Maybe the files are read only and you need to change the attributes before you can overwrite them?
> I recently upgraded my system, new MB, CPU, RAM, and SATA II HD. > I moved from my old box a Pioneer DVD/CD R/W drive. I > reinstalled XP and made it up-to-date w/ SP-2 and auto-update. > > In the past there were a couple batch files that copied files to > a rewritable CD in the Pioneer device. I had been using both for > quite a while w/o problem. > > Now, in the new box, when my batch file attempts to write to the > CD (essentially writing over earlier iterations of all the files) > I get an "access denied" message and there is nothing written to > the CD. I can copy data files to a blank CD in this drive but > when I go into a DOS window to try to delete these files > (rewritable CD) I get the same access denied message. > > I can copy data, music, and video files to CD's in this drive. > It will play DVD's; I haven't tried to copy or create a DVD yet. > > BTW, I have having the same problem with a new NEC DVD/CD drive > that I purchased along with the other hardware. > > I have checked every place I can think of for switches or other > variables that might be connected to this problem. The drivers > that XP is using are dated 2001. My understanding is that the > OEM programs that came with both these drives are what I use to > perform some of the higher end movie compilation authoring > functions but that these are all unrelated to the problem I am > having in DOS mode. > > As is often the case, what is so bewildering to me is that these > functions performed w/o a hitch on the same drive with what I > think is the same software in my other box. > > As always, your patience and help are appreciated. > > Harry > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > WIN-HOME Archives: > http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the > List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
