External harddrive can only read, can't write to the drive. Do i have to format?

i3rYs0n · i3rYs0n #1 (**permalink**)

12-14-2003, 11:33 PM

I have a USB 2.0 external 120 gig hard drive. How do i gain read AND write access to the drive?

Do i have to format it, because it's currently NFTS.

Help please, and thanks in advance
Bryson

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

12-14-2003, 11:41 PM

If the drive is mounted, check the permissions of the drive. You said that it is nfts, if this is a network drive, check to see if the drive is read/writable from the server.

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i3rYs0n #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	12-14-2003, 11:33 PM I have a USB 2.0 external 120 gig hard drive. How do i gain read AND write access to the drive? Do i have to format it, because it's currently NFTS. Help please, and thanks in advance Bryson
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Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	12-14-2003, 11:41 PM If the drive is mounted, check the permissions of the drive. You said that it is nfts, if this is a network drive, check to see if the drive is read/writable from the server.
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