Hi, I recently solved the problem where my External HDD came up as a CD Drive but now it says the permission is read only, any ideas?
External HDD is read-only.
- Thread starter MagnumEgo
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How is the drive being reported in Disk Management ? ?
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5K MBoard.
- Memory
- 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
- Hard Drives
- 500G Seagate SATA
200G Seagate SATA
100G WD Caviar SATA
80G WD Caviar IDE
- PSU
- OCZ Elite 800W PSU
- Case
- RaidMax Smilodon Case
- Other Info
- Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
What would you like to know, i right click on the drive and open the properties window it says the the drive type is 'CD Drive' and the file system is UDF it then tells me i have 4.33 GB of used space (100%)
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HWY 7
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what size is the drive supposed to be?
is it a card (like a micro sd) or a drive?
if its a card have you checked to make sure its not 'locked'?
(Look for a plastic switch).
is it a card (like a micro sd) or a drive?
if its a card have you checked to make sure its not 'locked'?
(Look for a plastic switch).
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- eMachines - 1161-07
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
- Motherboard
- eMachines MCP61PM-GM 2.2 OEM
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Au v6.6
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer LCD E181H
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768 pixels
- Hard Drives
- SATA 305GB 3.5-inch drive
Lacie 500GB External
- Keyboard
- Standard
- Mouse
- HP Optical
- Internet Speed
- DSL 2MB
- Other Info
- BIOS Details:
BIOS Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Type: AT/AT COMPATIBLE
BIOS Version: 6.00 PG
Copyright: GATEWA - 42302e31 orkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Date: 10/29/2008
Size: 1,024KB
Hello again.
Is there any information on there that you can't erase? If not, then just delete the partition and reformat it. That might work.
~Lordbob
Is there any information on there that you can't erase? If not, then just delete the partition and reformat it. That might work.
~Lordbob
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5QC
- Memory
- 2x2GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce 9500GT 1Gb
- Sound Card
- Mobo
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SP2514N ATA 250Gb 7200RPM
Samsung [Model] 1Tb 7200RPM SATA2
- PSU
- Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
- Keyboard
- Razer Tarantula
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis
- Internet Speed
- not fast enough
Its an old laptop HDD that only has about 4 GB on it, there is no option for deleting the partition and i can't format it either,
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Well for an old 4 gig laptop HDD its not really worth the trouble is it?
~Lordbob
~Lordbob
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5QC
- Memory
- 2x2GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce 9500GT 1Gb
- Sound Card
- Mobo
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SP2514N ATA 250Gb 7200RPM
Samsung [Model] 1Tb 7200RPM SATA2
- PSU
- Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
- Keyboard
- Razer Tarantula
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis
- Internet Speed
- not fast enough
haha probably not but i'm short on cash and its the only one i could find that fit the enclosure, all the others are too big,