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    Write protection disk error?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Jul 1, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    Is this a Vista or XPS problem or what? One day I'm using my WD external hard drive ( one of these) and everything works normally. I can write, delete, modify files, etc. On another day, I get the "the disk is write protected" error whenever I try to do the above stuff. I'm stumped. Any ideas?
     
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    ifti Undiscovered

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    Check the security settings on the external HDD.
    Its not an issue with your notebook.
     
    ifti, Jul 1, 2008
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    if you the get the above error then try this

    Code: 
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000
    Just open a notepad , copy the text above and save it as driveacess.reg
    then merge it to the registry ... reboot to see its its working

    Note : Modifying Registry is Dangerous !! Take Backup !!
     
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