I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter
what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution, but
can se the problem solved anywhere.

I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and
click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the solutions
that involve that.

thx in advance


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carlos50

Take ownership of the drive.
PaulB

"carlos50" wrote in message
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I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter
what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution, but
can se the problem solved anywhere.

I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and
click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the solutions
that involve that.

thx in advance


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carlos50

"carlos50" wrote in message
...

I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter
what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution, but
can se the problem solved anywhere.

I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and
click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the solutions
that involve that.



Check this - IIRC it applies also to Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823293


-- pa

And how do I do that?


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carlos50

Pavel A.;999766 Wrote:
"carlos50" wrote in message
...

I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter
what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution,
but
can se the problem solved anywhere.

I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and
click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the
solutions
that involve that.

Check this - IIRC it applies also to Vista

'Drive Icon and Drive Label That You Selected Do Not Appear When You
Connect a Removable Media Storage Device to Your Computer'
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823293)


-- pa

I cant se how that helps me, it only links to a hotfix download for XP.


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carlos50

carlos50;999778 Wrote:
Pavel A.;999766 Wrote:
"carlos50" wrote in message
...

I have an external harddisk which continuesly is read only no matter
what i do. I have browsed the net intensively to find a solution,
but
can se the problem solved anywhere.

I am running Vista Home Premium x64. When I right click the HD and
click preperties, I dont have a security tab, so I cant do the
solutions
that involve that.
Check this - IIRC it applies also to Vista

'Drive Icon and Drive Label That You Selected Do Not Appear When
You Connect a Removable Media Storage Device to Your Computer'
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823293)


-- pa

I cant se how that helps me, it only links to a hotfix download for
XP.

You might see if this is of use

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...ownership.html

Hope it helps

SIW2


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SIW2

It didnt help neither. The take ownership option doesnt show for the
drive. It shows for subfolders, but when I do it, im still not able to
do anything afterwards.


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carlos50