Problwm using my external hard drive

Hey there I have some problem using the harddriv e coz i cannot transfer any data onto it. when i try to transfer some data it gives an error message sayin that the disk is not write-protected or full..but the disk actually is almost empty. please help me with this problem.this is a new hard drive. thanks in advance.

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Hey mate only thing i can think of is, on some external hard drives theres a switch on the side that write protects the data, you usually just have to change the switch over and it will work fine :-) all the best John

Posted on Mar 09, 2007

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