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!

--

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@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:lvodi.20592$475.8609@fe76.usenetserver.com...[color=blue]
>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!
>
> --
>[/color]

Some motherboards permit write protecting a hard disk in the BIOS.


"DRT" <DRT@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:lvodi.20592$475.8609@fe76.usenetserver.com...[color=blue]
>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!
>
> --
>[/color]

I have the exact same problem..

i can even defragment my external Hd..

What should i do...


--
Bladez
Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]

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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..
>
> What should i do...
>
>
> --
> Bladez
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]

Bladez wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..[/color]

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:

[url]http://forum.aumha.org/index.php[/url]
[url]http://http://computerhaven.info/[/url]

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:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet[/url]
[url]http://www.faqs.org/faqs/[/url] - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
[url]http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/[/url]
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url] - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
[url]http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm[/url]
[url]http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm[/url]
[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm[/url]

How to Post:
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url]
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375[/url] - How to Ask a Question
[url]http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm[/url] - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet
[url]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html[/url]

[url]http://aumha.org/nntp.htm[/url] - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm[/url] - how to munge email address
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting[/url] - crossposting
[url]http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm[/url] - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
[url]http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php[/url] - Forte
[url]http://www.mozilla.org[/url] - Thunderbird

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]

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.

[url]NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general[/url]

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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..
>
> What should i do...
>
>
> --
> Bladez
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]

Tom Ferguson;1118178 Wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.
>
> [url]NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general[/url]
>
> 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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
> news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=green]
> >
> > I have the exact same problem..
> >
> > i can even defragment my external Hd..
> >
> > What should i do...
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bladez
> > Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
> >[/color][/color]



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 [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]

I have the exact same problem..

i can even defragment my external Hd..

What should i do...


--
Bladez
Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]

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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..
>
> What should i do...
>
>
> --
> Bladez
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]

Bladez wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..[/color]

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:

[url]http://forum.aumha.org/index.php[/url]
[url]http://http://computerhaven.info/[/url]

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:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet[/url]
[url]http://www.faqs.org/faqs/[/url] - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
[url]http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/[/url]
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url] - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
[url]http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm[/url]
[url]http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm[/url]
[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm[/url]

How to Post:
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url]
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375[/url] - How to Ask a Question
[url]http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm[/url] - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet
[url]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html[/url]

[url]http://aumha.org/nntp.htm[/url] - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm[/url] - how to munge email address
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting[/url] - crossposting
[url]http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm[/url] - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
[url]http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php[/url] - Forte
[url]http://www.mozilla.org[/url] - Thunderbird

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - [url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]

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.

[url]NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general[/url]

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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> I have the exact same problem..
>
> i can even defragment my external Hd..
>
> What should i do...
>
>
> --
> Bladez
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]

Tom Ferguson;1118178 Wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.
>
> [url]NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general[/url]
>
> 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@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
> news:Bladez.3l4ysd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=green]
> >
> > I have the exact same problem..
> >
> > i can even defragment my external Hd..
> >
> > What should i do...
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bladez
> > Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
> >[/color][/color]



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 [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]

Frank J Kime Jr wrote:[color=blue]
> I have gone so far as to submit a technical suport request to Micrsoft.
> They respond with the chkdisk, diskpart attempts to which I have already
> attempted.[/color]



Have no idea where your original thread is
but you can easily test by booting with a live, Linux cd

one that of course has read/write access to NTFS

(most any recent distro should work...but check the docs first. I
personally used a PCLinuxOS 2009 cd to write to an NTFS drive)


If you can write to the drive then you can at least sort out if the
problem is software related or if the drive is just plain defective.

I once had an ide drive that became read-only due to a data cable problem

[color=blue]
>
> I have replaced the Intel ICH9 motherboard with a Nvida XFX, removed
> the RAID and installed a fresh copy of x64 on a single drive, removed
> everything except the ram and CPU and still the problem persists.
>
> It did surface immedately after performing the following (wish now I
> had done these one at a time...)
>
> 1) Installed Pioneer BR-DVD
> 2) Installed Frunhauffer mp3 encoder patch for cubase
> 3) Ran windows update
>
> Suspecting it may be some interaction with the video display, I pulled
> that board and booted up with a USB video. Same thing. All volumes are
> readonly. Applying a non read only has no effect. Of course I have
> tried with the BR-DVD unplugged along with the other DVD.
>
> Administrator account owns the files. Not set read only according to
> diskpart. Pretty much everything unplugged at one time or another.
> Re-installed windows. Reverted to an April (4 months ago) complete PC
> restore.
>
> Nothing worked. Microsoft has no clue as to the problem, and says its
> a conflict with 3rd party drivers.
>
> Vista Ultimate used to be 32 bit but with all the install I decided to
> go x64.
>
> Just adding to the random variables here. Id even blast windows 2008
> on here but since its a parallel project with Vista suspect that wont
> help much. Really stumped on this one.
>
> Next step ... Im getting a Mac or going Linux or upgrading to Windows
> XP.
>
>[/color]