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• Internal hard drive has all of a sudden the write Protection

  Hello

  My internal hard drive has suddenly developed the write protection and has resisted each of my attempts to change this. I found issues related to external hard drives, but have not met a subject that bears on the disk system hard to develop this problem.

  The last State of operational activities that are known:

  My main hard drive read/write functions were fine the day before. The only things I did today were the usual activities like browsing the web, watching videos, etc.. The only thing I did of note has been download a Steam game, which required the U-Play from Ubisoft. I installed the game and U-Play, so the game went very well. Then I played another game of steam which does not need U-Play, then attempts to transfer files on a USB key.

  Steps taken to solve the problem:

  When you try to transfer files, warning "the disk is write protected" appears. I thought that it odd, as I had never met this caveat on this PC before. I discovered that all the files in the C drive have been suddenly write protected. My attempts to solve this problem include:

  • Deactivation of 'Read only' file level and folder settings. The settings app doesn't seem to be a problem, but the moving folder gave the warning and she returned to "read only".
  • What allows all permissions for the users and system Admins for drive C properties > Security (I found it odd that users have all permissions, when I clearly remember all the usual permissions enabled previously)
  • Reboot/boot scan running for drive C to properties error checking > tools > error checking, which reported no error.
  • Opened as administrator command prompt and entering 'diskpart', 'list volume', "select volume #', disk clear readonly attribute, readonly attributes volume clear." The clear drive has reported a failure, while the clear volume reported a success.

  None of these steps have managed to solve the question of write protection. Might this problem be possibly related to the downloaded game, or the program U-Play from Ubisoft? Is there something that I missed? What can I do else? I have documents and files that have not been backed up, but I don't want to lose.

  Thank you for reading, any help would be appreciated!

  I'm really sorry for your time. The culprit is revealed to be the key USB is write-protected, not the drive internal (phew!). I guess I panicked a bit and don't think to test with another stick of memory, which transferred files very well. Problem solved, I'll just reformat the wobbly flash drive.

  Thank you for sticking with it, even when I probably don't have too much sense, you have been very helpful and patient.

• Hard drive is no longer visible to windows 7 ultimate x 64

  Hi all
  I'm a MSDN. I have a number of virtual machines that I work on.

  Last night, I had two running virtual machines and failure at the same time.  They go on my F drive.

  Restarting the PC drive F is not visible to windows. I'm guessing that there is some sort of failure on the drive.

  I was looking around and found advice like going to disk management and rescan etc. No luck so far.

  I tried to switch the machine on in the BIOS, but in the bios ASUS, I do not see the mentioned drives.

  Can someone point me to a good article on how to diagnose the drive suddenly disappear like that with a failure suspected of some sort?

  This must happen a lot. I'm surprised that I wasn't able to find a good article detailed on google.

  I hope it isn't a catastrophic disk failure.

  Please accept my thanks in advance for any help you can be in this case.

  Best regards

  Peter

  Hi Peter,.

  The problem you are having is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public.
  Please post your question in the TechNet Forum.

  You can follow this link to ask your question:

  https://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/home?category=w7itpro

  For any other corresponding Windows help, do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to help you.

• My hard drive is no longer present in the workstation

  I have a Western Digital 1 TB (external) hard.
  I use it 99.9% of the time on my Windows 7 64 bit computer to store photos and videos and backup important files.

  It was working fine until I plugged on a MACINTRASH to back up the files on this computer.
  It was a simple copy and paste from the MACINTRASH on the external HARD drive.

  After you copy the files of the MACINTRASH, I plugged it in my PC.

  My PC does not recognize my external HARD drive. I unplugged the power supply plugged in. Even with the USB cable. Restarted. Then would not restart my computer and windows is auto auto repair. Nothing.

  I have EVERYTHING unplugged and left like that for about 30 minutes. I have EVERYTHING plugged into my computer and turned on.

  Windows booted up fine. I plugged the external HARD disk and windows had this little icon telling me it was installing drivers. I was pleased to think that he would finally recognize my external HARD drive.

  Of course, he did not. The HARD drive does not appear in my computer. It appears in Device Manager, and disk management.

