Hi Jarot,
You disk is not actually read-only, what you are seeing is a side effect
of the way Explorer parses directories. For performance reasons, Explorer
does not check every file and folder within a folder for file attributes, so
it shows a green box under the read-only attribute. This indicates that the
folder is in an indeterminate state in regards to read-only files. If, for
instance, a folder contained many thousands of files, it could take an
extended period of time to open.
You can easily test this by going to a nonimportant folder and setting it to
read-only. You can then open the folder and take a look at an individual
file and see that it is in fact marked as read-only with a check mark. If
you then go back and uncheck the folder as non read-only, you will see that
the file is no longer set as read-only, but the main folder will always show
the box in place of the check mark for the read-only attribute.
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Jarot Budiono said:
i have win xp pro edition... an now my whole disk in my notebook became
readonly. i knew it when i saw it by properties in win explorer. there is a
"box" mark at read only in atribute, not check mark like other part of
atributes when we cheked them. when i tried to unmark that "box" mark, it
appear again when i saw in win explorer. please somebody help me.... i used
norton 2004 as my main antivirus, and i always update it's virus definition.
did my notebook attacked by some other virus or anything that not protect by
norton? .... what can i do to make my notebook normal again? any body
please help me.... an it may send to my email (e-mail address removed) thank's
