disk is write protected??? please help
 

OK, so all of my "know it all" kids have grown up and moved out, so I am a little behind in the newest technologies. :(

Can someone please help me get music from my computer to my mp3 player?

I managed to download from LimeWire and the music I want is on my computer. However, when I try to send the music to my SD/MMC media, I get an error message that says my disk is write protected. How do I fix that? :bangh:

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help this "empty nester" put some tunes on her phone.

It will most likely be a setting on your media player at a guess. It may be as basic as the old floppies or zip disks that had a write protection tab on them.

Did you read the SD/MMC media manual about how to add music files?
Some portable devices require other sofware to help add music to them.

You didn't give us brand or model information so it's difficult to advise.

Thank you, Lord of the Rings. I had no idea that tiny little memory chip would have a switch on it. :o That fixed my problem. :yahoo:

I was trying to put music on my Dad's phone, and he had lost the paperwork that came with his SD chip. So, I was winging it.

I really appreciate your help. :super:

There is something much deeper going on here. I have three usb drives and three MicroSD my phone, and two friends.

One USB drive, I copied a couple of downloads about a month ago - nothing to do with any music or limewire stuff.
My other USB drives, and also my phone and 2 friends phone chips I have easily and without trouble copied downloaded music onto. Suddenly, I cannot copy anything to any of these drives, every time I try, I get an "access denied" followed by "Disk is either full or write protected."

Nothing I earlierly copied, nothing from my own CD's, nothing I have downloaded months ago, not even saved web pages will transfer.

I have removed the 'read only' in properties. I have taken one hundred percent control of every file and 'disk' involved, I have tried to format all said memory devices, put them in several phones to format...
Nothing, everything I try gets an "Access denied, disk is either full or write protected"!!!! - When I try to format????? In the command promt with full ownership and priveledges????

This only started several days ago. I thought it might be that I have transferred music that has DRM still applicable, all sorts of stuff, but these disks are now unusable and I cannot delete anything from them, format them, or gain any hint of access in Windows vista, or another two computers with XP SP2 but that are not connected, or have been, to the internet.

I have tried syncing from WMP, syncing with activesync and the successor in Vista, on Blackberries, HTC win mobile 6.0, LG, Samsung, everything.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Help and input or being pointed in the right direction is very much appreciated. The only thing I can think of is some kind of SONY protection on something I have transferred, but still doesn't explain my USB drive with no media files on it whatsoever.

Thanks!

What brand & model of drives are they?

I am aware with some devices such as the small (mindblock what you call them, very small, flash I think) usb drives that depending on how they were originally formatted (eg: FAT), then both the number of files & space is limited. Number of files I think was the key issue last time I saw a similar issue. Question is why can you not copy 'from' those devices.

Check this article (yes it is old): http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hard...0275003,00.htm as it appears there is a password locking system.

Oh found that thread I was referring to earlier: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...x80070052.html does this apply to you? The person posted their answer in their last post.