  Device Manager

  • Under disk drives it only lists as "WD".
  • My other discs it has a nice long name as "WD 7500AAK external USB device"
  • Under properties, it tells me cannot find the Volume information for the disk. (The first time I did before the reboot, he said that there are 0 MB of space on it).
  • She claims that the device is working properly

  Disk management

  • As a first step, it says that I must initialize my disc.
  • Now it is not even more appear.

  I don't know what to do anymore. I had this HARD long enough that I don't know that it's no longer under warranty. I've lost as many files. Please help if you can.

  My MAC does not recognize the hard drive either.

  I wish there was more to the story... but there isn't.

  Unfortunately - if * no. * computer to recognize the drive - it is UNLIKELY he has nothing to do with the PC.  If there is NO possibility of try you the drive on another machine (other that the OS X based PC and Windows PC you mentioned so far) - Please do.

  It could be the drive interface (area around the disc) and not the drive itself.  When you turn it on, do you mean this spin up and spin then just or are there other sounds one minute + after that it starts (except maybe it turns down to sleep)?

  If it's the box and not the reader, although it might cancel any guarantee you, culd you remove the disc and try it in another box / with an adapter or actually connected directly to (a single computer).  To you on that one - depends on if the data are the only (no backup) copy and your need OR if data is stored elsewhere (saved), and you should really just a scratch disk (and the drive is under warranty and easy to get replaced.)

  Don't forget: a backup deducted that you have at least two copies of data in different physical locations.  An archive is nothing more that a single copy of the data stored on reliable long-term media; However, it is just a copy and if it is lost, chances are that it is for the data.

• Inspiron 1545 - hard drive replacement, new drive SATA not found 'internal hard drive not found ".

  Hi all

  I'm trying to install Win7 in an Inspiron 1545 with a new SATA hard drive that has been purchased. When I insert the disc, I get "Internal hard drive not found." I checked the drive does not appear in the BIOS, I already tried to reinstall the drive several times. In addition, I tried to load the chipset drivers, drivers SATA, etc. of the Dells, the Reader site still does not appear in the installation of the OS when starting on a DVD or in the bios.

  I do not think that there is a problem with the new drive, I plugged the new drive in another Dell laptop model and it recognizes the drive in the BIOS, also I can always start on the previous in this laptop without problem hard drive when I plug it in.

  Is there a specific driver, etc. should I use for the drive to be recognized or have other thoughts?

  It's strange - either the new HDD has a rare compatibility with your embedded controller problem (I use a 500Gbyte in my 1545 no probs)) or it is a mechanical problem. I look at the physical dimensions and compare your original hdd by the new. Watch the video (even if it's on a 1525 (similar to a 1545) and a SSD hard drive)-go to 02:20

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• How the value catalog new internal hard drive more and then delete the files from the smallest

  I just got a new 1 TB internal on cloned hard drive 500 GB internal hard drive installed on my PC, then the smaller original. The new 1 TB is now Local Dick C and the smallest 500 GB by C has been changed and is now Local Disk F. PSE11 runs from the new C and all my photos are on C and F, but the catalog showed up at F. I want to delete all the old files on F for free space because they are all cloned to the new 1 TB C, so I want to catalog PSE11 only point to the pictures on C I tried to create a new catalog and import my pictures from C. The images arrive and look tuned to C but when I close PSE11 and then reopen this new catalogue, the path of the image shows F, as does the original catalogue. So, now, I have two catalogs seem to point to F but I want: 1) have a single catalog pointing to C; (2) deleting catalogs pointing to F; (3) then reformat f: so I have a 500 GB clean old hard drive for future expansion. Peuvent some please help?

  The problem is related to the cloning process.

  As stated in the first post of Neale, the Organizer acknowledges readers by their letter AND their serial number. In these situations, both drives have the same serial number and the Organizer cannot tell who is who...

  More information in the help file on John R Ellis from his psedbtool:

  http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/#_Writing_File_Metadata

  Scroll down to: "change the serial number of the drive, a Volume."

