Unable to run chkdsk hard drive write protected

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Please help Unable to run windows on any mode normal or safe when running in prompt mode and ask it to run chkdsk it gives me the following the type of file is NTFS, Cannot lock current drive, Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected. Have tried hard drive on another machine same happens Have put a new Windows 7 on a another hard drive and when I try to run chkdsk on this hard drive Iget the same message as anyone had the same problem please note the hard drives are different makes and the machines have different motherboards ect have also dtied diskpart without any success at present time looking in different forume this seems a problem to a lot of trouble
thenks regards Ric
 

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OS
windows ultimate
Does diskpart detail disk tell yo it is read only?
 

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System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
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    Case
    Coolermaster
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    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
diskpart
select disk X (X=0,1,2 etc)
attrib disk
attrib disk clear readonly

--------------
diskpart
list vol
sel vol X (X is 0,1,2,3 etc)
attrib vol
attrib vol clear readonly
 

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Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Already tried did not work anyway will keep pluging away thanks very regards richard
 

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OS
windows ultimate
Kaktussoft said:
diskpart
select disk X (X=0,1,2 etc)
attrib disk
attrib disk clear readonly

--------------
diskpart
list vol
sel vol X (X is 0,1,2,3 etc)
attrib vol
attrib vol clear readonly
Click to expand...
post output of "attrib disk" and "attrib vol" please
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Cannot lock current drive, Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected.
=>strange message!! Is it the drive or volume that has the problem?

Are there more volumes (partitions) on that disk? if so try chkdsk on that volume as well. Fails too?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Type chkdsk C: /f /r /x
and it should work
 

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OS
windows 7 32 bit
Typing "chkdsk C: /f /r /x" worked perfectly, thank you so much. +1 for future internet nomads.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (unsure about "premium")

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
Windows 7 64 bit
CPU
pentium something
disk part cannot found vol list

Hi,

I have the same problem. This morning when I come to office I found one of my server show a repair options screen. I used Windows Server 2008 running on Supermicro machine.

From recovery console, I have try CHKDSK X: /R /F /X still cannot running with same message, ntfs write protect thing. Also I trying DISKPART, when I do LIST VOL, LIST DRIVE, LIST PARTITION, a message occurred are 'The disk you specified is not valid. There is no disk selected.'

My disk sets mirror, and I can see both disk on bios setup. Unfortunately, I don't have any image for recovery my OS and not enable system restore feature.

Can anybody suggest me what should I do? Many thanks..
 
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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
acer
OS
windows 7 pro 32 bit
HI,

I am unable to install windows as i am getting error as "the partition is write protected" and i am unable to run chkdsk also in command prompt it gives the same error. I cant even install registryriver.exe as i cant login to run it....what shall i do?
 

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Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
lenovo z570
OS
win 8.1 pro 64 bit
CPU
intel

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home made Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
CPU
Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
Motherboard
ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
Memory
Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 1070 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
Screen Resolution
1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Hard Drives
INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
PSU
EVGA Platium 1200W
Case
Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
Cooling
XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
Keyboard
Das 4 Professional
Mouse
Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
Internet Speed
100 mbits
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
Browser
I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
Other Info
LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
Tried all of the above. I can see the partition in diskpart and it reports it healthy, although demoted from c: to e: for some reason. Instead c: is a 100Mb partition labelled "System Rese".
When I try to run chkdsk e: /f /x /r, I get the error: "CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives"

Tried running bootrec but it fails to find any windows volumes (had been running win10, but died a few days ago...)

Any suggestions?
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Windows 10
CPU
I7
Motherboard
Gibabyte
Memory
8 Gb
Graphics Card(s)
2Gb nVidia
Hard Drives
2 Tb
JRC87 said:
Type chkdsk C: /f /r /x
and it should work
Click to expand...

My teacher let me steal anot older dell precision 390 from her class. And I bought some computer parts on ebay to test them out and the machine rejected them then the Os wouldn't boot. I had the same message also when I tried chkdsk but I tried what you said and it's doing something. But I believe I will have to do some more to get whatever the school has done to it off anymore help would be appreciated!!
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 32bit
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