I stumbled across this little Windows tech support article on Mercury News. I suppose it wouldn't occur to me to copy the raw files from CDs onto Windows rather than use a program like iTunes or Zune Software to do the rips, but apparently there's a built-in security feature in Windows that automagically sets copied CD-ROM files to read-only. If you then want to copy them to your iPod, you'll need to turn off the "read only" property for each file. Select the files you want to work with, right-click any file, select Properties from the pop-up, and uncheck "read only".
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THIS DOES NOT WORK. DOES NOT WORK. THE ATTRIB COMMAND ALSO DOES NOT WORK.
WHY ARE YOU TECHS PROMULGATING THIS MISINFORMATION????????
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Copying anything from any CD to the Windows file system has always resulted in the read-only flag being set on the copied file, even if it's from a CD that you burned yourself. The logic behind this (I think) is that any burned CD should have its files marked read-only, and that read only flag ought to move with the file onto your hard disk. Since it's easy enough to reset the read-only flag on a bunch of files on hard disk, it's mostly a minor annoyance.
Pat O'Connell
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I don't think that's a security feature, per se. In Windows, the contents of a data CD are automatically considered write protected. When you copy files from a CD to your computer's hard drive, the read-only "setting" comes along for the ride.