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Question posted by billbjorge on June 17th, 2014

Setting Drive For Read And Write

Can read, but not write. Error message says to change setting to read and write. How do you do this?

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Answer #1: Posted by TechSupport101 on June 17th, 2014 10:10 PM

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Hi. The Quick Install Guide here http://www.helpowl.com/manuals/Western%20Digital/WD800U017/75783 should be able to come it handy. See the solution given here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/150124-45-read-data-external-drive-write for the failure to 'Write' issue.

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