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write protection

by lost_armadillo Jun 9, 2007 5:38AM PDT

when trying to do system scans or install certain programs i get errors, saying that drive D is write protected and need to remove..Ok if i need to remove this how do i remove the write protection from drive D???????????????????????

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(NT) is drive d: your cd/dvd?

by ramarc Jun 9, 2007 5:48AM PDT

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write protection

by lost_armadillo Jun 9, 2007 11:27AM PDT

no, it is a secondary hard drive

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Do you have permission to access it?

by John.Wilkinson Jun 9, 2007 1:38PM PDT

It may be you no longer have permission to access it and may need to take ownership of the drive. Aside from that fill us in on the details of your operating system, whether this is an internal or external hard drive, and the exact error message.

Give us a shout back.
John

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