Disk is read only-no matter what I do...

I have a 2 TB AV disc which worked fine - until this week.  All of a sudden if I try to write to the disk, I get a message saying the disk is write-protected.  Check the drive, all files seem to be marked read-only.  When I change, they return immediately to be read-only.  I am an administrator and I have all permissions.  This happened right after that I ran a disk defragmentation program, but support for the program swear their software is not and cannot change the attributes of any sort, not to mention all the files in each folder on the entire disc.  Any help and thoughts appreciated - it's very frustrating!

The read-only attribute is not applicable to folders in Windows Vista. So tried to change the read-only attribute how you do doesn't help. Despite tech that said support defragmentation program, it is obvious that defragment the external hard drive has a problem. There is no reason for you to defragment an external hard drive holding nothing but the data anyway.

Try to take possession of the disc.

To take ownership of a folder (or drive):

1 right click on the file (or the disc) you want to take control and then click Properties.
2. click on the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the owner tab.
3. click on modify. Need administrator permission if you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. click on the name of the person you want to give to the property.
5. If you want this person to be the owner of the files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner of subcontainers and objects to check.
6. click on OK

If you do not see the Security tab, then switch Mode without failure.

Alternatively, you can take possession of the car from the command line. Start an elevated command prompt.

Start Orb > Search box > type: cmd
When cmd appears in the above results, right-click and choose "Run as Administrator". Provide the password/OK to the UAC prompt and you will now have an elevated command prompt.

For files or directories or disks (will perform action recursively):

takeown /f directory_name /r /d [Enter]
ICACLS nom_repertoire/grant administrators: F/t [Enter]

or

takeown /f /r d:\ dy [Enter] (where d:\ is the correct letter of the destination drive)

Replace your username for administrators in the top line. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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