EVERY TIME SYSTEM STUCK ON MESSAGE "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" ,
I have Intel Pentium 4 processor,
2 hard disk attached (Western Digital HDD Models name are :...
I've got a usb 80gb external hard drive. Is it possible to password protect the drive so that no users can access it except for myself?
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i get the "write protection" message when I try to copy to or drag and drop to this device. Never happened to me before. What is wrong and how do I fix it?
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Donnie616
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