Writeable CD drive suddenly Read-Only?

[Guest]

I'm sorry to say I made the mistake of a 2yr Norton Internet Security 2006
subscription. I've spent the last 8 days trying to get my computer back--no
exaggeration! Everything finally seems to work EXCEPT my writeable CD drive.
It's been saying it's Read-Only. I checked the Registry & it seems to be
set up ok.

When I try to backup quicken it says it's a read only drive. Even though I
never had to before, I used the Windows CD writing wizard & it will write new
files on the CD but it won't delete & it won't replace what's on there with
the new files.

HELP?????

Thanks,
sooz

 

[Guest]

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.ph
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
You may need a third party burning app, depending on the media your using...
The inbuilt CD Wiz is limited, review the links..
j;-j

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Cannot Delete Individual Files from a CD-RW Disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294883/en-us

An Error Message May Be Displayed When You Delete a File or Folder on a CD-RW Media
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303008/en-us

Nero supports packet writing
http://ww2.nero.com/enu/Products.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| I'm sorry to say I made the mistake of a 2yr Norton Internet Security 2006
| subscription. I've spent the last 8 days trying to get my computer back--no
| exaggeration! Everything finally seems to work EXCEPT my writeable CD drive.
| It's been saying it's Read-Only. I checked the Registry & it seems to be
| set up ok.
|
| When I try to backup quicken it says it's a read only drive. Even though I
| never had to before, I used the Windows CD writing wizard & it will write new
| files on the CD but it won't delete & it won't replace what's on there with
| the new files.
|
| HELP?????
|
| Thanks,
| sooz

 

[Guest]

Thanks for such a quick answer. I'll try this. I really appreciate it.
This is NUTS.

 

[AJR]

I'm sorry to say I made the mistake of a 2yr Norton Internet Security 2006
subscription. I've spent the last 8 days trying to get my computer
back--no
exaggeration! Everything finally seems to work EXCEPT my writeable CD
drive.
It's been saying it's Read-Only. I checked the Registry & it seems to be
set up ok.

When I try to backup quicken it says it's a read only drive. Even though
I
never had to before, I used the Windows CD writing wizard & it will write
new
files on the CD but it won't delete & it won't replace what's on there
with
the new files.

HELP?????

Thanks,
sooz

I am not familiar with latest version of Quicken, however earlier versions
(2002) would not backup to a CD.
Regarding deleting and rewriting files to a CD - If you are using CD-Rs -
files cannot be deleted, however you can overwrite a file - for example,
file AJR is on the CD - you can overwrite that file with another titled AJR.

 

[Guest]

I want to thank all of you for such prompt & helpfuly replies. I need to
take some time to catch up on all the other stuff I haven't been doing while
trying to fix the computer & then will try the suggestions & let you know if
I'm back in the game!

Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
Sooz