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    Write protect error keeps popping up?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Jun 7, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    I am playing some music on Winamp off my USB external hard drive and getting these wierd "Write Protect Error" message everytime I click on the next track. I am using Windows Vista x64 Ultimate. Here is the error message on the lower right hand corner of my screen:

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    Any ideas what's going on?
     
    hanime, Jun 7, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    check if the drive has a slide switch for write protection....if so unlock it
     
    Andy, Jun 7, 2008
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    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope no such thing. It's a Western Digital USB 160GB. This never happen before on any other computer I've used.
     
    hanime, Jun 7, 2008
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    chelet Notebook Deity

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    See if the drive passes a chkdsk.
    I've had write protect errors on a desktop when the drive had developed bad sectors.
     
    chelet, Jun 7, 2008
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