First look for any mechanical device on the removable disk which is used to prevent writing to it. This may be in the form of a slide switch or a piece of tape covering a notch on the removable disk. Once you have taken care of this, change the attributes of all files including system and hidden files so that "write" is enabled. Now you should be able to delete all files. Another short cut is to reformat the disk (after you take care of the mechanical device).
In order to delete a write protected file, simply right click the file and press 'delete'. It should then end up in your trash bin on your desktop.
It depends on what kind of files are in the CD's folder. If it's a CD that was purchased with software in the folders, you probably cannot delete the folder as the files within it are write-protected against accidental deletion. If the CD is something you created and your account has full rights to the files within, you should be able to delete the folder. If it gives you an error that the folder cannot be deleted because it is not empty, delete the contents first, then the folder.
Yes, information can be deleted off of a floppy disk by simply deleting the files or formatting the disk. Once the data is removed, it is not immediately visible but may still be recoverable using specialized software.
If a user has write permissions then that user is able to Delete or Modify that file. In the case of directories it means that user can create, delete, modify files in that folder.
This Might Not Be An Answer...But its To Help The People Who Are Reading / Answering...When I Try Updating The Library...It Says That it Is Write-Protected But I Still Can Delete Files From The Storage Card
In Dos-just write (DEL Folder Name) this command will delete all the Files inside that folder,then write (RD Folder Name) This will Remove your Folder. Remember both command contain Same folder name. Which you want to Delete.(DEL)command is used to delete Files. (RD) command is used to delete Folder
u'll find a tab or slider on that removable disk (a memory card for example) it will be write protected if that slider or tab thingy is pointing towards the lock side...if u don't find such thing reply back ;)
We can read and write to files with the help of file commands in c programming.There are so many commands related to file for read,write,append,delete etc.
in winxp del *.* /Q /S
Use function unlink to erase files.
Write permission (w)
The fact that the memory stick is write protected will not prevent you "reading" the contents. Thus there is no problem in making the copy from the stick to the memory card.