Hi Bruce,
>>This is still a PITA, but I always get RO on any file I copy from a CD regardless of the CD burner.
>
>Thanks, that may be handy. I thought maybe switching to NTFS and taking Ownership might solve the RO problem too, but maybe not, so I'll keep it in mind.

I think any file or directory you copy from a CD will be Read Only.

My favoured method of dealing with this is to open a DOS box and type:

attrib c:\myfolder\*.* -R /s

Best.

Matt.