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From: "Brian Lodge" <>
Subject: Re: [FTM-HELP] NEED HELP
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:35:01 -0000
References: <882962.68724.qm@web32408.mail.mud.yahoo.com><00d801c75f9b$a862b800$6501a8c0@WHITE>


You can not format a CD you can format a Hard Drive. What you can do is
ensure the CD is copied so any machine can read it and only use CDRW/R CDs.
FTM automatically sets the files saved on a CD to read only, to get round
this the files have to be saved on to your PC, you then change the settings
of the file make any alterations then save them back to the original CD
overwriting the file all ready on there.

Brian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [FTM-HELP] NEED HELP


> Hi Bob:
>
> But note that when you mail a CD to others, it normally is read only, and
> can not be modified by others, unless the CD has been formatted perfectly,
> and has been "checked" to state that it can be modifed on other computers.
> If you don't get a perfect format, it may not be "modifyable ", if there
> is
> such a word.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob McM" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [FTM-HELP] NEED HELP
>
>
>> Yup, except for mailing things to others.
>>
>>
>> Jim White <> wrote:
>> Hi Donna:
>>
>> You need a separate software program, such as, "Roxio-Drag-to-Disc", to
>> format a CD.
>>
>> Over the years, I have experienced many problems, and frustrations,
>> trying
>> to format CD"s. Note: you need to purchase the CD-R (rewrite) CD's, in
>> order to format, and do modifications, later, etc. However, after waiting
>> 45 minutes, I continuously was told the Disc could not be formatted, etc,
>> even though I had purchased the best quality CD-R's. These problems, and
>> frustrations, led me to go to an external hard drive.
>>
>> With an external hard drive, you don't have any of these problems, or
>> concerns. Once you copy to your external hard drive, you can make
>> whatever
>> changes you want, whenever you want. The bonus is you don;t need, or
>> have,
>> a
>> cupboard full of CD's, that you may not be able to modify, if you have to
>> reinstall to your computer in an emergency. I feel an external hard drive
>> resolves all the issues with CD's, and gives you a better product(copy),
>> in
>> the process.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob McM"
>> To:
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FTM-HELP] NEED HELP
>>
>>
>>>I am reading the thread re: backing up to CD using FTM, and not the route
>>>used for all other data,audio CDs. This is well and fine, but what about
>>>all your other genie stuff, documents, pictiures, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Could some one be able to tell me how to Format a CD so i could use it
>>> to
>>> back up my FTM. Any help would really be appreciate.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>>
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