How so I remove read only file. Tried in properties and can't?

[poohkrazy]

I havw burned severa files on a cd/rw and now I can not make changes to it as
it says read only file. Went into propeties to take it out under general and
it will not let me. Please help me

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

All files on a CD-R or CD-RW are "read only". In order to modify
a file, you'll have to copy it to your hard drive and then make changes.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I havw burned severa files on a cd/rw and now I can not make changes to it as
| it says read only file. Went into propeties to take it out under general and
| it will not let me. Please help me

 

[Bob Eyster]

Files on a CR-RW can be modified on the CD, on mine anyway. The RW stands
for Read/Write. If it has a Read Only Attribute, just remove it.


Bob Eyster

 

[Harlan Grove]

Files on a CR-RW can be modified on the CD, on mine anyway. The
RW stands for Read/Write. If it has a Read Only Attribute, just
remove it.

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Off-topic hardware discussion.

There are a few ways to write CD-RW disks. One is ISO format, in which the
CD-RW disk is indistinguishable from a CD-ROM at the logical/content level.
In that format, all files on the disk are read-only, and the disk can't be
written. It can be REFORMATTED and REBURNED, but it's not read-write media.

CD-RW disks may also be formatted as, IIRC, UDF. CD-RW disks with that
format are read-write media.

All CD-ROM, CD-Read/Write and DVD/CD drives can read the former. Not all of
them can handle the latter, either reading or writing. Your comments would
only apply to the latter, but it's highly unlikely that's the OP's
situation.