Cannot Lock Current drive...
I am getting the above error. I noticed it after I scheduled a routine maintenance disk Error Checking on my Windows 7 64-bit laptop and realized it was not running it on reboot.
I rebooted to the Windows 7 installation repair disk and from the Command prompt got this error: "Cannot Lock Current drive... Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected".
I have tried everything ... the drive was not giving any problems. I downloaded and installed the Seatools for Windows ... it runs the scans and does not report any problems on the drive.
Has anyone experienced this error on Windows 7?
I rebooted to the Windows 7 installation repair disk and from the Command prompt got this error: "Cannot Lock Current drive... Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected".
I have tried everything ... the drive was not giving any problems. I downloaded and installed the Seatools for Windows ... it runs the scans and does not report any problems on the drive.
Has anyone experienced this error on Windows 7?
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In the BIOS there is no password set for anything, TPM is disabled. Also tested with HDD Regenerator and Spinrite ... I noticed though, that it seemed to be using PIO ... Not DMA (got to check again with Spinrite).....
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Thanks Caracena... I have a full image of the drive and all the data backed up. What I really want is to find out what is causing this? and how to fix it?
I have already removed the drive from the laptop and I am testing it from another computer and getting the same error ....
Bits ...
I have already removed the drive from the laptop and I am testing it from another computer and getting the same error ....
Bits ...
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Oh ... and just in case someone asks... yes... I did change to drive D before running chkdsk...
Also verified the drive status according to the following:
Here's the procedure for checking the disk status.
Open cmd window running as administrator
Run diskpart.exe
At the "DISKPART>" prompt enter the following commands. Text from // onwards is a descriptive comment
>list volume //shows volumes and drive letters
>select volume n //set focus on desired volume number n from list
>detail volume //gives detailed attribute list for selected volume
Here's the listing I get for my D-drive. (Note that extra spaces have been removed by the forum display.)
DISKPART> detail volume
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 190 GB 5812 KB
Read-only : No
Hidden : No
No Default Drive Letter: No
Shadow Copy : No
Dismounted : No
BitLocker Encrypted : No
Volume Capacity : 500 GB
Volume Free Space : 250 GB
Also verified the drive status according to the following:
Here's the procedure for checking the disk status.
Open cmd window running as administrator
Run diskpart.exe
At the "DISKPART>" prompt enter the following commands. Text from // onwards is a descriptive comment
>list volume //shows volumes and drive letters
>select volume n //set focus on desired volume number n from list
>detail volume //gives detailed attribute list for selected volume
Here's the listing I get for my D-drive. (Note that extra spaces have been removed by the forum display.)
DISKPART> detail volume
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 190 GB 5812 KB
Read-only : No
Hidden : No
No Default Drive Letter: No
Shadow Copy : No
Dismounted : No
BitLocker Encrypted : No
Volume Capacity : 500 GB
Volume Free Space : 250 GB
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Try using "disk" instead of "volume" in DISKPART. Your problem is the disk. Not a particular partition inside of it. Post the results.
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Yes... this disk has S.M.A.R.T. It is the first test the Seatools for Windows offers to run on this Seagate drive. As I mentioned before, I ran them all: S.M.A.R.T., Short DST (Drive Self Test), Long DST, Short Generic, Long Generic.
I didn't run any of the "Advanced Tests" since it would ruin the data (I will leave this for last in case I have no other option but to format the drive and just need to verify it is not a hardware problem). First I want to see if I can find out what the problem is and how to solve it without having to just restore the image, which would solve the problem but leave us without an answer as most who have encountered this same problem (If you do a Google search no one really has found out why this happens).
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I didn't run any of the "Advanced Tests" since it would ruin the data (I will leave this for last in case I have no other option but to format the drive and just need to verify it is not a hardware problem). First I want to see if I can find out what the problem is and how to solve it without having to just restore the image, which would solve the problem but leave us without an answer as most who have encountered this same problem (If you do a Google search no one really has found out why this happens).
Bits ...
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I guess I'm not used to asking and closing questions. I'm trying to Accept and Award Points on CommentID:33692770 and I keep getting an error saying "...
Each point split must be at least 20 points...". I am doing this (see attached pdf). I will request a moderator help me close it.
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Close-Question-for-Cannot-Lock-C.pdf
Each point split must be at least 20 points...". I am doing this (see attached pdf). I will request a moderator help me close it.
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Close-Question-for-Cannot-Lock-C.pdf
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