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Cannot retrieve files from DVD+R RW

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16-Feb-2009, 01:18 PM #1
Question Cannot retrieve files from DVD+R RW
I saved a full DVD+R RW's worth of music into a Memorex DVD+R RW and now I cannot copy the files onto my hard drive. I had 7 other DVD+R RWs like this and had no problems with any of them. I looked at the properties of the files in the other DVDs and they all had "read-only" as the permission, but i could easily switch them to "read and write". This particular DVD, however, will not allow me to switch. The drop-down menu wont even drop down.

Also, with the other DVDs, it showed me as owner, this one shows "root" as owner.
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16-Feb-2009, 04:31 PM #2
Sound like what you need to do is become root and copy the music back to Desktop from DVD+R RW, erase the DVD+R RW (if possible). Then become your regular user identity (login), and re-create the DVD+R RW as the regular user.

-- Tom
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