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I/O Device Error

Started by jacktro , Yesterday, 02:48 PM

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jacktro

Posted Yesterday, 02:48 PM

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Hi Guys,

I have a problem with one of my western digital hard drives.

I can access the files on the drive but i cant write.

ive seen an I/O device error and hoping someone can help me out with it.

Thx

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Kemasa

Posted Yesterday, 06:45 PM

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It is likely that due to the I/O error, that the system marked it as read-only. The best thing to do is to backup all the data, then run diagnostics on the drive (download from the manufacturer) and see if the drive has completely failed such that it is no longer usable.