I am curious to know how to erase certain pictures off a CD, and still be able to keep the pic's I like?

Question

CD with pic's on it. Do not wish to delete all of the pictures,
only certain ones without someone being able to retreive the delelted ones. Is this possible?

Answer 1

If the CD has been "finalized" your only option is to copy the pics you want to keep to your PC (in a temp folder) and burn a new CD. If the CD hasn't been "finalized" you may be able to use DirectCD (or similar program) and delete the files. It works just like a folder on a hard drive.

Answer 2

If you burned your CD with windows, you'll have to delete everything. When you burn pictures or files that you might want to delete, you need to use 'packet burning'. That is: you need to 'format' your RW drive just like it's a hard drive - usually Roxio does it or Nero. Once you 'format' your CD/RW or CD, you'll be able to drag and drop just like you do to a floppy. THEN you're able to delete any item you want. Many CD/RW's come with software that will do this and there may be free ones out there.

Answer 3

You might want to try the following:
a) insert the cd
b) go to "my computer"
c) double-click the drive that the cd is in
d) right-click on the pictures that you want to delete
e) choose delete

If this doesn't work, then try copying all the pics to your hard-drive, then re-create a cd with only the pics you want.

Good luck!

Answer 4

There is a kind of cd you have to buy to do this. If you have a cd burner all you have to buy is some cdrw's. Not cdr's. CDR's are compact disc recordables only. You wont be aable to rerecord. CDRW's are Compact disc re-writables. You can erase and rerecord at your pleasure.