CDRW ? How to setup as a HD.

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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:03:14 -0500, Ozzy 2005
<ozzy2005@spamlovesyou.com> wrote:

>First time using one. I thought it could be setup just like a hard
>drive and files dragged and dropped onto it. What is occurring is that
>windows XP puts a ghost icon onto the disks open folder view and then I
>have to click the menu selection upper left hand corner to "add the file
>to the cd." Then when I go to try to delete the file on the cd it tells
>me the file is read only.
>
>I then tried using CD Maker 2000 Plus but I can't seem to find anything
>that will let me just format the CDRW as a hard disk for easier file
>maintenance and manipulation.
>
>Am I barking up the wrong disk drive here or is there a way to setup a
>CDRW disk as a hard drive to avoid all this cdr type reading and writing?
CD-RW must be erased if finalized before adding/changing a files.
That means you probably need to FIRST copy the files you wish to save
to a new location (another CD?)
A CD is NOT a replacement for a HD which is random read and write.

XP drag and drop (and others) allow you to add/delete to the Burn list
before you burn the disk.

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