joverby540

Hey, well that does sound like a good idea to go through those steps, but yes you do need to check the box. If you dont, it will only change the rights the one file or folder that you selected. If you check the box, and say you've selected a folder, it will give you ownership to every file and folder in the folder you selected. This option may take a lot longer, but its really the only logical one. But I see what you mean about the cd... Were you thinking because it was a rewritable cd you could use it like a floppy or something? The problem is, you have to completely reburn the cd if you want to change the data on it. If you're using something like incd, where you can add and delete files like a floppy, you still have to use the cd burning software to add, remove, or change files; you cannot use something like notepad or ms word and save it on the cd as if it were a floppy. When you look at any file on a rewriteable cd, every file will have the attribute of being read only. This can not be changed on any cd, it must stay that way. Now about your computer not reading the cd's... What kind of cd's were they? It seems that you might not have finished the cd if it was rewriteable or something like that... If they're cd-r's that'd be something different. Anyway hope this helps. James

Hey, this is my first post, im kinda advanced with xp so I thought I would try to help you out. This is just a guess, but when you went to take ownership of the files, you should have clicked on the security tab, clicked on advanced, clicked the owner tab, then where it says chance owner to, click the username that you're using. Before you click apply, did you check the box "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects?" I remember that was a problem when I was trying to take control of some files when my computer crashed. And you said when you do copy the file to a cd-rw, it says read only? It should... Whenever a file is on any type of rewriteable cd, even though its rewriteable, you cannot save data to it from a normal program; you have to save the file on a hard disk, and then burn it to the cd with cd burning software. If you copy it to a hard disk, then you can right click, go to proporties, and uncheck read only, so then you can modify it without resaving it. James

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