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HBYardSale
Hello gang!
I recently backed up all the files on my hard drive to CDR, then installed a
new hard drive. Then I copied them all back to the new drive.
Now I am noticing that when I create a new file (say, in Word) and save it,
next time I boot up, access that new file and try to save a change, I find that
it is saved as "READ ONLY."
I'm guessing that there is a default switch somewhere that I need to un-check
to stop saving as read-only? Anyone steer me in the right direction? Thanks in
advance.
Also, for the benefit of others, I have found these methods of changing a bunch
of files to non-read-only helpful...
1 - Copy the whole CDROM to the separate folder (say, c:\cdfiles), and
remove read-only attributes for all the files simultaneously:
Start -- Run... attrib -r /S c:\cdfiles\*.*
Copy the content of c:\cdrom folder to the rewritable disk after that.
2 - Copy the files to a rewriteable CD [or folder on hard drive]. Do Start /
Find and search for everything (*.*) on the new CD. When you get the list of
files, do Edit / Select All or Ctrl+A. When all files are selected, do File /
Properties and uncheck the read-only checkbox. This will remove the read-only
attribute from all the files selected.
-- John
I recently backed up all the files on my hard drive to CDR, then installed a
new hard drive. Then I copied them all back to the new drive.
Now I am noticing that when I create a new file (say, in Word) and save it,
next time I boot up, access that new file and try to save a change, I find that
it is saved as "READ ONLY."
I'm guessing that there is a default switch somewhere that I need to un-check
to stop saving as read-only? Anyone steer me in the right direction? Thanks in
advance.
Also, for the benefit of others, I have found these methods of changing a bunch
of files to non-read-only helpful...
1 - Copy the whole CDROM to the separate folder (say, c:\cdfiles), and
remove read-only attributes for all the files simultaneously:
Start -- Run... attrib -r /S c:\cdfiles\*.*
Copy the content of c:\cdrom folder to the rewritable disk after that.
2 - Copy the files to a rewriteable CD [or folder on hard drive]. Do Start /
Find and search for everything (*.*) on the new CD. When you get the list of
files, do Edit / Select All or Ctrl+A. When all files are selected, do File /
Properties and uncheck the read-only checkbox. This will remove the read-only
attribute from all the files selected.
-- John