Protected Files on CD-RW

[wingspar]

I use a CD about once a year. I have 17 jpg photos I want to copy to a CD-RW so that the end user can rename the files if they need to. It

[Great_Gig]

Unless I am reading this wrong, you will have to copy them from the CD before you can rename them - when the data is written to the CD it becomes read-only, even on a CD-RW. All a CD-RW does is allow you to wipe it and reburn more data, but you cannot alter the data already on the disk. Just give it to your friend, let him drag the photo's from the disk and then rename them.

[wingspar]

Unless I am reading this wrong, you will have to copy them from the CD before you can rename them - when the data is written to the CD it becomes read-only, even on a CD-RW. All a CD-RW does is allow you to wipe it and reburn more data, but you cannot alter the data already on the disk. Just give it to your friend, let him drag the photo's from the disk and then rename them.

 

Thank you very much. That works perfectly. CD technology has always frustrated me, hence I rarely use them.

[Great_Gig]

CD's frustrate you . . . what about these damn computers! and you are welcome.

[wingspar]

CD's frustrate you . . . what about these damn computers! and you are welcome.

 

Anything high tech can be confusing from time to time. Since I built this rig from scratch, and I