from disc to cd why does it always become read only

[Diane_therock]

why do my files become read only when i copy from a disc to a cd? How do i
remove this? I've tried going into properties and deselect the read only
option then it tells me i don't have access. These have always been my own
personal files.

[goober]

This is not actually an Excel issue. But here's a brief explination anyway. If you are writing the files to a cd-r then they are read only by default and there is no way to change that. If you are writing them to a cd-rw you have to have the proper format on the disk or your system will treat it as a cd-r.

[Jezebel]

All files on a CD are read-only. To make them writable, copy back to your
hard disk, right-click, select Properties, and clear the Read-only checkbox.



"Diane_therock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> why do my files become read only when i copy from a disc to a cd? How do
> i
> remove this? I've tried going into properties and deselect the read only
> option then it tells me i don't have access. These have always been my
> own
> personal files.

[Harlan Grove]

"goober" <[email protected]> wrote...
>This is not actually an Excel issue. But here's a brief explination
>anyway. If you are writing the files to a cd-r then they are read only
>by default and there is no way to change that. If you are writing them
>to a cd-rw you have to have the proper format on the disk or your
>system will treat it as a cd-r.

Note that CD-RWs that function like floppies are a PITA to use on different
PCs.

[Diane_therock]

If i do that, can i then re copy them to a cd? Or will it always be read only?

"Jezebel" wrote:

> All files on a CD are read-only. To make them writable, copy back to your
> hard disk, right-click, select Properties, and clear the Read-only checkbox.
>
>
>
> "Diane_therock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > why do my files become read only when i copy from a disc to a cd? How do
> > i
> > remove this? I've tried going into properties and deselect the read only
> > option then it tells me i don't have access. These have always been my
> > own
> > personal files.
>
>
>

[Diane_therock]

I tried what you told me to do and it still becomes read only. I need this
cd for work on monday! I checked the properties before i copied and they are
not read only, the are checked as archives. Am i screwed for monday?

"Diane_therock" wrote:

> If i do that, can i then re copy them to a cd? Or will it always be read only?
>
> "Jezebel" wrote:
>
> > All files on a CD are read-only. To make them writable, copy back to your
> > hard disk, right-click, select Properties, and clear the Read-only checkbox.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Diane_therock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > why do my files become read only when i copy from a disc to a cd? How do
> > > i
> > > remove this? I've tried going into properties and deselect the read only
> > > option then it tells me i don't have access. These have always been my
> > > own
> > > personal files.
> >
> >
> >

[Jezebel]

Files *on the CD* are always read-only. You can copy the file from the CD to
the hard disk and make the file *on the hard disk* read-write. Then edit the
file *on the hard disk*. You can (of course) write that file to the CD -- if
there is room -- but you'll need to give it a new name. You can't overwrite
the original file on the CD.



"Diane_therock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I tried what you told me to do and it still becomes read only. I need this
> cd for work on monday! I checked the properties before i copied and they
> are
> not read only, the are checked as archives. Am i screwed for monday?
>
> "Diane_therock" wrote:
>
>> If i do that, can i then re copy them to a cd? Or will it always be read
>> only?
>>
>> "Jezebel" wrote:
>>
>> > All files on a CD are read-only. To make them writable, copy back to
>> > your
>> > hard disk, right-click, select Properties, and clear the Read-only
>> > checkbox.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Diane_therock" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> > > why do my files become read only when i copy from a disc to a cd?
>> > > How do
>> > > i
>> > > remove this? I've tried going into properties and deselect the read
>> > > only
>> > > option then it tells me i don't have access. These have always been
>> > > my
>> > > own
>> > > personal files.
>> >
>> >
>> >