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    wally_19thhole Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 24, 2007, 04:29 PM
    Write protected HD
    I have a HD that I have tried to reformat but I can't because it prompts that it is write protected. How do I disable this to proceed reformat?
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    Jun 26, 2007, 06:55 PM
    I would suggest removing the drive partitions and re-creating them - You can use the Windows XP install CD for this, or an old-school DOS boot disk with FDISK on it.

    Short of that - I have seen drives that have an actual jumper setting that can lock a drive as "read-only".
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