I think at this point I'd just keep some cheapo thumb drives around. You can get 8 gig drives that size of chiclets. Format them in a manner that can be read by any system.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [email protected]> wrote: > Thew reason Windows changes the flag when you move a file to a writable > media, is that when you write it to a CD/DVD it becomes readable only. > > Once it is put on a media it must change the flag otherwise it would error > out all the time when you try to change or write a file to your CD/DVD > > I think the only way to change that is if you used your CD/DVD as a > harddrive and have the programs loaded to do that. > > Stewart > > At 10:48 AM 9/18/2009, you wrote: > >> I never said it wouldn't store the attributes. That's exactly what it is >> doing. If you zip the file and then burn it to cd, it only locks the zip >> file. >> >> Windows xp and vista/7 seem to decide that since you are moving a file to >> a >> cd, it will lock the file from being changed. Tom's problem is even after >> moving the files from cd to HD he can't change that back. So you zip the >> files you want to move, then burn it to cd, it only locks the zip file. >> > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[email protected] > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
