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Maxtor 250GB external FIREWIRE drive is READ ONLY
Jontmke Thanks for the info. I just bought $90 worth of XP books to fill the space in the Microsoft Windows XP Sales Carton that was full of air. The cost of that unused space inside software boxes costs Microsoft in cardboard, printing and transportation fees; the distributor in storage space...- raybattersby
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Maxtor 250GB external FIREWIRE drive is READ ONLY
Jontmke You're right it's XP and I've only had it a few days. I upgraded from Win98Se to try to solve my Maxtor problem. What are 'access rights'? What can I do to them to solve my 'read only' problem? Thanks a lot for your help.- raybattersby
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Maxtor 250GB external FIREWIRE drive is READ ONLY
A Dell Inspiron 2500 running WIndows XP Home is fitted with a Swann Traveller firewire card connected to a MAXTOR 5000XT 250GB external hard drive. The device is recognised by MS Explorer and reads/writes OK using the USB port (but less than 1mB/sec transfer speed so no good for DV use). Using...- raybattersby
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