Date: 02/28/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

Using Windows XP Pro SP2.

I presently have three hard drives attached to my system: the main drive (13GB?), a second internal drive (160GB, divided into two partitions), and an external 250GB drive. All are formatted NTFS, and none is compressed.

I haven't checked the main drive yet, because I'm not directly using it in this scenario. I have a large number of files I want to transfer from one drive to the other for space reasons. Every once in a while, I get an error saying the file is being used by another process. Long story short, I finally figured out the "other process" was the fact that the file was read-only, and the cut-n-paste operation was unable to delete for that reason. Simple enough solution: I right-click on the top folder in the hierarchy, choose "Properties," uncheck "read-only," and hit "apply." Everything gets reassigned. I click OK. Long story even shorter, a number of hours later I get the same error, check again, the folder is back to read-only. I set the attribute again, hit Apply, hit OK, hit properties on the folder again immediately, and the folder is once again set to read-only.

How do I clear all files of the read-only attribute permanently? There are (or should be) no hidden or system files in any directory I'm working with-- it's all MP3s.

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