It all depends on whether you actually copied the file. Copying is not
done in Excel, but in the operating system file management. Please use
Windows Explorer to burn the file to CD and then you may transfer it to
the hard drive of the other computer and "unset" read-only at that time.

Templar wrote:

When I copy an excell spread sheet to a CD and then copy it onto another
hard drive, it does not copy. All I see is a little red X. Is there
something special i need to do when copying it to the CD? Thanks.