Re: External Hard Drive Default to Read-Only

You think that pointing out a compatibility condition is useless. Many
people place the same problematical drive in another manufacturers external
case and the drive works fine!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Jim" <NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Useless Post
>
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O%23k%23XrFZFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have never installed a hard drive in a case but I have, and use, 3
>>external USB 2.0 hard drives from major manufacturers. I have never
>>experienced the problem you describe. What I save a file at - it stays at!
>>
>> The big difference, of course, is that my hard drive and its enclosure
>> (and associated electronics) were assembled and tested as a unit by the
>> manufacturer and found to be compatible. Guess yours aren't!
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "EJ" <EJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:DD89CC8B-02F9-460B-8BD0-3C90B5A505E8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Every once in a while, my external hard drive defaults to Read-Only. I
>>> used
>>> to be able to turn off Read-Only one folder at a time, but this time it
>>> is
>>> just resetting it to Read-Only. Why would it do this, and how can I
>>> stop it?
>>>
>>> I'm using a Western Digital 200 GB Internal Hard Drive in an external
>>> enclosure, hooked up via USB 2.0.
>>
>>
>
>


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