Readers Questions.
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Q.
How Can I Remove Read Only Attributes From Files Backed Up To A CD After I Have
Copied Them Back To The Hard Drive?
A.
Copying backed up files from a CD/R to your hard drive or copying the files
backed up using the
Windows Backup Utility, have one disadvantage over files
already stored on your hard drive. That disadvantage is that, when copied from
CD/R to your hard drive, they are copied with Read Only attributes. Therefore,
although you have retrieved the file(s) you are unable to make changes to them.
To correct
this problem you need to copy the files from the CD/R to your
hard disk and then
change the attributes, as follows:
1. Click
the Start
Start button
2. From
the Start menu click All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt
3. At the
Command Prompt window change to the directory/folder where the read only files
are stored. For ease it is better, when originally copy the files from CD/R to
your hard drive, that you copy them to the My Documents folder. However, you may
have copied them, elsewhere so type:
Cd
C:\’name of folder’ (Type the folder name without the quotes – e.g. c:\temp)
4. Once
you arrive at the required folder type the following: attrib –r *.* /s
5. You
should now be able to write to all the files you copied from the CD/R
Alternatively if you only have one specific file that requires the attributes
changing, copy the file from the CD/R to your MY Documents file. once in My
Documents right click on the file and select properties. In the properties box
make sure there isn't a tick mark next to the Read Only box. If there is a tick
in the box next to this option then Right click on the box to remove the tick,
click Apply and then OK. You should now be able to both read and write to this
particular file.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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