My data HD periodically shows up as write protected. I have no idea why
as it works sometimes. Sometimes, it goes away after a reboot. It also
goes away if I format the drive. However, it returns after a day or two
and becomes an intermittent problem.

Does/has this happened to anyone else and is there a fix?


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rumjungle

i have same problem with external usb drive. And in settings it is
clearly without protection.

I switched it to other usb port and now it works, but clearly there is
a problem. I have asus p5b deluxe mobo.

I will write here if the problem returns.


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Raitzi

I contacted MS and was told to disable all non-microsoft startup items.
After rebooting, it's working. Then I re-enabled only the things that I
had to have and it has been working so far. I'll wait and see if the
problem returns.


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rumjungle

Try to disable 5 to 10 non-Microsoft items & then try to isolate the
issue. When you get it isolated, please update that on this website.


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tanuj_chadha

Tanuj

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl
Marx :geek:

Hi,
Here's the solution to your issues.
The next time one of your drives goes read-only, close all your windows
explorer windows, open an elevated command prompt and type:

C:\path\to\anywhere fsutil volume dismount h:

(replace "h:" with the appropriate drive letter.)

This dismounts the volume; the next time you access that drive (h: or
whatever), the volume is remounted, "usually" read-write. No need to reboot.

I have this issue due to the jmicron controller embedded in my Gigabyte
motherboard.
I even created a batch file, which I run as admin, to avoid typing the
command sequence.

Carlos


"rumjungle" wrote:


My data HD periodically shows up as write protected. I have no idea why
as it works sometimes. Sometimes, it goes away after a reboot. It also
goes away if I format the drive. However, it returns after a day or two
and becomes an intermittent problem.

Does/has this happened to anyone else and is there a fix?


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rumjungle