office 97 & xp

[johncole10]

Help please

I have just purchased a new lap top with a CD-Rw. I loaded microsoft office 97 - for Word and Excel. I cannot, however, save files to the CD-RW. It gives the message read only!

[cfisher]

Ok....there are several methods of writing to CD-R blank discs, you can use the burning software that came with the machine to create a data CD and then burn the data files. Or if your computer came with software that allows copy/pasting to disc, there is a DLA software used on IBM machines for that purpose, adaptec made the DirectCD software, if there are others, please post. But make sure you have some type of software like I mentioned (DLA or DirectCD) installed and running, then you should be able to save like you would saving to a floppy or directly to the hard drive. Post the name brand of your laptop and attempt to contact the manufactur inquiring about the burning software installed with the machine. Also, be extra polite to the rep you talk to :P.

[johncole10]

It is a TIME TRAVELLER XP2600

[cfisher]

Ok, tried some researching online for the computer, found the company that manufactured it. I recommend giving them a call and finding out what software they put on your machine for CD-Burning, explain your issue to them, if they are unable to help you and you are actually able to squeeze the information about the software from them, post back. I was unable to find out what software they sent out for CD-burning just from their website.