Data CDs

Today Smoky Mountain Writer commented courteously on the
subject at hand


Thank you for taking time to reply. I've tried Roxio 7.5.
Recording in CD-RW goes smoothly, but when I make changes
and click on save, I get the message "This is a read only
file. Word cannot save, or create a new file."

I tried "Save as" and get the same message.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

XP changed previous practice which is to copy a CD file to HD
with its Read-only bit set. When I load from a CD or DVD on my
older SP1 box or newer SP2 PC, they are saved with the bit reset
so that it can be saved to again. This default behavior can be
changed globally in Windoze but isn't adviseable for the reason
you state.

Meanwhile, right-click on the file name(s) you wan to fix,
choose Propeties, and uncheck Read-only, then OK. You will then
be able to save from Word.

Save As is intended for creating a new file, so if you'd changed
the name, it would've worked OK.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford

Today Paul Heslop commented courteously on the subject at
hand

Smoky Mountain Writer wrote:

Thank you for taking time to reply. I've tried Roxio 7.5.
Recording in CD-RW goes smoothly, but when I make changes
and click on save, I get the message "This is a read only
file. Word cannot save, or create a new file."

I tried "Save as" and get the same message.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

I think what happens is that when files are stored on cd
they are marked as read only. You could try checking that
on each file on the drive, see if it helps

CD-R, vs. RW, by definition are write-once read-only affairs and
since they cannot be written to again, Windoze marks the files
Read-only. The "R" means "read" while "RW" means "read and
write". This cannot be fixed on the discs but can be on the
files loaded onto a HD, but my two XP machines reset the bit.
See my other reply to the OP for more.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford

"Smoky Mountain Writer" wrote in message
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I need to save documents from Microsoft Word and Pagemaker on a CD-RW,
then be able to use the CD in another computer, make changes, and save
back to the same CD. Who can tell me what software to buy to do this?

I could do this with Easy CD Creator 5 but it is not compatible with
Windows XP Pro which I have now.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me solve this prolixing
problem.



Perhaps it's not feasible in your situation, but I would think a "Thumb or
Jump" Drive would be more applicable to what you want to do. The prices have
dropped drastically on 512kb and 1gb drives, and you wouldn't need any CD
writing software. I am, of course, assuming that the computers you're using
have USB ports.

David

--
"Some days you're the dog, some days
you're the hydrant. Deal with it."-- Famous Anonymous Realist

All Things Mopar wrote:

Today Paul Heslop commented courteously on the subject at
hand

Smoky Mountain Writer wrote:

Thank you for taking time to reply. I've tried Roxio 7.5.
Recording in CD-RW goes smoothly, but when I make changes
and click on save, I get the message "This is a read only
file. Word cannot save, or create a new file."

I tried "Save as" and get the same message.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

I think what happens is that when files are stored on cd
they are marked as read only. You could try checking that
on each file on the drive, see if it helps

CD-R, vs. RW, by definition are write-once read-only affairs and
since they cannot be written to again, Windoze marks the files
Read-only. The "R" means "read" while "RW" means "read and
write". This cannot be fixed on the discs but can be on the
files loaded onto a HD, but my two XP machines reset the bit.
See my other reply to the OP for more.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford

Thanks Jerry... clear as mud :O))

--
Paul (Take my hand, I'm standing right here)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

All Things Mopar wrote:

Today Smoky Mountain Writer commented courteously on the
subject at hand


Thank you for taking time to reply. I've tried Roxio 7.5.
Recording in CD-RW goes smoothly, but when I make changes
and click on save, I get the message "This is a read only
file. Word cannot save, or create a new file."

I tried "Save as" and get the same message.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

XP changed previous practice which is to copy a CD file to HD
with its Read-only bit set. When I load from a CD or DVD on my
older SP1 box or newer SP2 PC, they are saved with the bit reset
so that it can be saved to again. This default behavior can be
changed globally in Windoze but isn't adviseable for the reason
you state.

Meanwhile, right-click on the file name(s) you wan to fix,
choose Propeties, and uncheck Read-only, then OK. You will then
be able to save from Word.

