An Error Message May Be Displayed When You Delete a File or Folder on a CD-RW Media (303008)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
This article was previously published under Q303008 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to delete a file or folder on a CD-RW media, you may receive the following error message:
Error Deleting File or Folder.
Cannot delete file name. Files on this CD-ROM drive are read-only. You cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM drive.
CAUSE
The problem can occur because individual files cannot be deleted from CD-RW discs. The CD-RW disc cannot be used for random-access storage during a write function.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, reformat or erase completely the CD-RW disc before you write to the disc.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
The entire CD-RW disc must be erased and rewritten whenever you want to change any information on that disc, for example, if you want to change a single byte of data, erase a file, or update a file.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/15/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbHardware kbprb KB303008 |
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