Windows 10: My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive...

Discus and support My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Western digital my passport 5TB plug and play is read only on my Dell inspiron with Win 8.1 and Mcafee antivirus. It works fine on other machines with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by PhilipOsso, Sep 30, 2022.

  1. PHILIPOSSO
    PhilipOsso Win User

    My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive...


    Western digital my passport 5TB plug and play is read only on my Dell inspiron with Win 8.1 and Mcafee antivirus. It works fine on other machines with Win.10. A previous external hard drive of the same make and model, also worked fine on my machine.The basic fixes:- going through the security in properties on the drive, show both read and write ticked but these can not be unpticked and the "apply" button is greyed out. I am not a computer geek and do not wish to try anything more complicated going into the black scree registry area as some sites are suggesting.

    :)
     
    PhilipOsso, Sep 30, 2022
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  2. COBRASL
    cobrasl Win User

    External Hard Drive (WD Elements) is visible in PW but not in explorer

    followed steps..

    the partition displayed as below...


    My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive... [​IMG]


    as advised I selected "list".. and for a long time it was like this..


    My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive... [​IMG]
     
    cobrasl, Sep 30, 2022
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  3. LSPER
    LSPER Win User
    My WD Passport external hard drive won't open

    My WD Passport external hard drive won't open. It's listed in device manager and in the properties is listed as "working properly".
     
    LSPER, Sep 30, 2022
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  4. ANNEFOX1
    AnneFox1 Win User

    My Win 8.1 computer or antivirus is preventing writing to my external WD hard drive...

    I can not find my WD external hard drive on my newest computer to download?

    I have opened the file you suggested but how does that assist me to get the WD external hard drive connected to the computer
     
    AnneFox1, Sep 30, 2022
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