Microsoft KB Archive/301480

= Files May Be Lost During CD-ROM Creation if You Drag and Drop Files into the Staging Area =

Article ID: 301480

Article Last Modified on 10/18/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q301480





SYMPTOMS
It is possible to lose files if you cut and paste files into the staging area after a &quot;Write these files to CD&quot; operation has begun.

Although the files may successfully be cut and pasted to the staging area, after the &quot;Write these files to CD&quot; process has finished, they may be removed completely.



CAUSE
This results from the staging area being a read/write area even after the &quot;Write these files to CD&quot; process has been started.



RESOLUTION
Do not attempt to add or remove files from the staging area if the &quot;Write these files to CD&quot; process has already started.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The write functionality of the staging area is not disabled after the CD-ROM creation has begun. Because of this, any data that is written to the staging area after the CD-ROM creation is started will not be written to the CD-ROM and will not be saved after the process is finished because they were not included in the list of files to write to the CD-ROM.

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