How to remove file attributes

I have Vista Home Premium running on my laptop (and I wouldn't if I could get XP to reload) and she put on my WD external hard drive file attributes to read-only.  I found the following thread and followed the steps in it.

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistaperformance/thread/595795ba-3ffd-4052-8a0a-afd51292292d

Unfortunately, what is to me a message that says:

E:\ > attrib r * / S/D
Invalid switch - / S/D

[I tried to run with just the/s but what is gives me a very long list of reset do not file hidden - E:\[File name].

Can someone Please, please, please tell me how to get rid of this attribute of reading only freaking that I neither want nor need.

Hello

The above command is spelled wrong. It should be
attrib - r [drive:] *. * /s /d
don't forget the space between /s and / d

I just wanted to share in case anyone has a similar problem as my client where all files and directory have been hidden and the hidden attribute is grayed out.
This means that the files and folders are classified as system folders, to fix this use:

attrib s h [drive:] *. * /s /d
This will change the attribute on all the directory and file in the drive letter specified, including the subdirectory.

or use:
attrib s h [drive:] [path] *. * /s /d
to change only the files in a specified path or directory

don't use this on your c: drive because it will expose completely all system folders which, in most cases, is not a good idea.
Use for files and folders, or USB drives where the files are hidden or classified wrongly as file system.

Best wishes
Thomanji

Tags: Windows

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