Just wanted to say i have the exact same problem as The old bloke. Seemingly
randomly my data disk get write protected after boot, never had system on it
but i reinstalled Vista-64 SP1 a while ago on computer.
Have: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R, 2x150Gb Raptor in raid0 as system disk,
1xCaviar 320Gb as Datadisk, Vista-64 SP1
"Stubby" wrote:
> If you want to monkey with that, boot from the Repair Disk. This is a
> stand-alone system that can modify things without your normal system getting
> in the way.
>
> "The Old Bloke" <le0pard32@geeemqmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2_uUj.156502$ng7.40051@en-nntp-05.dc1.easynews.com...
> > Thanks Jerry,
> >
> > I have admin rights and I did select "run as administrator", but I was
> told
> > "access denied". It's a strange problem, usually cured by a reboot.
> >
> > Regards
> > Doug
> > "JerryM" <jerrym526@msn.org> wrote in message
> > news:OcTOcNLsIHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > > You might go to cmd.exe,
> > > Right click and select Run as Administrator,
> > > Then type ATTRIB -s -h -r D:*.*/so
> > > to remove the attributes.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > > "The Old Bloke" <le0pard32@geeemqmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:s8rUj.98264$ea6.23618@en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com...
> > >> No, D:\ is a separate physical hard disk that I added. I assembled the
> > >> whole PC myself. It is nothing to do with a "restore" partition.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for trying to help.
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >> Doug
> > >> "JerryM" <jerrym526@msn.org> wrote in message
> > >> news:ObguBuEsIHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > >>>
> > >>> Your D: drive is where the factory installed your installation system,
> > >>> like having a DVD installation disk, built in.
> > >>> You should not install any programs there.
> > >>> If you need another partition, shrink C: drive and create a new
> > >>> partition in the Unallocated space.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "The Old Bloke" <le0pard32@geeemqmail.com> wrote in message
> > >>> news:%MeUj.156272$ng7.79782@en-nntp-05.dc1.easynews.com...
> > >>>> Running Vista64 Home Premium SP1
> > >>>>
> > >>>> About every 4 or 5 times I boot the system, my data HDD D:\ presents
> as
> > >>>> "write protected". A reboot corrects this. I have run diagnostics
> on
> > >>>> the HDD and all appears OK.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Any ideas how to solve this problem?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Regards
> > >>>> Doug
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
>
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