external hard drive help

#1

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I just got my external enclosure to convert my WD 1TB caviar black internal hdd to am external hdd. When I plug it into my laptop to use it as an external hdd it says that it is write protected. I've tried everything to remove the write protection and it wont go away. Anyone know how to remove it?

#2

gr8stalin

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/245174/restore_access_to_a_write_protected_hard_drive.html

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/external-hard-drive-remove-write-protection/6320592e-3986-4e9a-9df2-ab0d1e8e85cc

First two relevant articles on page 1 when I put "external hard drive write protected" into Google

http://www.pcworld.com/article/245174/restore_access_to_a_write_protected_hard_drive.html

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/external-hard-drive-remove-write-protection/6320592e-3986-4e9a-9df2-ab0d1e8e85cc

First two relevant articles on page 1 when I put "external hard drive write protected" into Google

#3

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#2 those were the first two things I tried and they didn't work. Thanks though.