write protection

  1. S

    "The media is write protected."

    Hello, thank you for your help. I have a PC, and a NAS. The NAS has a file, when I try to use that file in a program, it says "The media is write protected." I am an admin Win user, and when right click > properties > security, it says I have write permission. When I copy file from NAS to PC...
  2. mashrafi

    Windows 11 Somehow a program created wrute protected a volume G(dvd drive)

    I tried to installed an iso file(fifa8).It didn't worked out.It created a new disk on my pc and made all the files untouchabe.There is no delete option.Disk manager can't format it.Diskpart can't delete it.It is just untouchable.I don't feel healthy to keep it as it is.Can't even delete the iso...
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    Windows 11 External Hard Drive Write-Protected

    I am trying to use my external hard drive on my Windows 11 machine, but it says it is write-protected now all of a sudden. I tried some of the fixes online (uncheck read-only in properties, regedit, diskpart, sfc scan, & chdisk), but they didn't work. Any USB I plug in is also write-protected as...
  4. zyn

    Windows 10 Delete write protection From USB file

    I've been trying to remove File protection from a file from a USB and then delete it for a little while now I Tried. Removing disk attributes from the USB Starting up in SafeMode Delete The File From Command Prompt. Still Can Not Delete the File. If anyone knows how to help me out...
  5. Agna E A

    Windows 10 Security assurances of bit locker auto-unlock feature

    We are working based on a project requirement to use Bitlocker Auto-Unlock feature in a FIPS-GPO-enabled environment. Unlocking the bitlocked devices with passwords, in a FIPS-enabled environment will make them write-protected. Using a recovery key or a recovery password does not opt for our...
  6. P

    Windows 8 Recovered video file write-protected

    I recently recovered a deleted video file. I'm attempting to move it to my backup drive but the following message appeared (attachment included). I don't recall ever having this issue in the past so I'm not sure what I need to do to fix it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
  7. M

    Installing extra SSD, help needed

    I am trying to add another SSD to my PC, but it shows up in Disk Manager as 'Unallocated' without a drive letter, and there is no option to initialize the disk available. Instead, Windows gives me the option to convert it to an MBR or a Dynamic disk, and if I chose either it is simply replaced...
  8. M

    How to Format a Write-Protected Hard Drive in Windows 10

    Trying to format harddrive but windows 10 wont all me as is right protected
  9. D

    Windows 10 SDCard Write protected

    I have a Lenovo laptop running fully up=to-date Windows 10 Pro and within the last month the laptop has stopped writing to SDCard informing me that they are write protected. This happens with standard size sdcards amd micro sdcards. I have checjed, many times. that the write-protect switch on...
  10. W

    Windows 10 UDF DVD write protected?

    Hello. My DVD+RW with UDF is suddenly write-protected despite I have never finalized it. I just used it normally, and on the next day, it was suddenly write-protected.
  11. P

    Windows 7 How to copy dummy file onto defect hard disk sector and block it?

    On one of my (older) computers there is a defect sector on the hard disk. Checking the surface of the hard disk shows a red square for it. It seems to me that all the "usual" reserve sectors are already in use. Every thing else works on this computer. No unusual noise comes from the hard disk...
  12. I

    Windows 7 Disk I/O Error

    I'm having a huge problem with my laptop. Yesterday while playing a video file, Windows Media Player became unresponsive for a good 10-15 minutes. When it came to and I was able to click the close program option. It closed and everything seemed fine. I then decided to restart the system but it...
  13. News

    Windows 10 IoT Core Universal Write Filter

    Unified Write Filter (UWF) is a sector-based write filter that you can use to protect your storage media. UWF redirects all write attempts on a protected volume to a virtual overlay improving system reliability. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 How to set a write protection on specific file/folder saved at external USB drive?

    I'm having this annoying issue for quite some time now and I wanted to ask all good folks here how to set up a write protection on a specific file or folder which is saved on external USB drive (namely, a phone) ? Files in a certain folder are showing up by themselves and take a ridiculously...
  15. jester722014

    Windows 7 Usb Flash Drive

    i have a 8 gig flash drive ..ive used it before but now it wont even let me format it..it says write protection..
  16. Commander_Cool

    Windows 7 How remove write protection from usb drive

    An external USB-connected HDD is write-protected after reformatting. How do I remove the write-protection? I tried a tip I found on several sites where the suggested solution is to set the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies value to zero, but that didn't...
  17. jonfd

    Windows 7 Format HDD from Command Prompt, X: drive or Boot volume

    So I am wiping my hard drive by booting with the Windows disk and going to command prompt. I successfully formatted drive C:, about 100 MB of system files and D:, about 500 GB or the bulk of my hard rive. These were the same hard drive, but separate partitions apparently. In Windows it just...
  18. A

    Windows 7 Write protected sub-folders below the Program Files folder

    I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, and when I try to edit any files in the subdirectories off any on the directories in the C:\Program Files directory, I get 'protected' errors. I found that I could not create files or edit files anywhere below these directories...
  19. J

    Windows XP How to Resolve Write Protection Issues on Hard Drive in Windows XP

    hi! guy's i have prob about hard drive write protected. i can't open any files i have win xp sp3 home edition(pro) thank's...
  20. G

    Windows 7 How do I write protect a DVD-R in windows 7

    How do I write protect a DVD-R after burning files that I want to permanently back up? I've burned jpg images to a DVD+R for permanent backup with windows 7 drag & drop. I close the DVD burn session which I have read "finalizes" it but when I load the DVD I can still burn or delete files on it...
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