how to change "read only" on cd-rw files

[ron]

When saving files to a cd-rw disk, they become "read only" no matter what I
have tried to do, that cannot be changed. Is there a simple answer I am
missing?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

You should not save files directly to a floppy disk or other
removable media from Office applications, because doing so
usually results in file corruption sooner or later. Save to the
hard drive, close the file, and then use Windows Explorer or My
Computer or your CD mastering software to copy the file to the
removable media.

You should not open files directly from a floppy disk or other
removable media in Office applications, because doing so usually
results in file corruption sooner or later. Copy the files to
your hard drive, remove the read-only attribute in
File->Properties, modify and save the file to the hard drive,
close the file, and then use Windows Explorer or My Computer or
your CD mastering software to copy the file to the removable media.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All files on a CD-R or CD-RW are "read only". In order to modify
a file, you'll have to copy it to your hard drive and then make changes.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| When saving files to a cd-rw disk, they become "read only" no matter what I
| have tried to do, that cannot be changed. Is there a simple answer I am
| missing?

 

[Jim Nugent]

When saving files to a cd-rw disk, they become "read only" no matter what I
have tried to do, that cannot be changed. Is there a simple answer I am
missing?

I have always suspected that this is done because most software properly
handles the error returned when a read-only file is opened for write of
something else, but is more likely to be confused if the error was that the
media is unwriteable.

I think your misconception is that a rewriteable CD is usually treated as a
CDROM that can only be fully erased and used again as a blank, not like a
big floppy. Thus the first paragraph applies.

You CAN get a CDRW (or a CDR for that matter) to act like a "big floppy" by
using packet writing software such as DirectCD or InCD. With these programs
the files on the CD are NOT read-only, and you can write them, erase them
(though in general the space is not reclaimed), or whatever.

All of that being said, what Garfield says earlier in this thread is very
true, my kids have learned the hard way AFTER being warned: Don't work
directly with Office documents on removable media; transfer them to/from the
hard disk. I don't know why that is, it just is.