[philtivvy]

Hi
I have a rewriteable CD and wish to reuse it. Windows refuses to delete the existing files as it says they are "Read Only".
Is there anything I can do besides binning the CD, or the computer!!
regards
phil

[etaf]

your burning program should have an erase option to erase the CD completely

[philtivvy]

Hi etaf
I have no dedicated CD burning program. Up till now Explorer and Windows Media player have coped with my needs.
I see there are a fair number of free downloads available would you, or anyone, else like to suggest a reliable one?
regards
phil

[etaf]

XP http://cdburnerxp.se/
I have not use but seen recommended here

I look and see if WMP can erase

[etaf]

from help file

Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc into the CD burner. Or, insert a CD-RW disc that has files on it, and erase the contents of the disc by right-clicking the drive in the Navigation pane and then clicking Erase disc. (Erasing is required before you can burn to the disc again.)

[philtivvy]

Hi etaf
Wmp wont touch .doc files and it appears that this is also causing the problem in Explorer.
I will give your suggestion a try.
regards
phil

[philtivvy]

Hi
I did not get on too well with your link, after download the set up asked for Windows .NET 2 or higher and did I wish to download it now. I downloaded .NET4 and tried again but could not get past the same dialogue box.
If you have any other suggestions I will try them instead.
regards
phil

[etaf]

Oh - thats a shame I'm only on .net 3

do you have anything on the PC, like Roxio, Nero, Sonic - often burners supplied with the PC

[philtivvy]

Hi again
While waiting I thought I would try a free download of Express burn by NCH software. It has erased the existing files, copied new ones to disk and then erased them as well.
The program seemed much slower than the Windows equivalent but it did work.
Not too sure about this for after the disk has been erased I tried Explorer expecting to see "Blank disk" but instead I got D:\ is not accessible, incorrect function. I ignored this and tried burning different data to the disk and it seemed to work OK.
Thank you for your help.
Regards
phil

[etaf]

sounds like its worked out OK
just make sure you have the full space availabe ...approx 620 - 700mb on CD
and finalises OK to play on other machines

if everything works out OK then you can mark solved - button at top of post