burning cd to cd-rw

[sundownsteel]

whenever i copy and burn a file it ends up being a read-only file and i can
not save changes. what am i doing wrong
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billyg

[Angus C]

"sundownsteel" > wrote in message
...
> whenever i copy and burn a file it ends up being a read-only file and i
> can
> not save changes. what am i doing wrong
> --
> billyg

1. You are using cd-rw media (?)
2. Have you formatted it?

hth
angusc

[Edward O'Brien]

If you are using the XP CD copying facility, it's useless. You can only
overwrite, not delete - except the entire disc. Buy decent software. I
recommend Ahead Nero/InCD.

Good luck,

Ed



"sundownsteel" > wrote in message
...
> whenever i copy and burn a file it ends up being a read-only file and i
> can
> not save changes. what am i doing wrong
> --
> billyg

[sundownsteel]

i am not sure
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billyg


"Angus C" wrote:

>
> "sundownsteel" > wrote in message
> ...
> > whenever i copy and burn a file it ends up being a read-only file and i
> > can
> > not save changes. what am i doing wrong
> > --
> > billyg
>
> 1. You are using cd-rw media (?)
> 2. Have you formatted it?
>
> hth
> angusc
>
>
>

[Rock]

sundownsteel wrote:

> whenever i copy and burn a file it ends up being a read-only file and i can
> not save changes. what am i doing wrong

Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User