Hard Drive is Write Protected? DRT <DRT[ at ]nospam.net> 6/18/2007 5:12:44 AM I have Vista installed here and one of my regular internal ATA drives has become write protected. When I try to do anything that involves a write, Vista brings up a message saying, "The media is write protected". This is normally something you get when working with removable media. How can an internal HDD be write protected? I'm sure its *not* a permissions problem. I have Administrator access and own the files. I try to even up the files up to Everyone but get the write protected message. I can't even rename a file or directory. Can someone explain how to undo this? There is no checkbox anywhere when viewing a drive that indicates "write protected" as far as I can tell. Please help! Thanks! --

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? "DX" <mine[ at ]> 6/18/2007 7:26:33 AM Hi DRT, Do you get any errors during boot up ? What are you exactly doing before the message appears ? Have you ran a full disk check on the drive ? Are there any errors in the event log indicating a disk problem ? "DRT" <DRT[ at ]nospam.net> wrote in message news:lvodi.20592$475.8609[ at ]fe76.usenetserver.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Vista installed here and one of my regular internal ATA drives has >become write protected. > > When I try to do anything that involves a write, Vista brings up a message > saying, "The media is write protected". This is normally something you > get when working with removable media. How can an internal HDD be write > protected? > > I'm sure its *not* a permissions problem. I have Administrator access and > own the files. I try to even up the files up to Everyone but get the > write protected message. I can't even rename a file or directory. > > Can someone explain how to undo this? There is no checkbox anywhere when > viewing a drive that indicates "write protected" as far as I can tell. > Please help! Thanks! > > -- >

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven[ at ]verizon.net> 6/18/2007 12:05:29 PM Some motherboards permit write protecting a hard disk in the BIOS. "DRT" <DRT[ at ]nospam.net> wrote in message news:lvodi.20592$475.8609[ at ]fe76.usenetserver.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Vista installed here and one of my regular internal ATA drives has >become write protected. > > When I try to do anything that involves a write, Vista brings up a message > saying, "The media is write protected". This is normally something you > get when working with removable media. How can an internal HDD be write > protected? > > I'm sure its *not* a permissions problem. I have Administrator access and > own the files. I try to even up the files up to Everyone but get the > write protected message. I can't even rename a file or directory. > > Can someone explain how to undo this? There is no checkbox anywhere when > viewing a drive that indicates "write protected" as far as I can tell. > Please help! Thanks! > > -- >

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? Bladez <Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> 12/28/2008 3:43:09 PM I have the exact same problem.. i can even defragment my external Hd.. What should i do... -- Bladez Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? "Chad Harris" <Windows7[ at ]Blackcombville.net> 12/28/2008 5:43:28 PM The same problem as what? I don't see the OP? Do you mean you can't defrag your HD? I'd like to help but I don't see a clear statement of what's going on. CH "Bladez" <Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com... [Quoted Text] > > I have the exact same problem.. > > i can even defragment my external Hd.. > > What should i do... > > > -- > Bladez > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com >

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? Malke <malke[ at ]invalid.invalid> 12/28/2008 6:12:36 PM Bladez wrote: [Quoted Text] > > I have the exact same problem.. > > i can even defragment my external Hd.. The same problem as what? No one knows to what you're referring since you are not posting on a real forum as you think you are and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones: http://forum.aumha.org/index.php http://http://computerhaven.info/ Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups: About Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting Other Newsreaders for Windows: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups[ at ]gmail.com> 12/29/2008 4:44:41 PM As others have said, we cannot determine what you want/need because we do not see the original post. Please post the message directly to the group either through the Microsoft web interface or the NNTP interface. For the later, click on the following link. NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general That will open your newsreader, if one is installed, and set up the account for reading. To post, you might have to set up an eMail account in the NNTP client software. Malke has provided links to explain how to do that. -- Tom MSMVP 1998-2007 "Bladez" <Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com... [Quoted Text] > > I have the exact same problem.. > > i can even defragment my external Hd.. > > What should i do... > > > -- > Bladez > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com >

Re: Hard Drive is Write Protected? Bladez <Bladez.3l8pk2[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> 12/30/2008 4:08:32 PM Tom Ferguson;1118178 Wrote: > As others have said, we cannot determine what you want/need because we > do [Quoted Text] > not see the original post. Please post the message directly to the > group > either through the Microsoft web interface or the NNTP interface. > > For the later, click on the following link. > > NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general > > That will open your newsreader, if one is installed, and set up the > account > for reading. To post, you might have to set up an eMail account in the > NNTP > client software. Malke has provided links to explain how to do that. > -- > > Tom > MSMVP 1998-2007 > > > "Bladez" <Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message > news:Bladez.3l4ysd[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com... > > > > I have the exact same problem.. > > > > i can even defragment my external Hd.. > > > > What should i do... > > > > > > -- > > Bladez > > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com > > Thanks a million for the help guys... really appriciate it..:D Didnt really understand what this was..i do now though..Cheers:) -- Bladez Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com