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I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason
can not change
any suggestions
can not change
any suggestions
John said:How have you come to the conclusion that the "drive" itself is read-only
and how are you trying to change this read-only status on the whole
drive? Right click on the drive and then click on Properties and then
take a look at the Security tab to see the permissions in place for the
drive.
John
philo said:Good advice
Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper
I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason
can not change
If I look at folder or file properties the read only box is filled inHow do you know? What do you see and where do you see it?
How have you tried to change it?
there is a knowlegebase issue noted but no fix I can see other thanJohn said:Also a good point. Maybe the OP is seeing all his folders as read-only
and as such has erroneously concluded that the drive itself is
read-only, to which I should add that the read-only attribute on folders
is ignored by Windows.
John
I tryed xcopy f:\ g:\ /c /fSmiles said:I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason
can not change
any suggestions
there is a knowlegebase issue noted but no fix I can see other than
change to system flaged
Internal ide -3 drivesShenan said:<posting in its entirety>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics/browse_frm/thread/facf31e96a5fce4e/
</posting in its entirety>
- What type of drive is this and how is it connected to your machine?
(Memory-based? Disk-based? Internal? External? Removable?) (Network
share? USB drive? Internal IDE? Internal SATA? Firewire?)
- What is the specific name brand, model number and size of the drive in
question?
- What 'knowledgebase' article are you referring to? (KB######?)
Looking at your other posts...
You said, "If I open a document, change it and save it gives me a save as
box, when I save it or replace both options still give me a read only file"
<-- are you saying you *can* save it - but the file becomes/shows as
read-only in the properties or are you saying when you attempt to save it
some message comes up stating you cannot? If the latter - please quote the
message word-for-word here.
- What does Disk Management show for the drive?
there is a knowlegebase issue noted but no fix I can see other than
change to system flaged
Shenan said:- What type of drive is this and how is it connected to your
machine? (Memory-based? Disk-based? Internal? External? Removable?)
(Network share? USB drive? Internal IDE? Internal
SATA? Firewire?)
- What is the specific name brand, model number and size of the
drive in question?
- What 'knowledgebase' article are you referring to? (KB######?)
Looking at your other posts...
You said, "If I open a document, change it and save it gives me a
save as box, when I save it or replace both options still give me a
read only file" <-- are you saying you *can* save it - but the file
becomes/shows as read-only in the properties or are you saying when
you attempt to save it some message comes up stating you cannot? If the
latter - please quote the message word-for-word here.
- What does Disk Management show for the drive?
Internal ide -3 drives
one now usb\ide
all are the same state
knowledgebase Q326549
disk management is ok it can see them defrag them
ok the drive is a western digital wd1600 that holds my good dataShenan said:<posting in its entirety>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics/browse_frm/thread/facf31e96a5fce4e/
</posting in its entirety>
And the rest of the questions? ;-)
- What is the specific name brand, model number and size of the
drive in question?
- You said, "If I open a document, change it and save it gives me a
save as box, when I save it or replace both options still give me a
read only file" <-- are you saying you *can* save it - but the file
becomes/shows as read-only in the properties or are you saying when
you attempt to save it some message comes up stating you cannot?
If the latter - please quote the message word-for-word here.
I was asking about Disk Management to see if how it shows this one drive
that has read-only 'problem' - has the correct size, no empty space, etc?
The KB article is unlikely to be your prblem - because you are speaking of
individual files. The article title says it all...
"You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders
in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows Vista"
"... of folders ..."
Smiles said:I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason
can not change
any suggestions
drive is readable IDE as above postsM.I.5¾ said:It might have helped if you told us what type of drive it was.
If it is a FLASH stick, then the FLASH memory chip has failed (they have a
limited life).