Comments for Why can't I open a certain file that's on a CD?

Comment from Joyce on 2009-11-05

2009-11-05T20:48:41Z

How annoying this is. I have XP and cd/rw drive and it is maddening that I can't just copy whatever I want to the CD without big brother watching and putting stops in my way. First I'm forced to put all the files into a temporary spot on my hard drive, and then it will "allow" me to copy but then it makes everything "read-only". You stated that cd-r is always read only. Is that ALL CD/R's, RW's, DVD's - I'm confused.

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Comment from Danae on 2009-08-15

2009-08-16T03:48:07Z

IHAD PICTURES MADE OF MY KIDS AND THEY PLACED
THE PICS ON A CD SO I COULD PRINT MORE AT HOME
WHY DOESNT IT OPEN WHEN I PUT THE CD IN THE DRIVE? I LOOKED IN THE CONTROL PANEL AND IT DOESNT EVEN SHOW I HAVE ANYTHING IN THE DRIVE TO OPEN????

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Comment from Ursula on 2009-04-08

2009-04-08T10:30:05Z

I finally copied and pasted onto an email to myself all the information that was on my CD-RW disk as "read only". Then when I tried to delete that information from the CD-RW disk, it will not let me delete it. How can I delete what I don't need anymore on the CD-RW disk?

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Comment from Lutz on 2007-06-25

2007-06-25T17:18:15Z

Dear Leo,

When I burn CDs (RWs) with data files (MS Word) for the first time, everything is fine and I can open the files and work with them. I save the disk to be read on (or be compatible with) all "CD-ROMS." However, when I try to access the files on the CD the following day, the CD is not recognized. The CDs work fine on other PCs.

I thought perhaps the CD-ROM wasn't working, but it works perfectly when I insert a CD that I have not burned, but purchased or one that has been burned by someone else.

Thanks for your help.

Lutz

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Comment from Ryan on 2007-03-21

2007-03-21T07:15:35Z

The read only message will not allow me to copy files to my computer - THAT IS THE PROBLEM!!!!!!

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Comment from Ivan Tadej on 2007-02-20

2007-02-20T13:48:12Z

Errr Leo, it's certainly not necessary to "do that for each file you copied and/or need write access to" (i.e. to remove the "Real-only" attribute); one can simply select more files and/or folders and do that only once for all the files/folders together.

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best regards,
Ivan Tadej, Slovenia
http://tadej-ivan.50webs.com/

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