Re: Masslynx users: saving data on CD

Dieter Deforce (Dieter.Deforce@rug.ac.be)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:32:34 +0100 (MET)

At 14:52 24-11-98 -0300, you wrote:
>Dear Masslynx users
>
>In order to save space in the hard disk, i copied some mass spec in
>a CD. But when i try to open these spectra directly from the CD-ROM,
>i get the following message:
>
>This file cannot be accessed
>Make sure that you have security privileges on the network drive
>
>or
>
>You do not have permission to open this file.
>See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission
>
> If i copy the files to the hard drive, then i can analyse the
>spectra normally. So, the problem is not on datas in the CD.
> According to a friend, when you open a file in the Masslynx it tries
>to write a "history" in a folder elsewhere. Because the CD is not
>"writable" anymore, it shows these messages.
> Does someone knows how can i read the spectra directly from the
>CD i recorded?
> Thanks in advance,
>
>Leo
Hello,

It is indeed impossible to analyse the data direct from a CD because the
program has to be able to read and write (indeed the history file) in order
to process the data.

Dieter
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