Article ID: 294883
Article Last Modified on 1/15/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q294883
SYMPTOMS
You are unable to delete individual files from a CD-RW disc on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer. However, you can add to or change the files on a disc, or erase the entire disc.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because, by design, Windows XP does not support packet writing, which is required to delete individual files from a CD-RW disc.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about writing to a CD-RW disc in Windows XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
279157 Description of CD-ROM Recording in Windows XP
Keywords: kbprb KB294883
