Read-only on disk

[Burncoat]

How can I avoid having an Access file that I have written to a CDRW from being read-only? Even though the file I am copying is not read-only?

Thanks for your advice
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[Casey]

It is designated as read-only when you copy it to
the disk because it can only be read only while existing
on that disk.

-----Original Message-----
How can I avoid having an Access file that I have

written to a CDRW from being read-only? Even though the
file I am copying is not read-only?

 

[Burncoat]

So I can remove the read-only when I transfer it back on to a hard drive or the desk-top? Thanks

 

[Bruce M. Thompson]

How can I avoid having an Access file that I have written to a CDRW from being
read-only? Even though the file I am copying is not read-only?

It shouldn't be read-only unless you have "closed" the session so that no
modifications can be made or you are trying to read the file on a machine that
doesn't support CDRW. I can read/write on a CDRW just fine (I'm using DirectCD
software that allows me to access the CDRW as if it were a regular disk drive -
I am also using WinXP, but I don't use the built-in CDR(W) features). I'm not
sure how WinXP handles files that it has written using native CDR(W) support, so
if that's what you are using, it's possible that WinXP has already closed the
session. A search of WinXP help confirms that the session *is* closed upon
completion of copying files to a CDR or CDRW.

 

[Bruce M. Thompson]

I see, by your response to the other reply, that I misread what you were doing.
Glad to see you solved your problem.

 

[Burncoat]

Thank you. If I use DirectCD instead of the pre-installed CDRW program would I be able to work an Access file off the CDRW without having it on the hard drive? That is what I really want to do. THe read-only prob is secondary. Thanks again.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Yes.

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HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)

So I can remove the read-only when I transfer it back on to a hard drive

or the desk-top? Thanks

 

[Bruce M. Thompson]

Thank you. If I use DirectCD instead of the pre-installed CDRW program would
I be able to work an Access file off the CDRW without having it on the hard
drive? That is what I really want to do. THe read-only prob is secondary.
Thanks again.

Yes. You could access (pardon the pun) the drive just like you would your hard
drive - it will, however, be much slower than your hard drive. That is what I
thought you originally meant, but your response to the other reply made me think
that you were, instead, simply experiencing the read-only archive bit resulting
from copying from a CD to your hard drive.