Windows 10: cannot write on USB hard drive

Discus and support cannot write on USB hard drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; hello my problem is kinda strange and very annoying this problem started a month ago when i try to access , copy or read data from my HDD there is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Zaref, Jun 25, 2016.

  1. ZAREF
    Zaref Win User

    cannot write on USB hard drive


    hello
    my problem is kinda strange and very annoying
    this problem started a month ago
    when i try to access , copy or read data from my HDD there is no problem at all
    but when i try to copy or move new data to my External hard drive copying speed drops from 30-60 Mb/s to few KBs for about a minute then spikes up few times then i get error message saying the location is not available
    on task manager the External HDD usage is 100% but 0 read speed and 0 write speed
    i tried checking for errors multiple times all tests were negative
    today windows asked me to check for errors
    i did it but this happened

    cannot write on USB hard drive [​IMG]

    i headed to events viewer to see the report it was full of
    full report is attached
    could you help please
    thanks in advance *Smile
    chkdsk.txt

    :)
     
    Zaref, Jun 25, 2016
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  2. JOHNPALLINO
    JohnPallino Win User

    Can users burn files from a write-blocked external hard drive to CD/DVD/Blu-ray?

    Hello,

    I have a hardware write blocker, which write blocks hard drives. Will it carry its write-blocking attributes if users can burn files from a write-blocked external hard drive?

    So far, from write-blocked USB drives, it does not permit to perform the same tasks.
     
    JohnPallino, Jun 25, 2016
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  3. MARKSANDERS1958
    MarkSanders1958 Win User
    Windows 10 suddenly Write Protecting USB Drives

    I am having this same series of problems. I am running Windows 10 Pro. Once established, I cannot remove write protection from USB connected drives whether flash, hard disk or otherwise.

    How can one remove the usb controllers with all human interface devices being usb connected?
     
    MarkSanders1958, Jun 25, 2016
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  4. BERTON
    Berton Win User

    cannot write on USB hard drive

    There could be many possibilities with the drive, with the USB port/s, with the USB controller on the motherboard, with the USB cable, etc. Could also be an issue using a USB 3.0 device on USB 2.0 port, a problem using a USB 2.0 cable when a USB 3.0 cable would be called for. I'd try the drive on a different computer to verify some of these points. Could also be the drive is going bad.
     
    Berton, Jun 25, 2016
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  5. ALPHANUMERIC
    alphanumeric New Member
    How old is the drive in the enclosure. Looking at checkdisk, either the drive is failing or the controller in the enclosure is failing. Other possibilities are a power issue. Does the enclosure have its own power pack?
     
    alphanumeric, Apr 5, 2018
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