write protection

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

First off, let me say that I realize that turn off my computer during the update configuration was a terrible idea.Anyway, there isn't much I can say besides that my computer just won't start up. I've tried safe mode, I've tried system restores, but they both failed. I'd supply you with crash...

Hi All, After installing 7 32bit over Vista, 250GB HDD, 7 does now not recognise,patition3 which was "ACERDATA-D" 107GB + "ACER-C" O/S 111GB. Windows tools allow me to do nothing,however i have found a program that can find and mount "non visible Partitions" I have tried formating this...

My brother accidentally put some folders in the found.000 folder. I dont know why he did that. All the folders contain pictures, games and movies. But when i tried to copy the folders back to their original places it says "cannot create or replace xxxx: Access is denied. Make sure the disc is...

Hi all, I'm having a problem that seems to be shared by many other users based on the number of forum threads i've come accross related to this topic. I'll describe it in some detail to avoid the usual advice which hasn't worked so far so please bear with me. I am unable to move files onto...

Here are a few sites that may help in removing the "Write Protected" error received when trying to write, format or copy data from USB, Pen Drives or Memory Cards. Solution to remove Write Protection from USB Pen Drive - Tech Salsa Remove Write Protection On USB Pen Drive or Memory Card or...

Hi I have a ReadyNas Duo which has been working fine on my old PC running XP. I have just installed a new PC with Win 7 and I am having all sorts of issues. I can see the NAS and access all of the folders and files. However, when I try and save them, I get 'Access Denied' messages. In...