Forgive me if I am missing some thing here but my CDRW is just like a very big floppy one can drag & drop at will but I run InCd software. but it has to be formatted first. I use it all the time to transfer very large files. from one computer to the other. & when it is no use any more I simply delete it. Regards Arthur South Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Warnock" <twojays@tik.com.au> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Back-up CD Hi Grace--From what I understand when you burn a CD whether it is a CDRW or any other, the info on that CD is a Read Only or in other words the info is fixed. If you want to alter any of this info you must copy back to your Computer then in properties untick the read only square, after doing your alterations you must then burn another CD or erase the original RW and reburn the latest file. Hope you can understand this. It is easier to do than to try & explain --Regards John John from West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grace Inman" <Grace@eufaula.rr.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Back-up CD Good evening. I need some help with burning a re-writeable back-up CD of my genealogy records. I'm using HP Pavilion 7955 with HP cd-writer drive. I have Windows XP. I've burned some at 2x speed and some at 4x. At first, I tried Memorex brand CD-RWs. They wouldn't burn at all. The Windows "Help" section said if a certain brand didn't work, try a different brand. Now I'm using Imation brand CD-RWs. These burn successfully, but give me a "Read-Only" file. Obviously, I'm not able to use it to alter or add to my genealogy records. Maybe I just don't understand this whole thing, but I thought the reason to back up your genealogy was so you'd have the file from your back-up CD to make entries into in case your hard drive crashed. If I can only get a "Read-Only" file, then there's not much use to have a back-up CD ... is there? What might I be doing wrong? Or is it possible my CD-RW drive is damaged? If it is, I have no idea how that might have occurred ... my husband and I are the only ones who've used this PC. But I guess the question would be what to do about it if it is damaged. I'd appreciate it very much if someone could possibly explain what's going on, and give me some help in getting a re-writable back-up CD. Thanks very much, Grace In God we trust. ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To find and join surname and location genealogy lists at RootsWeb go here: http://lists.rootsweb.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx