Disk is Write Protected

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

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" <> wrote in message
news:%MeUj.156272$...
> 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

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" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> 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" <> wrote in message
> news:%MeUj.156272$...
>> 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
>

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" <> wrote in message
news:s8rUj.98264$...
> No, D:\ is a separate physical hard disk that I added. I assembled the
> whole PC myself. It is nothing to do with a "restore" partition.
>
> Thanks for trying to help.
>
> Regards
> Doug
> "JerryM" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Your D: drive is where the factory installed your installation system,
>> like having a DVD installation disk, built in.
>> You should not install any programs there.
>> If you need another partition, shrink C: drive and create a new partition
>> in the Unallocated space.
>>
>>
>> "The Old Bloke" <> wrote in message
>> news:%MeUj.156272$...
>>> 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
>>
>

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" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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" <> wrote in message
> news:s8rUj.98264$...
>> No, D:\ is a separate physical hard disk that I added. I assembled the
>> whole PC myself. It is nothing to do with a "restore" partition.
>>
>> Thanks for trying to help.
>>
>> Regards
>> Doug
>> "JerryM" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> Your D: drive is where the factory installed your installation system,
>>> like having a DVD installation disk, built in.
>>> You should not install any programs there.
>>> If you need another partition, shrink C: drive and create a new
>>> partition in the Unallocated space.
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Old Bloke" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%MeUj.156272$...
>>>> 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
>>>
>>

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" <> wrote in message
news:2_uUj.156502$...
> Thanks Jerry,
>
> I have admin rights and I did select "run as administrator", but I was
told
> "access denied". It's a strange problem, usually cured by a reboot.
>
> Regards
> Doug
> "JerryM" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > You might go to cmd.exe,
> > Right click and select Run as Administrator,
> > Then type ATTRIB -s -h -r D:*.*/so
> > to remove the attributes.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > "The Old Bloke" <> wrote in message
> > news:s8rUj.98264$...
> >> 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" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>>
> >>> 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" <> wrote in message
> >>> news:%MeUj.156272$...
> >>>> 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
> >>>
> >>
>

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" <> wrote in message
> news:2_uUj.156502$...
> > Thanks Jerry,
> >
> > I have admin rights and I did select "run as administrator", but I was
> told
> > "access denied". It's a strange problem, usually cured by a reboot.
> >
> > Regards
> > Doug
> > "JerryM" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > You might go to cmd.exe,
> > > Right click and select Run as Administrator,
> > > Then type ATTRIB -s -h -r D:*.*/so
> > > to remove the attributes.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > > "The Old Bloke" <> wrote in message
> > > news:s8rUj.98264$...
> > >> 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" <> wrote in message
> > >> news:...
> > >>>
> > >>> 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" <> wrote in message
> > >>> news:%MeUj.156272$...
> > >>>> 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
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
>
>
>

I believe this message is appearing if one has an encrypted disk - lik
truecrypt. Very frustrating. XP did not have this problem. Looks lik
another VISTA bug

--
ramFL

ramFL <> wrote:

>
>I believe this message is appearing if one has an encrypted disk - like
>truecrypt. Very frustrating. XP did not have this problem. Looks like
>another VISTA bug.

Most of the so-called bugs these days are of the PEBKAC variety.