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How to burn ?

by vissari1 May 30, 2008 12:18AM PDT

Hi I want to burn DVD (and other files) on Read Only how can I do that.
I want my DVD to be a read only after I burn it.

Thank You

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That's a 'default' way...
by John.Wilkinson May 30, 2008 1:18AM PDT

If you burn to a DVD-R or DVD+r (as opposed to a DVD+RW or DVD-RW) disc the files cannot be edited or deleted, and the file properties are automatically set to Read Only. If you don't want anyone to add more files to the DVD you can 'close the session,' but that's the only 'special' thing you may want to do. If you don't already have DVD burning software, CDBurnerXP, BurnAware, and DeepBurner are all good free options.

Hope this helps,
John

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Burn
by vissari1 May 30, 2008 4:12AM PDT

Thank you very much for answering me, I want files inside DVD not to be copied. How to do this ?

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"I want files inside DVD not to be copied"
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 30, 2008 4:19AM PDT

Keep such a DVD away from those that would copy it. As of today, if you made the DVD it can be copied.

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Think about this. . .
by Coryphaeus May 30, 2008 9:20AM PDT

If the disk can be read, it can be copied. If you don't want it to be copied, don't let anyone touch it.

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