Win7 Write Protection removal for external hard drive and batch files
Hello all, I've recently moved my media hard drive to an external for greater portability. I've noticed that whenever I restart my machine or cycle the power on the external all the drives are set to a Write Protection mode. I've set the security settings to give all users administrative access, but it still sets it to readonly. I've restorted to using the CMD to remove the protection manually, but I'm looking for something more permanent or simple. I've little to no experience with Batch files, but my old room mate used them extensively and the idea came to mind of using one to reset the readonly status of the partitions. I use the list of commands in CMD here DISKPART LIST VOLUME SELECT VOLUME 3 ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY Then I repeat this for partitions 4-7. If anyone knows a permanent solution or can show me the script/commands to type for a batch file I'd be very thankful. ~Sig
June 15th, 2011 6:40am

Hi, You could run the command to unlock the external hard drivers. The commands are correct. When running the batch file, please right click it and run as administrator. Regarding the Write Protection issue, please check if there is any jumper which is located next to or near the cable connector port to set write-protect mode. Also, check the BIOS setting and see if the following method could fix the issue. In Device Manager, right click external hard drive, Update Driver Software, clicked on the Browse, in the List option, and chose the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller". More helpful information http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/71430-hard-drive-write-protected.html Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Best Regards, Niki Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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June 17th, 2011 12:23pm

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