Hi Tracey, you should still be able to write files to your CD unless you have used an option to stop any further writing to that disk. You can't just use a programme such as word to copy straight to your cd, though. You need to add your files by saving your document to your hard drive and then using the programme that originally created the cd. For instance, I use easy cd creator. I can save a new document to my docs on the hard drive. Then, I copy that new doc to the clipboard, go to the cd drive and paste it in the folder I want. Obviously, don't know what cd burning prog you use, but, that's the general idea. Tom m: Tracey To: JFW Mailing List Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:13 PM Subject: CD marked read only Hi list I just finished copping My Documents on a re-writable CD. When I went to add some thing to one of the files I wasn't able to save it because the CD is marked as read only. I have gone to the properties for the CD, but there is nothing there to change to make me be able to work off the CD. Using Jaws 5.0 how do I format this CD as a data Cd so I may copy My Documents before I do a format on my computer? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Tracy -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx