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Problems after burning data to DVD-R - still allow format/delete?
This may be a very simple answer to a general problem. Using Windows 10 64bit Home version. Copying photos to DVD as a data file, I have used File Explorer with the drag & drop/copy paste method of selecting files & pasting them to DVD. I then burn the files to DVD & it completes process what seems ok. I was just checking an old disc recently discovered to my horror (!) that a load of photos I had backed up on DVD-R discs over the past few years in addition to keeping them on external drive as backup, can be accessed by Windows File Explorer with the option of still FORMATING DVD Disc or even DELETING individual files on the disc. I know that I finalized them all after disc was burned. I have even tried the same problem again on my PC & also on another PC today using Windows 10 & also 7 & come back with the same problem. So I don't think it is a Hardware issue, unless the Laser lens all need a clean. My DVD Writer Drive is a year old: Samsung Model SH-224FB. Am I doing something wrong or have Microsoft in the background been doing something with the updates? I have even tried other Software like Nero & also free software infraRecorder & CDBurnerXp with the same problem. Or should I avoid using Window's own system & copy files to an image file & burn to iso? All I want to do is make sure my data is Permanently/securely eched/burned on the DVD Disc so that no one can delete files in error. Can anyone help/point me in right direction? All help will be gratefully appreciated.