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26 Nov 2013 | #1 |
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Is my external HDD writeable or just readable
On vacation with my wife, and laptop. I brought along the internal HDD out of my desktop computer as well as a docking station to slave it to the laptop. I'd like to do some work with the desktop HDD but not sure if the data on the drive would be writeable or just readable.
thanks, brian |
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26 Nov 2013 | #2 |
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It should be writable BUT if your desktop is running Win 7, you may need to "take ownership" of the files before you can have write access. Here's a tutorial about taking ownership: Take Ownership - Allow or Prevent Users and Groups To
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26 Nov 2013 | #3 |
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Instead of removing the internal HDD of your desktop and carrying it along, it would have been better if you could have copied all data into another external drive and carried it. ( In any case it is advisable that you have such a backup of all your data.) Just my thoughts on it.
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26 Nov 2013 | #4 |
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I like how you say.....wife and laptop LOL.
You should really get an external hard drive to do this with, as suggested. But you should be able to read and write to it, as suggested you may have to take ownership of the data. |
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26 Nov 2013 | #5 |
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It should be writable BUT if your desktop is running Win 7, you may need to "take ownership" of the files before you can have write access. Here's a tutorial about taking ownership: Take Ownership - Allow or Prevent Users and Groups To
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26 Nov 2013 | #6 |
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Instead of removing the internal HDD of your desktop and carrying it along, it would have been better if you could have copied all data into another external drive and carried it. ( In any case it is advisable that you have such a backup of all your data.) Just my thoughts on it.
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26 Nov 2013 | #7 |
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Security wasn't as tight in XP so you shouldn't need to "take ownership" of the data if both machines are running XP.
This begs the question though, if not pertaining to Win 7, why ask the question on a Win 7 forum? |
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26 Nov 2013 | #8 |
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thanks |
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