HP SimpleSave md1000h write protected! - can't initialize drive

The drive does not show up under windows explorer. Under Disk Management, the drive shows up as Not Initialized and Unallocated. When I try to initialize the drive I get "The media is write protected" Restarted the PC and also the external hard drive and the same thing.
I am running Windows 7 Professional 32 bit.

You need to be an admin and also go to Control Panel --> User Accounts and turn off UAC for your account. You can set the level back later.
When in Disk Management, did you right mouse click on the new drive and select initialize?
You might have bad hardware.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
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Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
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iTCO_wdt 5447 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
joydev 9727 0
snd_hda_codec_analog 79922 1
coretemp 6198 0
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kvm 392193 0
btusb 14804 0
bluetooth 301098 2 btusb
pcmcia 46292 0
microcode 14465 0
psmouse 76175 0
iwl3945 55148 0
i2c_i801 11077 0
pcspkr 1995 0
serio_raw 5105 0
evdev 10136 13
battery 7098 0
yenta_socket 32921 0
lpc_ich 11601 0
pcmcia_rsrc 9273 1 yenta_socket
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video 11363 1 i915
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soundcore 5442 1 snd
intel_agp 10872 1 i915
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mmap(NULL, 3853456, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8b43f41000
mprotect(0x7f8b440e5000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8b442e4000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1a3000) = 0x7f8b442e4000
mmap(0x7f8b442ea000, 15504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8b442ea000
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mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8b44b04000
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mprotect(0x7f8b43f3f000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
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mprotect(0x7f8b44907000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x613000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8b44b2a000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
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socket(PF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
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open("/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe", O_RDONLY) = 3
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brk(0x1a66000) = 0x1a66000
read(3, "/sbin/modprobe\n", 1024) = 15
close(3) = 0
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wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 12371
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8.0.93
8.1.60
Randomly the icon of the "write protected" appears beside the file name in the file tab inside the CAPL browser, if I could press the save button while it is not appearing the file is saved, other wise I get the error message. The memory usage is also increases too much and then the browser stop responding.
Do any body had the same issue before? any advice?
Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate 64
AntiVirus installed: McAfee

Hi Allaithy,
Can you clarify how is this issue related to NI CAN products?
Anyway, here are some things to try:
Is this the file on a network? Do you have administrator privileges to this network?
Is file set to Read-only?
Miro T.

HP v165w 8GB formatting error - drive write protected - Windows can't format - HP tool can't format

Hi,
I am having trouble understanding what happened with this drive. It worked fine for weeks and weeks and now all of a sudden Windows 7 asks me that it needs to fix something because the files are corrupted or whatever... it does that successfully and after a few days I get an error message saying Windows can't access the drive and it needs to format it.
I did the following:
- Used Disk management with no luck... tried to format, reassign drive letters and so on.
- Used HP formatting tool - and this is where I get the message saying the drive is Write protected
- Used HP formatting tool and Disk management in Safe mode thinking there might be some processes running that are interfering, no luck, same result for both.
- Used AH320_Utility_LFormat with no luck... it can't even find the USB device.
One thing that catches my eye:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71A27CDD-812A-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}
has the entry StorageVolumes - UpperFilters (tdrpman ; snapman ; timounter) - LowerFilters (fvevol; rdyboost)
Is it a registry issue? Like we see in CD/DVD drives when they go missing from my computer?
Is it a MasterBootRecord virus?
Is it a Windows corruption?
Please help! If you need additional info please ask!
Thank you!
Ovi

The program that helped me http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
I choose option "Perform quick wipe (just remove partinions and MBR)" then I used Easeus Partition Master to format and working
http://www.forumbajt.pl

Creative Zen 8GB - Can't delete certain files (Write Protected it sa

I have added a bunch of mp3s, images and videos to my player, but now when I try to delete some of these files I get a "you can't delete this file because it's write protected", if I check the properties of such files they are infact write protected but there's no way for me to uncheck the box and make them deletable.
Anyone with the same problem or with a handy solution?
P.S. I updated already to the latest firmware.

Yes; I got my Zen this week and had the same problem when I copied over some MP3 files from a CD-ROM, which are write protected when the CD-ROM is created. I thought that the Zen was defecti've but now feel this is either a programmers misunderstanding of Windows Read Only functionality in the Zen -or- when you protect a file from deletion within the Zen, this is what the firmware sets to flag the file as 'Protected (I have not researched this yet).
My Fix: For some of you this will not be the answer you are looking for but it works and will kept your Zen music file structure and library intact.
You may need to switch to MTP mode in the creative software before you are allowed to use this technique. Search the forum where to find this checkbox. Otherwise your XP may be able to nati'vely open Explorer windows to the Zen.
Setup: Open two Windows Explorer windows on your desktop. In one, create a new folder on a hard dri've that has enough space to handle all the music files on your Zen. In another Explorer window, navigate to the Zen music folder.
1. Use Windows Explorer to copy ALL of your music files From the Zen to a new folder on your computer's hard dri've. If you don't have enough room on your hard dri've (and if not, why don't you? ) move files in stages.
2. When the files are in your hard dri've's folder, right-click on the new folder and select Properties. Deselect (Uncheck) the Read Only attribute checkbox. If another dialog is displayed, select "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" and click 'OK'. This will make all your files deletable on the Zen.
3. Copy (drag) all the files back to your Zen, overwriting the original files.
That's it. In the future perform step two before copying any files to the Zen.
-Winged One

