How do I delete this info off of this DVD+R disc?

Question

When just opening it and trying to delete it from there it says "cannot remove folder AUDIO_TS: the disk is write protected. Remove the write protection or use another disc." Well the audio ts is the file name but i don't know how to remove the write protection?

that sucks so if you mess up no "undo"

yes I do have roxio came with the mad dog dvd burner i bought

Answer 1

CD's and DVD's ordinarily are permanent records of the data written to them. The laser literally burns pits into the plasticized substrate. That is what you've encountered.

To "edit" what's on the DVD, copy its entire contents to a newly-created folder on your hard drive. Open the folder and edit whatever you need to change. Then burn a new data DVD.

There are options for adding updatable data to CD-like media - which MUST be used at creation time - when you burn. If these things weren't used at burn time, no changes can be made now [other answerers seem mistaken].

First, you could use a DVD-RW [though my results with them are spotty] or a 700 MB CD-RW. Those media can be laser-erased and then re-written several times.

Second - for data CD or DVD only - you can leave the media "open" - usually called append mode. This mode may not be readable on another computer [not always but sometimes].

In this case, the media is marked and recorded so that the directory can be "moved" by burning a totally new directory to a still empty area. The new directory lets the computer know to "ignore" previously-burned files that now have a new version added. Literally, the new information is added, and this "revisable directory" slight of hand directs your computer to ignore the previous copy of whatever files you add. You never "get back" previously burned real estate on the CD or DVD.

BTW, the most powerful, fast and flexible burning program I've ever seen is K3b in Linux. It's free as is the entire Linux OS. You can use it by booting a "Live CD" such as found at http://getpclinuxos.com - grab the ISO and burn it to a CD-R or 700 MB CD-RW with ImgBurn for Windows - free at http://imgburn.com . Note that Windows is not affected at all by using Linux this way.

Good luck!

Answer 2

The problem is that the files on the DVD disk are probably Read Only and are not letting you delete them for that reason. If you have a program like Roxio Drag to Disk that will delete read only files you can use that, or you can try to access the files thru explorer and right click properties and clear the read only status (not sure that will work but you can try) then delete them.

Note: On a dvd+r delete like this you can delete the files and still burn to the remaining disk space but you won't be able to write the used space that the files occupied - you would need a dvd rw disk for that option....you probably knew that but just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

You can't - DVD-R are record only. You have to copy everything else to another disk. There may be a trick of saving an empty file with the same name like on CD-R, the system writes a new directory to make the change, I believe.

Answer 4

If it's a DVD+/-R, you can't delete it. It can be written to until the capacity is reached, but once written the to the disc, there's no way to remove that info. Only DVD+/-RW discs can be rewritten (rewriting with either other data or 'empty' information when it's deleted).