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Many OS reset a drive to readonly on severe IO errors. That should be visible in logs somewhere. (if not on the failing disk).<br />
on in the kernel buffer if not yet overwritten. <br />
I am sure Linux OS's do it, not sure if windows does it as well.<br />
This is to allow the disk to be read for copy/backup before it fails completely.<br />
(this is mostly also done on SSD drives, that have a tendency to fatally fail when there is no &quot;reserved&quot; space left to replace bad blocks with.<br />
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Addition: check the SMART status of your drive first, hardware can do the same. (esp in SDD case).
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Many OS reset a drive to readonly on severe IO errors. That should be visible in logs somewhere. (if not on the failing disk).
on in the kernel buffer if not yet overwritten.
I am sure Linux OS's do it, not sure if windows does it as well.
This is to allow the disk to be read for copy/backup before it fails completely.
(this is mostly also done on SSD drives, that have a tendency to fatally fail when there is no "reserved" space left to replace bad blocks with.

Addition: check the SMART status of your drive first, hardware can do the same. (esp in SDD case).

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I have a &quot;File Server&quot; Windows 7 Pro, (<u>not</u> a domain Server) that keeps everyone's files and documents. &nbsp;This has worked fine for a couple years. &nbsp;Suddenly for no apparent reason all files accessed over the LAN come up &quot;Read Only&quot;.<br />
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The &quot;File Server&quot; is about 4 years old. &nbsp;Could the Hard Disk Drive be failing?<br />
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Thanks fort any advice.<br />
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Biggles1
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I have a "File Server" Windows 7 Pro, (not a domain Server) that keeps everyone's files and documents.  This has worked fine for a couple years.  Suddenly for no apparent reason all files accessed over the LAN come up "Read Only".

The "File Server" is about 4 years old.  Could the Hard Disk Drive be failing?

Thanks fort any advice.

Biggles1

Is this Hard Disk Drive Failing?

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