Stuffit expander - can't create archives, get error folder write protected

I'm going nuts trying to figure out this problem. I figured it out on one user's machine over a month ago, but forgot what I did. I've installed Stuffit Deluxe 12 for a user. When she drags a folder on Stuffit, she gets an error that says "The destination folder "Desktop" is currently write-protected." Please select another destination."
I've repaired permissions TWICE. I made sure the entire user's folder had the correct permissions and propagated them. This happens whether I try to save to the desktop, documents, whatever. I don't know what else to do.
I've removed all traces of Stuffit and re-installed and still get the same problem.

Repairing permissions does not touch the Home folder or its content. Check the permissions on the Home folder as well as the Desktop folder within. You can use Get Info to see the settings as well as change them if necessary.
Home folder permissions:
Owner=username with Read/Write privileges
Group=admin with Read-only or Read/Write privileges
Everyone=Read-only
Desktop folder permissions:
Owner=username with Read/Write privileges
Everyone=No Access

Can't copy write-protected folder to new location

After doing a clean-install of Snow Leopard, and restoring home directory from Time Machine, I am unable to use the Finder to copy certain write-protected folders to a new location. Folder and all contents are owned by me, and using the Terminal to *cp -r* the folder and its contents works just fine. Trying to Command-C and Command-V the folder to the Desktop, say, or to click-drag or option-click-drag the folder itself cause a grayed-out version of the folder to appear briefly on the Desktop, and then disappear with no dialog box, indicated error, or entry in the log files.
Interestingly, creating a new folder, changing it to read-only, and moving it with the Finder IS successful. This behavior only seems to be affecting files that were restored using Time Machine.
A screencapture of this behavior is at http://www.crashwhite.com/tmp/finder_bug.mov
Any ideas? I'm mystified!
Thanks...

Hi, V.K, and thanks for checking in. To respond to your questions:
• chmodding to 755 or anything else that gives me write permission allows the move or copy to occur as expected.
• chmodding to 444 is a means of archiving the state of a folder and its contents. I do this to avoid corrupting a year's worth of documents. In the past (w/ Tiger, Leopard, etc.), I've been able to copy an "archived" directory into the new writeable directory with no difficulty.
• In Terminal:
+$ ls -ladeO Documents/arc/edu/poly/poly\ 08-09/wasc/+
*dr-xr-xr-x 3 rwhite rwhite - 102 Oct 11 11:16 Documents/arc/edu/poly/poly 08-09/wasc/*
+$ ls -ladeO Desktop+
*drwx------+ 15 rwhite rwhite - 510 Oct 11 13:19 Desktop*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
I am unfamiliar with ACL--hadn't actually ever heard of it until now--so I'm going to start digging about a bit. It would appear that the + at the end of the Desktop listing indicates that there is an ACL that is having some effect here.
Re: my installation, I began with a standard migration, but that process left some cruft in my system that was slowing the system (lots of log errors from old stuff that was no longer installed), so I did a clean install: wiped drive completely, installed new from Snow Leopard, and did a Restore of user directory from Time Machine. I believe that used Migration Assistant to migrate from TM, but it may have been that I simply did a Restore from TM.
Off to go research ACL a little more. Thanks for the tip, and any additional advice you might have!
Cheers,
Richard

HP 8GB formatting error - drive write protected - Windows can't format HP tool can't for

HOW TO REMOVE WRITE PROTECTION FROM hp USB pen drive 8gb?

Hello sa8, IF you are getting the Read Only error, there is a fix that may correct this.
Download USB Flash Driver Format Tool (Ufix-II):
http://www.pny.com.tw/index.php?cls=2&mode=download
You may need to have 7-Zip installed to extract the .rar file. It is a free download. http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Extract "RecoverTool_V2.00.42_M1223 8CE.exe" from the downloaded file and run it.
This should fix the problem.

