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October 10th 09, 02:11 PM
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I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason
can not change any suggestions 
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October 10th 09, 03:06 PM
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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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions
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October 10th 09, 03:06 PM
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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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions
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October 10th 09, 03:58 PM
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John John - MVP wrote:
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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper
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October 10th 09, 03:58 PM
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John John - MVP wrote:
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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper
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October 10th 09, 04:09 PM
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philo wrote:
John John - MVP wrote: 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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper 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
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October 10th 09, 04:09 PM
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philo wrote:
John John - MVP wrote: 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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper 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
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October 10th 09, 04:10 PM
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:11:33 -0400, Smiles
wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason How do you know? What do you see and where do you see it? can not change How have you tried to change it? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 10th 09, 04:10 PM
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:11:33 -0400, Smiles
wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason How do you know? What do you see and where do you see it? can not change How have you tried to change it? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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October 10th 09, 05:39 PM
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:11:33 -0400, Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason How do you know? What do you see and where do you see it? can not change How have you tried to change it? If I look at folder or file properties the read only box is filled in If I open a document, change it and save it gives me a saveas box, when I save it or replace both options still give me a read only file I backed up the drive using cobain backup which gives me a f:\g\ g is read only and contains all my files now f is the backup folder which turned out as read only when I change the read only flag on g it asks about subfiles and closes when I change the read only flag on f it asks about subfiles and takes 90 min to change permissions but at the end it still is read only my emails are not saved because it has read only files how can I processed now
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October 10th 09, 05:39 PM
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:11:33 -0400, Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason How do you know? What do you see and where do you see it? can not change How have you tried to change it? If I look at folder or file properties the read only box is filled in If I open a document, change it and save it gives me a saveas box, when I save it or replace both options still give me a read only file I backed up the drive using cobain backup which gives me a f:\g\ g is read only and contains all my files now f is the backup folder which turned out as read only when I change the read only flag on g it asks about subfiles and closes when I change the read only flag on f it asks about subfiles and takes 90 min to change permissions but at the end it still is read only my emails are not saved because it has read only files how can I processed now
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October 10th 09, 05:43 PM
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John John - MVP wrote:
philo wrote: John John - MVP wrote: 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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper 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 there is a knowlegebase issue noted but no fix I can see other than change to system flaged
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October 10th 09, 05:43 PM
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John John - MVP wrote:
philo wrote: John John - MVP wrote: 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 Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions Good advice Just wanted to add that some SCSI drives have a write-protect jumper 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 there is a knowlegebase issue noted but no fix I can see other than change to system flaged
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October 10th 09, 06:58 PM
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Smiles wrote:
I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions I tryed xcopy f:\ g:\ /c /f no files copied I tryed xcopy f:\*.* g:\ /c /f no files copied
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October 10th 09, 06:58 PM
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Smiles wrote: I have a drive which is read only for some unknown reason can not change any suggestions I tryed xcopy f:\ g:\ /c /f no files copied I tryed xcopy f:\*.* g:\ /c /f no files copied
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