Harold, good to hear from you. If you are trying to copy files from your old computer to your new one via a cd, they are always going to be read only while they are on the cd unless you have identical software that turns a cd into something like a floppy drive on both computers. That probably won't ever happen. The Roxio program you had on you old computer isn't compatible with WinXP, I don't believe.
Once you have copied the files to your new hard drive they aren't or shouldn't be read only anymore. I'm a little bit unsure about how you are trying the use your cd drive for backup. Would explain that in some detail for us. Do you have files on your hard drive that you back up to a cd? Be specific. Files on a cd are always read only unless you have special software that lets you think they are not. That's what the Roxio software did for you. The problem is that the software does special things to make it that way and they all don't do it the same way. We need to get the files to your new computer hard drive and then we can get it set up to work like it used to on your old computer. Have copied the files to your new computer? Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B. Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:04 PM To: PC Works_LIST Subject: PCWorks: Windows XP and RW/CD's Hello again (long time no hello), And why is that? Because I am still on step numero uno for this Windows XP system I have; it's a new Compaq Presario with tons of memory and space, and I'm working on how to save files and folders from the hard drive onto a RW/CD without them turning into "Read only" files and folders. The Compaq/Hewlett-Packard technicians say it cannot be done; that RW/CD's are not used to backup and EDIT documents but rather, are used only to backup Setup files and Executable files. I tell them that is not the way it was in Windows 98 and they answer that XP is different. Here's an example where different is not necessarily better. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