Disk unable to intialize - Media is write protected

Dear community,
My WD external harddrive has suddenly stopped working after coming from Europe. I plugged in the HD into my laptop and I noticed that it does not show up under My Computer, only under Safely Remove Hardware and Devices. So I searched forums a bit and a couple
have said that I should go to Disk Management and see if my drive is there.
Turns out the HD is listed there, however as 'Disk 1: Unknown 1.379 GB, Not Intialized'. There is no blue bar either, it just says the size of the disk and that it is unallocated (it does not have a Volume letter).
When I start up Disk Management it gives me a notification:
Initialize Disk
You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it.
Select Disk:
Disk 1
Use the following partition style for the selected disks:
MBR (Master Boot Record)
GPT (GUID Partition Table)
So I click on MBR and press OK, and it gives me the error 'The media is write protected'.
So I go into the registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control > StorageDevicePolicies
and change the value in 'writeprotect' to 0, and then I reboot my computer. Same error.
I can't even reformat the disk because I cannot find such option, not that I want to really, because I have 1.2 TB worth of data on there that I want to keep so losing the information on this Drive will be quite.... frustrating.
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot for your advice & effort. The same message "Diskpart failed to clear disk attributes".
Here is the file of $vds$.log (only a last part of the file). How can I attached the file, I can't find your email add. thanks again.
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.728) LEAVE OpenDevice()
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.744) INFO: VDS(0X02040002): WM_DEVICECHANGE: wParam=8006 lParam=8125984
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.759) ERROR: CVdsRawDiskLun::SetFlagsInternal, 4 Name=\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}, Number=1, hr=80070013
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.759) TRACE: VDS(0X02040007): Disk layout change notification received
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.759) TRACE: EXIT CVdsRawDiskLun::SetFlagsInternal, Name=\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}, Number=1, status=80070013
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.775) ENTER CVdsPnPNotificationManager::ForwardLayoutChangeNotification()
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.775) ERROR: CVdsRawDiskLun::ClearFlags, 2 Name=\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}, Number=1, hr=800700B7
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.791) ENTER CVdsPnPNotificationManager::LayoutChangeNotificationHandler()
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.791) LEAVE CVdsPnPNotificationManager::ForwardLayoutChangeNotification()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.791) ENTER CVdsService::OnDiskLayoutChange()
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.791) TRACE: EXIT CVdsRawDiskLun::ClearFlags, Name=\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}, Number=1, status=800700B7
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.791) ERROR: CVdsDiskLun::ClearFlags, 4, hr=800700B7
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.806) ENTER CVdsRawDiskLun::GetProperties() (IVdsDisk)
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.806) ENTER OpenDevice()
(PID:3956,TID:4380,11:17:56.806) LEAVE CVdsDiskLun::ClearFlags
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.822) INFO: OpenDevice:, 1, \\?\PhysicalDrive1
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.822) INFO: VDS(0X02040002): WM_DEVICECHANGE: wParam=8006 lParam=8125956
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.822) LEAVE OpenDevice()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.837) ENTER IsDiskClustered()
(PID:3956,TID:3220,11:17:56.837) TRACE: TMP: GUID_IO_VOLUME_MOUNT event received.
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.837) INFO: vdsutil::IsDiskClustered, NOT CLUSTERED
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.853) INFO: vdsutil::IsDiskClustered, ONLINE
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.853) LEAVE IsDiskClustered()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.853) ENTER IsDiskReadOnly()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.869) INFO: vdsutil::IsDiskReadOnly, disk is writable
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.869) LEAVE IsDiskReadOnly()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.884) ENTER IsDiskCurrentStateReadOnly()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.884) WARNING: IsDiskCurrentStateReadOnly, 2, error=1
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.900) LEAVE IsDiskCurrentStateReadOnly()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.900) LEAVE CVdsRawDiskLun::GetProperties() (IVdsDisk)
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.915) ENTER OpenDevice()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.915) INFO: OpenDevice:, 1, \\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.931) LEAVE OpenDevice()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.931) ENTER GetDiskLayout()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.947) ERROR: GetDiskLayout: DeviceIoControl failed: 13
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.947) LEAVE GetDiskLayout()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.947) ERROR: CVdsService::OnDiskLayoutChange, 7, path=\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_wd&prod_elements_1023&rev_2005#6&2429694&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}, 19
(PID:3956,TID:5716,11:17:56.962) ENTER CVdsService::RemoveObjectFromMap()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.962) LEAVE CVdsService::OnDiskLayoutChange()
(PID:3956,TID:5716,11:17:56.978) LEAVE CVdsService::RemoveObjectFromMap()
(PID:3956,TID:5792,11:17:56.978) LEAVE CVdsPnPNotificationManager::LayoutChangeNotificationHandler()
(PID:3956,TID:5716,11:17:56.978) ENTER CVdsDiskLun::~CVdsDiskLun()
(PID:3956,TID:5716,11:17:56.993) LEAVE CVdsDiskLun::~CVdsDiskLun()

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