Issue with WD 500 gb external drive

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Hi All,

I am facing a issue with my WD 500GB external drive.It was working fine -when I bought it 4 months back and I used it with Windows XP and back up all my old computer files.

Presently I am using Windows 7 Enterprise version and want to access my WD external for some old reference.

I can access the files but I can not modify anything in that drive- can not cut or paste anything in that drive.It is asking me to skip or get a permission to do the things.

Releasing that - I formatted the drive with windows7 and all files gone only one “Recycle” folder  is still sitting down there and I can not delete/format/cut the same.I am the administrator of my system so credential is not an issue for my computer.

Presently that drive is formatted and other than that folder - there is noting available in that drive - and I can not use the drive as it is not giving me the option to create a new folder inside that or paste some content inside that.

FYI - I scan the drive for virus and it is passed that also…

Please help me out here to use the drive with ease.

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In the drive properties give full permission to Everybody and see if that helps. Vista and Windows 7 can be a major pain with sharing/premissions. You may need to take ownership oof drive also.

Joe

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I have full permission for the drive.

FYI - Today I was trying to use WD Data Lifeguard Tool and wants to Full erase the disk.

But I got the error "Sector #3840-4096 :: Write Zeros error ! Continue " - and it was not erase the disk…

Please help me out to get rid of this problem…