how do I save work to a cd and add or change info later?

Question

Always used floppies for saving my work, now have new computer with drive that reads/writes, when I try to save things the "wizard" does its thing, then when I try to open file it opens ok but if I try to change anything, I get: cannot change document is read only or used by another .....I am using CD-RW discs, tried saving to hard drive then copying, saving to floppy and copying, etc please help, what am I doing wrong. Went to Staples and fellow there said "you really should use a flash drive that would solve your problem", maybe but I'd like to be able to use the equipment that came on this thing, its only 16 days old. I also somethimes get a message "you don't have permission to save on this directory" its my machine, what permission, from who

sorry my o/s is windows xp

Answer 1

Go to your document and highlight the file with "one single click", not two clicks, it will open. DO NOT open the file, just highlight.

You should see on the left a menu, "Folder tasks". Click on "Copy this folder", or file. Click that option. A window will open showing your options. Click on CD-RW.
It should indicate that the CD is being prepared for copy. You should get a POP UP that you have a file/s to be copied. Click and another window will open with "Copy this/these files".
You can copy several files at the same time by using Control and highlight all the files to copy.

When using a CD-RW, you can re-write to the file and be able to change data if desired. If you do not use CD-RW, you cannot change the data, but you should be able to save back to the same file name.

Hope this works with your OS. I have a Dell and Windows XP.

Answer 2

It does depend on your software. Right now I have been trying for two days to get an answer from the company that I use as it burns everything as a read only and you can't change the file. But I work around that for now by copying it back to my hard drive, deleting it from the CD or DVD, doing what I want with it on the hard drive and then burning it back to the CD or DVD. I am about ready to get rid of that software and use the same as I have on my older computer as it lets you make changes right on the CD or DVD.

Ron

Answer 3

it differs from software to software, but when you are using rw drive, you should have an option somewhere in the burn process where you can setup the cd to add on more later. sorry i can't be more specific, but i don't know what software you are using. good luck!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

your best bet would be guy a thumb drive. they are fairly cheap and hold more data than a CD. you can also read/write to/from them easier too.