Save As is intended for creating a new file, so if you'd changed
the name, it would've worked OK.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford

That's better :O))

--
Paul (Take my hand, I'm standing right here)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

"Bk St Crawler" wrote in message
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"Smoky Mountain Writer" wrote in message
oups.com...
I need to save documents from Microsoft Word and Pagemaker on a CD-RW,
then be able to use the CD in another computer, make changes, and save
back to the same CD. Who can tell me what software to buy to do this?

I could do this with Easy CD Creator 5 but it is not compatible with
Windows XP Pro which I have now.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me solve this prolixing
problem.



Perhaps it's not feasible in your situation, but I would think a "Thumb or
Jump" Drive would be more applicable to what you want to do. The prices
have dropped drastically on 512kb and 1gb drives, and you wouldn't need
any CD writing software. I am, of course, assuming that the computers
you're using have USB ports.

David

--
You are exactly right, I have one and love it. However, with great
difficulty in getting drivers I managed to get it to work on two win98se
installations. So far I can't get it to work on wife's older win98se
machine, installs but crashes when I plug the thing in. Luckily my CF card
reader works fine so I can use that. But yes, these little buggers are
marvellous. To think I paid $200 for a zip drive and $50 for three disks.
But I was happy at the time.
Dave Cohen

"Some days you're the dog, some days
you're the hydrant. Deal with it."-- Famous Anonymous Realist

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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http://tinyurl.com/6eldj

(No Pipsqueaks have been able to prove ANY of the above is a LIBEL)
( )
( -- despite Mikey claimed to have proof of misquotes !! )
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All Things Mopar squeaked:

But, learn
from my /really/ serious mistake - do /not/ try to read discs
burned with anybody's UDF in SP2, it /will/ crash it to a BSOD!

Don't you play DVD video on your winxp/sp2?

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
http://tinyurl.com/6eldj

(No Pipsqueaks have been able to prove ANY of the above is a LIBEL)
( )
( -- despite Mikey claimed to have proof of misquotes !! )
'

All Things Mopar squeaked:

RWs are very popular, so they must work
a large percentage of the time for most people, but I gave up
long ago.

Perhaps you had extensive experience that has no body of experience to
report, just like Mikey?

======================
From: Mike Richter (The Slimiest Friggin SOB)
Date: 11/28/02

I have had extensive experience with erasable media.

======================
From: Mike Richter (The Slimiest Friggin ****)
Date: 5/12/04

the fragility of erasables means that I use them only for test,
so I don't have a body of experience to report.
======================

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
http://tinyurl.com/6eldj

(No Pipsqueaks have been able to prove ANY of the above is a LIBEL)
( )
( -- despite Mikey claimed to have proof of misquotes !! )
'

All Things Mopar squeaked:

wrt to DirectCD, boy do I agree! Besides glacially slow reads,
sooner or later - usually sooner - you wind up with an
unreadable coaster.

That's what Mikey also said:

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio ****)
Date: 8/27/01

I'm a great fan of DirectCD "packet writing," which allow me
to use CD-RWs like huge floppies. I've never had any problems
with DirectCD.

Wait. You will.
=====================

But then again:

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From: Mike Richter (Acraptec ****)
Date: 9/1/99
Subject: A note on Take Two

For Take Two to work ideally, your drive must support
packet writing and you must have DCD installed...to do it.
=======================

Imagine for Take Two, supposedly a backup software, to work "ideally",
no less, Take Two must use DirectCD!

Today smh commented courteously on the subject at hand

All Things Mopar squeaked:

But, learn
from my /really/ serious mistake - do /not/ try to read
discs burned with anybody's UDF in SP2, it /will/ crash it
to a BSOD!

Don't you play DVD video on your winxp/sp2?

I don't watch any movies on my PC, that isn't what it is for, so
I don't know if DVDs using any incantation of UDF crashed my
system. However, as I stated earlier, I traced the BSOD bull****
to 3 errant .sys files store in c:\windows\system32\drivers as I
recall. Once these 3 files were removed, everything has worked
A-OK.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford