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USB Hard Drive Write Protect Error
Hi,
I'm running Vista x64 on a T61 notebook. I have a Western Digital Passport usb hard drive. I need to copy files larger than allowed by FAT32 so using my WinXP Pro desktop I shrunk the existing FAT32 partition, created a new partition, formatted it as NTFS. Using any WinXP PC, I have no problems accessing the NTFS partition on the hard drive. However, using Vista, I can read the partition, but not write to it. When I try to write to the NTFS partition, I get an error saying the drive is write protected. Any idea how I can fix this problem? Thanks. Regards-Michael G. |
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USB Hard Drive Write Protect Error
Michael,
Since you're not getting any action on this, I though I'd throw out a suggestion to consider. Try partitioning and formatting the drive in Vista using Disk Management. Just a thought that maybe Vista doesn't recognize something about WinXP's way of doing things. Also, does your USB port provide sufficient power for the hard drive. Try using an external power source, if you're not already doing so. Laptops sometimes provide little power to USB ports to conserve battery. Just some thoughts. -- freddy "Michael Gerbasio" wrote: Hi, I'm running Vista x64 on a T61 notebook. I have a Western Digital Passport usb hard drive. I need to copy files larger than allowed by FAT32 so using my WinXP Pro desktop I shrunk the existing FAT32 partition, created a new partition, formatted it as NTFS. Using any WinXP PC, I have no problems accessing the NTFS partition on the hard drive. However, using Vista, I can read the partition, but not write to it. When I try to write to the NTFS partition, I get an error saying the drive is write protected. Any idea how I can fix this problem? Thanks. Regards-Michael G. |
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USB Hard Drive Write Protect Error
Freddy,
Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't even bother with disk manager because I couldn't format from explorer. I tried it in disk manager, it formatted and is working now. Regards-Michael G. "freddy" wrote in message ... Michael, Since you're not getting any action on this, I though I'd throw out a suggestion to consider. Try partitioning and formatting the drive in Vista using Disk Management. Just a thought that maybe Vista doesn't recognize something about WinXP's way of doing things. Also, does your USB port provide sufficient power for the hard drive. Try using an external power source, if you're not already doing so. Laptops sometimes provide little power to USB ports to conserve battery. Just some thoughts. -- freddy "Michael Gerbasio" wrote: Hi, I'm running Vista x64 on a T61 notebook. I have a Western Digital Passport usb hard drive. I need to copy files larger than allowed by FAT32 so using my WinXP Pro desktop I shrunk the existing FAT32 partition, created a new partition, formatted it as NTFS. Using any WinXP PC, I have no problems accessing the NTFS partition on the hard drive. However, using Vista, I can read the partition, but not write to it. When I try to write to the NTFS partition, I get an error saying the drive is write protected. Any idea how I can fix this problem? Thanks. Regards-Michael G. |
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USB Hard Drive Write Protect Error
Had the same problem. the solution was disable write caching on the usb hdd in device manager. You can choose in the disk propeties for optimize for quick removal or optimize for performance. CHOOSE *optimize for quick removal.* -- Karunav |