Mark Graham
Department of Chemistry
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:27:39 -0500
From: James VanEe <jiv2@cornell.edu>
To: Mark Graham <chmeg@alinga.newcastle.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Masslynx users: saving data on CD
I don't think a re-writable CD is what you want. They can be rewritten, but
not by any old application that is used to writing to hard disks or
floppys. Some aren't compatible with all CD drives either. Maybe JAZ
drives, even ZIP?
-James
>I have experienced the same problem and received the same error
>messages. I found that the problem is that all the files written to CD are
>read only. So I copy the files to a hard disk and if I change the
>histrory.inf file so that it is no longer read only I can then use the
>data file as normal. I presume there is no way to change the CD file to
>from read only since it is not a rewritable media. Maybe you should
>consider read-write CDs if you want don't want to transfer to your hard
>drive all the time.
>
>
>Mark Graham
>Department of Chemistry
>University of Newcastle
>Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
>Ph. + 61 2 4921 5467
>Fax + 61 2 4921 5472
>
>On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Leo Kei Iwai 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
>>
>>
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>> Leo Kei Iwai - Chemist
>> Dept of Biophysics
>> Escola Paulista de Medicina - EPM - UNIFESP
>> Lab of Transplant Immunology
>> Instituto do Coracao - Incor - FMUSP
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>>
>>
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