  Check first with the DOS command 'Flight' that both disks have the same volume id, and then try to change one of the drives serial.

• Can we install Windows XP on Usb HDD and start as long as internal HARD drive?

  Hello

  I have windows 7 installed on my drive HARD internal (connected to the motherboard using SATA/IDE port).
  Now, I wanted to use the Windows XP operating system and also do not want to install it on the internal HARD disk.
  I have an external HDD (HDD USB).
  Can I use it as internal HARD drive to install Windows XP on and boot from it?
  Thank you for your support.

  Sorry, USB drives are not taken in charge. But you can read this: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/illustrated-walk-through-creating-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-for-windows-xp/6160062

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• internal hard drives within the switching apparatus

  Switching of the internal hard drives in the machine. I have two internal hard drives, C and E of clarification and I replaced my C Seagate 360 with a TB Western Digital because of this hard disk failure false I bought, which I'm sure were a corporate scam to buy more stuff that is really unnecessary. My question is "how to pass these. My HP Pavilion Elite m9150f going in stupid mode on 3 to 5 times a year and I have to do a recovery and I found that doing the hard, it is happening in stupid mode in a very short time. I found is from the CD that it takes a little more, but the best way is to erase completely and reformat the hard drive and then do a clean install, so he prevents her from stupid mode for awhile, this one lasted 4 months but like you have probably understood it's time to do it again. However, as you know it takes 3 times as long to reformat TB as it does a 360 GB drive, so it's the root of my question. I have all my stuff on the E-Drive SG360 for backup, note here backup on this PC has never worked so I don't bother with the so-called machines back to top I just copy stuff I want to record on the E drive and make the ol' copy ' and paste to restore everything. Now because of the time it takes to reformat drive C TB I want to make the switch. Is it as simple as just their switching and pulling the PC with the recovery discs factory to perform RECOVERY and do my usual copy and paste of the Western Digital to now, E-Drive?

  Please someone with the know let me know

  Thank you very much, RickS

  Aparently, you can not RESPOND to your own message.

  No one answered so I went ahead and did it. Lost all learned but a lot on the partitioning of hard disks and all together, in addition to becoming the hard drive back to R & R until less than 6 minutes time to unplug the PC at the rear, turn 05:53, my best so far. but she is back to being usable was a day and a half.

  The answer to the question is when you put that there is nothing usable at all because the PC looking for the OS and boot any disk has. I had to start player, I chose so that I could erase and reformat the C drive and run the installation of the OS. Once he was done with that I had to choose again which drive start so I could erase and reformat the drive E then he would leave goes to the starting window when I turned it on.

  Simple answer is not a. Read above.

  RickS

  PS: I hope this helps someone.

  Hello

  Check with HP to factory reset of related problems.

  All the best Ricks!

• How can I move all win xp pro 64-bit programs old internal hard drive to hard drive internal nine win 7 pro 64 bit

  I want to install a new internal hard drive of my computer, my old internal drive is running Win XP Pro 64 bit OS, the new drive will be Win 7 Pro.

  Is there a method much less time to transfer programs from the old drive to the new?

  I have both drives in the same machine to do the transfer. If you have a set of instructions please post them to send me the instructions.

  Thanks in advance

  Sorry, but you can't do that.  When you move from one computer to another, you must reinstall all the programs.  This is because the parts of the program go to different places, and there are updates the registry involved as well.  There are also some activation to worry.  The last time, you can copy programs from one computer to another in the BACK long days long ago.

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• Secondary internal hard drive not seen by Windows

  added a secondary hard drive visible in bios, but not in the windows of the computer parameters. Win8 running.

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  Original title: secondary internal hard drive

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  Is this a new drive?... If so, she must probably INITIALIZED and formatted...

  You can do this by right-clicking on your DESKTOP and select MANAGE...

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• internal hard drive of the AirPort Extreme?

  Is it possible to install an internal hard drive on AirPort Extreme?

  NO.

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  If you want a hard drive of your only choice is to use USB... either course, you can get a Time Capsule.

• Looking to update my first internal hard drive 2011 MBP

  Instead of recently updated to a new external drive.

