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Hi,
No reason you can't, but it'll take quite a bit of time.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Gene K" <genekRE@MOVEolivianc.net> wrote in message
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> Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> All files placed on recordable disks are read-only. The only way you
>> can delete or overwrite them with updated data is if you are using
>> packet writing software and rewritable disks. Data written to CDR is
>> fixed, and the native burning engine is not packet writing.
>>
>>
>> "THL6S" <THL6S@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>> I have a number of disks which I have recorded work on. This work is
>>> automatically saved as read only. I wish to remove some files but I
>>> am not alowed as theyare read only.I have tried to change attributes
>>> but I am not allowed. How do I remove unwanted files from a disk
> Rick,
> Why could you not transfer all Files back to Windows; ( save to My
> Documents), completely re-format a CD-RW (which erases everything and
> makes it reuseable) or trash can a CD-R, go back to My Documents and
> delete specific Files you want deleted, and transfer the others back to a
> CD-RW or a new CD-R. Maybe clumsy but can you do it.
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> Gene K
>
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