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VirtualBox shared folder write permission - Ubuntu 12.04
I'm using the following command to mount my folder in VirtualBox:
sudo \mount -t vboxsf -o rw -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 Dropbox ~/Dropbox/
But the folder is read-only. What can I do about it?
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Disable write-protection on Micro SD
My task today is to open up and copy some files to 700 brand new micro SD cards.
As I get going on this task I am finding that some of the Micro SD cards are telling me "sorry this drive is write ...
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Pen Drive automatically got Write-Protected
I had given a pen drive of mine to a friend with some data on it.
He only put it on his Windows 7 powered Acer netbook, didn't eject (unmount) it before pulling it out.
When I again plugged in my pen ...
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Cannot write, format, nor erase flash drive
I have a 4gig flash drive, which I can read from but not write on, erase, nor format in any computer (tried in 7 different computers including xp, vista, and win7).
I want to erase all the data ...
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Windows PDF viewer that auto-refreshes PDF when compiling with pdflatex
I'm writing a LaTeX document and am using the command line to compile the LaTeX code into a PDF document. In Linux I would just open the PDF with Evince PDF Viewer, and whenever I recompiled the LaTeX ...
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How do I fix a USB stick that now says it is write protected? [closed]
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Remove the write protection from an USB flash disk
My USB stick was working completely fine, but now I'm trying to copy some files and it won't work, saying that it is ...
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USB drive: “Media is write protected” on initialize after drive swap WD MyBook Essentials
I got a WD MyBook Essentials the other day but after a week or so the drive physically broke.
I tried opening the case and replacing the drive with another SATA WD drive I had lying around. This ...
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How to make USB drive or pen drive write protected? [closed]
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how to write protect a USB key ?
I have a pen drive which I used to carry some files from my laptop to other public computers, these public computers are virus infected. ...
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USB Hardware vs. Software Write Lock
I'm in the market for a USB flash drive, and remember this cool feature a tiny 32MB flash drive of mine had: a write lock switch. This seemed like it would be an amazing feature to have as a shield ...
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Can't remove write protection in Windows 7
I have a problem with the write protection of Windows 7. All my files in my users folder are protected and it is impossible to remove. When I uncheck the checkbox, a progressbar runs threw but ...
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how to write protect a USB key?
I'm looking for a solution to write-protect the contents of a USB key. The idea is to prevent its contents from being inadvertently removed by the user or changed by malicious programs -- not to ...
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How does one turn off all writing to attached disks in Windows 7?
I would like to turn off writing to all non-system disks in Windows 7, including indexing, I would like for the functionality to be equivalent to mount -o loop,ro in Linux if possible. Is there a way ...
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How to make read-only a partition on external storage? And revert to normal?
Sometimes, I have to give my external storage someone else. But, I am worry about files and folders which accidentally deleted, moved, changed etc... Therefore, it is enough that data on the disk can ...
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Remove write protection in Windows
Why do I always get "cannot write please remove the write protection" when I copy files on C: ? I selected that my account have full control, but i still get this error. What can I do ?
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Windows 7: how to remove write protection for my SD memory card?
I am not able to write anything to my SD memory card, using Windows 7.
How can I remove the write protection?
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failed to format the device
I want to format my pendrive kingston 4 GB, but i can't. I used gparted in live cd(remove partition and create new) also program HP USB Disk Storage Formatting (error: failed to format the device) but ...
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Make a USB drive read only
I have a 1.5TB USB drive with many important files that I want to give to a friend (they have Windows7) for reading only purposes. thumbscrew appears to flip a registry switch but it seems to be on ...
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Remove the write protection from an USB flash disk
My flash disk encountered an error saying that it has been write protected, so of course I can't even copy files or even format my flash drive.
What happened to my flash drive to cause this?
Any ...
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usb write protected! [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove the write protection from an USB flash disk
i have problem in pen drive. when i copying my data in usb then a message occur that drive is write protected.
how can ...
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Outlook 2007 Backup to D:\Outlook Fails - Access Denied, Write-Protected or File In Use
I can successfully save the Outlook PST file to the default location on the C drive (C:\Documents and Settings\user\ ... \Outlook) but when I change the backup save to directory to Outlook on the D ...
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How can I deactivate the write-protection in an OpenOffice-document?
I activated document-protection for a document (Open Office on a Macbook, very recent download), and now I can't deactivate it. Though I should be the user who is allowed to read and write, I can't ...
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Portable hard disk with write-protect switch
I'm looking for portable hard disks that have a physical switch (with or without key) to make it "read only" to prevent modification.
Is there a particular keyword I should look for that designate ...
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How can I edit system files in Windows Vista/7 from Explorer?
In Windows Vista/7, when I open a system file (say, system32/drivers/etc/hosts) with an editor (I am using Notepad++, but I guess it can be anything else) and make some changes to it, I cannot save ...
