesson cd purchased from a
store it is not a cd i bured.

 

[Matt Gibson]

Uh...It's a CD-ROM, you cannot delete something from it, as the entire CD is
read only.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

 

[Gordon]

How do you remove a write protected on a cd rom ? I want to
reinstall a cd rom

You don't "install" a CDRom, you *run* it.


but it wont let me remove the icon it says

can't delete because it is write protected, please remove write
protected or insert other cd. this is a guitar lesson cd purchased from a
store it is not a cd i bured.

Browse the CD and double-click on Setup.exe

 

[Guest]

Matt
So i can't uninstall this at all? i have other cd 's that i uninstall all
the time .
lets make sure i am telling you what this really is. A cdrom is a cd with
information

 

[Ken Blake]

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How do you remove a write protected on a cd rom ?

You don't. That's the nature of CD-ROMS. They are read-only.
That's what the "RO" in "ROM" stands for--"read-only."

I want to
reinstall a cd rom but it wont let me remove the icon

Exactly what are you trying to remove, and why?

 

[Gordon]

Matt
So i can't uninstall this at all?

Ah. You want to *uninstall* the program? Then go to Control
Panel-Add/remove Software

 

[Clayton]

I didn't know that Ken, you learn something everyday, I suppose the "M"
stands for Media?

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I didn't know that Ken, you learn something everyday, I suppose
the
"M" stands for Media?

Close, but no, it's "memory."

 

[Matt Gibson]

Just for anyone who also didn't know

CD-ROM = Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CD-RW = Compact Disc Read/Write
CDR = Compact Disc Recordable
WORM = Write Once, Read Many (What CDR's used to be called)

Matt Gibson - GSEC

 

[Guest]

Thanks Gorda when you run this it puts an icon in your floder right . Well i
want to
clear this icon but when i hit delete this icon in my documents
[delete from my documents] then re run but it says i cant delete because icon
it's write protected and to remove it so i can. any thoughts , thanks

I appreciate all your help Tony