Any Hard Drive is Write-Protected

ulls

New member
Local time
10:29 PM
Messages
6
Location
s.korea
Hi all,

Everytime I try to save anything I ge a error "write-protected". I try all the securty rights but no luck. I am running 7077 x64. So how to undo write-protected??

ULLS
 

My Computer

OS
xp64 pro, vista 64, server 2008 64, windows 7 64
I had the same problem with 7077 after I had removed an account from windows. It totally stopped access to one drive.
The only way I managed to get it back was to change all of the access rights including drive owner.
it is a long process as all permissions have to be changed and inherant rights.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built / Acer Aspire 7720G Laptop
OS
Windows 7 Build 7600 Laptop and desktop. Also OSX 10.5.7 and 10.6 Snow on Laptop
CPU
AMD Athlon64 Dual core 4200+ / Laptop T5750
Motherboard
Gigabyte / Acer Aspire
Memory
2 x 1Gb = 2 Gb / acer 3GB
Graphics Card(s)
Geforce 8600GT / Geforce 9300M G 256Mb
Sound Card
Terratec DMX 6fire for Music production and X-Fi Xtreme
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 17" (Dell and Compaq) / 17" WXGA Laptop Screen
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 / 1440x900 (Full HD when conneced to 32" LCD)
Hard Drives
2x Sata 160GB 2x USB 300Gb 1x 160Gb IDE 1x USB 1TB / 250Gb Sata Laptop with Blu-ray drive
PSU
400W + Not 100% sure
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Mx 700
Internet Speed
20 Meg Down / 1 Meg up Cable
Other Info
Konica Minolta Colour Laser printer, Epson Stylus R360 (Mostly used for printing on CD's/DVD's), Cannon Scanner, Mercury surround system, about 6 external hard drives all 200Gb plus along with the normall home entertainment stuff attached.... DBox 2, XBox 360, etc. etc.
Thanks I will give it a try

ULLS
 

My Computer

OS
xp64 pro, vista 64, server 2008 64, windows 7 64
A simple way to fix the write protection is to do a quick checkdisk on the write protected drive. So right-click on the drive and select 'properties', then goto 'Tools' and select the 'Check now' button.

This is not a permanent fix, but at least you can write to the disk again.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
CPU
E6600
Motherboard
Gigabyte
Memory
6Gb
Graphics Card(s)
GTX275
Sound Card
XFI- MusicExtreme
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung, 20" & 24"
Hard Drives
WDC 1TB
Samsung 1TB
PSU
Corsair 850W
Case
Thermaltake
Cooling
Zalman
FYI, it seems the link changed, but the solution still works! Here is the update to the link Sintek posted (thanks!)

Windows Write Protection T3CHWORKS -

And here is an exerpt of it, in case it changes again:

Recap

Start > Run "cmd"
type--> diskpart
type--> list volume
type--> select volume #
type--> attributes disk clear readonly

Thanks to the owner of T3CHWORKS!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Hey guys,

I need some help. I followed this exactly guide and it ave me an error saying "failed to clear attributes" or something to that nature. Drive was in volume 5 and its still locked. Now when I go and list volumes there is no longer a 5th volume. Any advice? My computer wont even read this drive any longer and I don't really know what to do next.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Dimension 2350
OS
Windows 7
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1TB
Sounds like either the drive you are trying to unlock is not being seen by the OS (because of a hardware issue - power, cable, etc.) or you lost another drive and the all drives are now re-numbered (i.e. drive #5 is now #4 or something like that).

Try re-connecting the drive in question - maybe the OS will recognize it. Does that drive show up if you plug it into another computer?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
I have this same problem with my external hard-drive (every time I go to save a file to it, says the drive folders and files are all write-protected).
I continue to run :
Start > Run "cmd"
type--> diskpart
type--> list volume
type--> select volume #
type--> attributes disk clear readonly


and it removes the write protection for a short period of time. Unfortunately Windows 7.0 quickly reapplies the "write protection" to the drive, folders & files. I say that Windows 7.0 applies this attribute as I take to other computers and the drive will work fine with XP and prior windows versions.

There has to be a simple way to correct Windows 7.0 from doing this. If anyone knows, please share as I have searched far and wide and have not found the permanent solution (though I have found a pletora of others with the SAME problem).

Thanks
 

My Computer

OS
7.0
What's the make & model of the HDD? Have you checked the manufacturer's website to see if it's a firmware problem? If there's a firmware update for it, chances are that's what's causing it.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
NVIDIA
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64
CPU
AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 3800+
Motherboard
GeForce 6100-M9
Memory
OCZ Platinum Dual Channel - 4x1Gb
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCI Express x16
Sound Card
Creative Audigy Sound Blaster Extreme PCI
Monitor(s) Displays
Compaq 7500
Screen Resolution
1024x768
Hard Drives
C: Seagate ST3250318AS SataII - 250Gb

D: Seagate ST3500418AS SataII - 500Gb
PSU
OCZ 600w Dual 12v Rails
Case
Thermaltake
Cooling
OCZ Heatsinks, Fans, and Thermal Paste on CPU & Chipsets
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Radio Shack PS2
Internet Speed
Cable
Other Info
Dual Pioneer DVD/RW optical drives. LG CD/RW optical drive.
This started happening to me after I upgraded my motherboard and CPU to a Biostar Tpower I55 and a Core i5-750 a couple weeks ago. I did reinstall Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and I enabled AHCI on the new board. Aside from the drive that has the OS I have 2 more internal HDDs, a Maxtor Y160P0 and a Maxtor L200P0, and an external HDD via eSATA, they are all write-protected every time I turn my computer on, if I unplug the eSATA cable and plug it back in it will usually allow me to write to the drive.
 
