
Type “list disk” and press “Enter”: to get detailed information about every disk on your Windows computer.ģ. Then type “diskpart” in the pop-out window and press “Enter” to launch Diskpart.exe utility.Ģ. Right-click the Command Prompt icon and select “Run as administrator”. Click “Start” button and type “cmd” in the “Search” box, press “Enter”. To finish it via Command Line ( Diskpart service), follow the below instruction.ġ. But what if you want to make some changes? Then it is necessary to clear the read only attributes from the target disk. To some degree, this write protection attribute can protect your data from being changed by others. When a hard drive is set in read only mode, you will only be able to read data saved in that drive, but cannot add new data and modify the current data. Steps to remove read only attribute via Command Line Could you please provide an example on this?" Meme posts that are not funny may result in a permanent ban and possible curse to post author.“Hi, guys, my Seagate external hard drive is stuck in read only mode, I cannot make any changes to data stored in it, so I need to remove read-only attributes from this disk on Windows 7 using command line. Memes are not permitted, unless they are CNC related AND funny. Please use the stickied sales and services megathread. Sales and or services posts are not permitted. Final decision is made by the community by way of reporting.

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