Hi Guy's apologies in advance for being a bit dim...just installed a new cd rewriter with the intention of copy my MANY floppy files to CD, Have installed drivers etc got the cd 'working' (ie opening files from other cd's) but when I try to transfer files from either floppy or from c drive (via floppy) I get the same 'the folder is marked a read only' message. I've already checked the file attributes in proprties and the 'read only' box is unchecked. Perhaps I need some 'burning' software such as Nero to be able to do this? Any advice or ideas before I resort to the universal tool (f***ing big hammer) would be appreciated.

Yes you need Burning Software which is capatible with your O/S !!

Walter you're an absolute Gentleman! Nero loaded/cd's like floppys.... Many thanx for your help All the very best John