Last edited:

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core i5-750
Motherboard
Biostar TPower I55
Memory
4gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
8800gt
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207
Screen Resolution
1050x1650
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB
Maxtor Y160P0
Maxtor L200P0
Keyboard
Logitech G15
Mouse
Logitech G5
Quick thing.

I was having the same problem with portions of my hard drive, I figured out it wasn't my external that was write protected but portions of my laptops internal rather. I figure that certain areas like, My documents and such are protected. To get around this I simply copied the files to the desktop, once there i was able to access them or copy them over to my external at ease. I haven't had a problem with this since, I also just delet the desktop copy once I transfer it over. Maybe this can help you all and maybe not, but it helped me.:D

Also, when moving files WITHIN its respected drive haven't been limited. If you can't even create a new folder on any of your drives your having trouble with, this won't help sorry.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 x64
here is the FIX for the Write Protected USB devices
Change this key if set to 1 back to 0
KEY= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies\WriteProtect

Thumbscrew: Software USB Write Blocker

Hope this help's you all guy's :)
 

My Computer

OS
Vista & 7
CPU
C2Q6600 [email protected] GHz Scythe Infinity
Motherboard
DFI X38-T2R
Memory
2x2GB OCZ@960 c4
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 8800Ultra on 27" Dell
Sound Card
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude @ Logitech Z-5500
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 27"
Hard Drives
WDC SE16 640GB,WDC 250GB,WDC 2x500GB
PSU
TT Toughpower 1.2KW
Case
TT Shark
Cooling
ALL AIR
I followed the instructions listed (Windows Write Protection » T3CHWORKS) and everything seemed great, it listed 5 drives the last being the only "removable" one listed which is the one I'm having the write protected issue with. Now I did everything listed and it even said that the read only status was cleared successfully, yaaaay! But when I tried to put the files I want onto the drive it still says its write protected, and now when I go into CMD and follow the exact same instructions I followed not five minutes before, it only shows that I have two drives now... I don't understand. Any help?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
MSI G740
OS
Windows 7
Can you post the output of your diskpart commands? If you did not save it, just get into diskpart and do list disk and list volume for now. Not sure what could've happened...
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Hi... that´s is happening to me too. If I apply the 'Diskpart' solution it works but when I restart the system the problem comes again. The hard drive is attached to the MoBo via a eSATA conection (so it´s not an USB drive)

I have dual boot (same OS, but one with problems and the other fresh) and with the old system I don´t have any problem.

Any definitive solution?

Thanks in advance!
 

My Computer

OS
Win7
Hi... that´s is happening to me too. If I apply the 'Diskpart' solution it works but when I restart the system the problem comes again. The hard drive is attached to the MoBo via a eSATA conection (so it´s not an USB drive)

I have dual boot (same OS, but one with problems and the other fresh) and with the old system I don´t have any problem.

Any definitive solution?

Thanks in advance!

This is pretty much my exact situation.

SSD Drive for OS, and Raid 0 drives (obviously connected to Mobo) for storage. I can use the diskpart when I boot up to get it to work, but it is annoying to have to type every time. Not to mention my wife uses the computer from time to time and there is no way she would be comfortable typing that in every time to use the computer.
 

My Computer

OS
Win 7 x64 Ult
CPU
Core i7 920
Motherboard
EVGA X58
Memory
12 GB
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 280
Sound Card
Fatality Pro XFi
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 24"
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex2 120GB
2x VRaptor 300GB Raid 0
External 1.5 TB WD
PSU
Thermaltake 850w
FYI, it seems the link changed, but the solution still works! Here is the update to the link Sintek posted (thanks!)

Windows Write Protection T3CHWORKS -

And here is an exerpt of it, in case it changes again:

Recap

Start > Run "cmd"
type--> diskpart
type--> list volume
type--> select volume #
type--> attributes disk clear readonly

Thanks to the owner of T3CHWORKS!

Man I cant thank you enough ... u saved the day .. thanks mate ... greetings from Pakistan !!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x32
Media on disk?

I have had similar experience and found that due to having a large media library in the hard disk in question, my issue was not what i previously thought.

The Windows media player was set to re-organize and or rename files according to my Rip disk settings; This acts like a write protect function if any write-protected media is present. and crazy as it sounds that will cause you to get the "Remove Write Protection" error telling you that disk or volume is write protected.

what i found to fix this was to remove the settings in media player allowing it to re-organize and rename files, after which i went to the tools/advanced/restore media library and allowed it to dump my current library and reset it.

after doing that it is often accessible, if not then try a reboot to clear the settings, or use the DISKPART functions to clear the write protection.

I giggled to myself when i started doing google searches and found soooo many old posts that were also in vista forums about the same kind of thing, that were probably the same fix.

I would be interested to know how many find this to fix the issue for them btw:)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built
OS
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
CPU
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Motherboard
EVGA X58 SLI Intel X58 Socket LGA1366 Motherboard
Memory
Corsair XMS PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz .(6x2048)
Graphics Card(s)
BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC 1GB PCIe w/Dual Link DVI x2 in SLI
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 2333HD 23in 1080p 2xHDMI LCD Monitor HDTV /Acer1916w
Hard Drives
Hitachi 1TB Serial ATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-3G x2
PSU
Coolmax 950W 3 Way SLI Certified Modular PSU
Case
Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler
Back
Top