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HD write protect

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mick32

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Aug 21, 2001
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CA
I want to remove wite protection on an ide HD. It is preventing me from writing any fdisk data. Can anyone help

Thanks
Mike
 
sometimes you can enable and disable write protect in the bios, along with boot sector virus protector which may lock your drive from fdisking.
 
Mike,
Write protected hard drive security systems are not easy to circumvent. That's what makes them SECURE.
The best solution is to contact the company that makes the software.
Another possible option is to low level format the drive.
Most of the programs work by blocking int13 requests.

Hope this helps. Your on your own from there unless someone else has a suggestion. Good luck.

John
 
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