  I thought it may be time to update HDD internal (500 GB) original on my MPB.

  I have 8 GB of RAM and internal light enough to keep my drive in without worrying about storage and applications.

  Everyone updated their MPB HDD with a 7200 RPM disk or an SSD?

  If so, what drives internal you would very recommend?

  Search for better performance and faster read write time.

  My 500 GB drive is barely filled. There are currently about 150 GB of data used.

  Much appreciate your comments and experience once the internal drive has been updated.

  Ant case 2.5 "HDD or SSD will be compatible with your MBP.  Here is just one example of what is available:

  https://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-notebook/

  Maximum capacity at the moment is 2 TB, enough for almost all users and by eliminating the need for storage of primary data on an external drive.  I currently have 1 TB SSD Crucial in my Mbps in 2010 and 2011.  Would they change a profound impact on the performance of the computer.  If the bank account is fat, install an SSD.  If not, faster turns HARD drive will be better, but not as much as the speed difference may suggest compared with the 5400 RPM HARD drive.

  Based on reputation, the best currently available SSD is OWC and Crucial.  Although I prefer HGST and Seagate HDD, one brand will do that are listed in the link I have provided.

  As a side note, your MBP will support up to 16 GB of RAM.  OWC and Crucial are the best sources for RAM Mac compatible.

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• FCPX think that an internal hard drive is a camera. What should do?

  FCPX think that an internal hard drive is a camera. What should do?

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• iMac G5 won't internal hard drive boot

  Hello

  I am a student at a vocational school student IST. The faculty member sent us old iMac G5 17 inch to set ourselves. After the repair of the motherboard, we had to install OS X 10.5 installation DVD, because the customer had erased his record for security purposes. However, the internal disk drive would not work, so we had to set the Open Firmware mode and start from a normal PC hard drive connected via a SATA-USB adapter cable. We got the OS installed and restart clicked on Setup, but the splash screen always appears as a folder missing OS. We tried to go into Open Firmware and setting the device on the hard disk, but it wouldn't boot. Other things we tried:

  -Hold the "D" key on startup to force it to boot from the internal hard drive, but it could not start

  -Optionally now to go to the menu boot device menu boot device froze after a few seconds

  -Insert the 10.5 installation disc in our external DVD drive (as mentioned above) and launch the disk utility > startup disk to restart the iMac and the start of the internal player, but same result as previously (missing the OS icon)

  At this point, both students that the instructor are almost of ideas, and I thought that post on the forums to see if there is anything else we can try before you buy another drive and charge the customer.

  Thank you in advance!

  Disk utility to partition and format the drive.

  Boot from the installation disc:

  Booting from an OS X install disc

  1. Insert the OS X installation disc into the optical drive.

  2 restart the computer.

  3. immediately after the ring, press and hold the C"" key.

  4 release the button when the spinning gear under the Apple grey dark

  logo appears.

  5. wait for the installer to finish loading.

  Once the installation program is loaded, select the country and click on the continue button. Wait for the menu bar of the screen to appear. Select utility drive in the Utilities menu. On the left should be a list of mounted drives. Select the entry of out-bumpy drive to the HARD disk (usually, watch mfgr. name and size or model number.) Click the Partition tab in the main window. Select 1 partition from the menu drop-down Partition scheme. Set the type of Format for Mac OS Extended journaled. Click on the apply button and wait for it to finish.

  At the end of player preparation, you can quit disk utility and return to the installer. Proceed with the installation of Mac OS X by following the instructions.

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• Re: How can I add a second internal hard drive to a Satellite Pro P200?

  I have a Satellite Pro P200 with a single internal hard drive. There is a second Bay in the computer of another internal hard drive, but I couldn't find any information about it. There is enough space for a 2.5 "SATA but I do not see a connector.

  I contacted Toshiba Dutch customer service who said that it was official policy not to provide any information on a second internal drive. They also said that they would not provide parts to make it possible.

  Can anyone provide more information?

  Hello!

  I think that if there is no connector you cannot add a second HDD.
  It of Nice to have a second Bay, but it's nothing without a connector.

  Good bye