Read only folders - how to get rid of them

[Crackle]

As an aside

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Page 37 - don't think I haven't noticed.

 

[psmiffy]

Page 37 - don't think I haven't noticed.

Page 40 plus the floater

Edit - just need to get my files back under my control

 

[psmiffy]

So - I now have access to the dashboard - and my passwords are now working - but nowt mentioned in the dashboard about defaults for file attributes - looks like im going to have to play with DOS

 

[Crackle]

Still the same after the reboot?

Is it DOS or Linux. Mine runs on Linux.

 

[psmiffy]

No idea what it runs on - something peculiar maybe - Im going to attempt to change the attributes using DOS command on the mapped drive - if that doesnt work I will make a backup of the backup and have a go at that on the C: drive

 

[Crackle]

I'm no expert on SAN's but check under disk manager whether it appears as NTFS file system or UDF. I would guess the latter and if so you'll probably have to use Linux commands, like chmod. I'd be searching the WD knowledge base first and raising a support issue with them in the meantime. It might not be as simple as trying to change file permissions.

 

[psmiffy]

It says it is NFTS but ive just been reading some other stuff which made it sound like it was not - maybe W10 only thinks it is NFTS

it seems that it is an old problem with the firmware update - I remember now that I turned off updates when I went on holiday last year - so if i did want to get any files i wouldnt have to wade through an update - Its been plug in and forget - but I changed a few things last week and accessed it via the interface rather than as a mapped drive - the update came up- -

bldy W!0 is demanding to be updated now -

 

[psmiffy]

I seem to have regained control of my files but not the folders - getting confused

 

[psmiffy]

Nearly everything back to normal - can save a new file - can save an old file - however if i go to save a file as a copy with a different name it tells me that the folder is read only - press more options and the save box comes up - just carry on and save it to the supposedly read only folder

No idea what I did to fix it - appears as far as I can tell to be a glitch in W10 but I dont think that is the full story - many thanks Mr @Crackle

While I am on computers - SSDs - Ive got a small cache one in this PC - Ive never seen it do anything - googling seems to suggest that unless the HDD is doing repetitive stuff it doesn't do much

so ?

CPU whirring away 18% - memory 38% - HDD 11% SSD 0% - 13windows open on 2 desktops on 4 screens

1. Does it do much?
2. Can you ever see it doing anything?
3. If it should be visibly doing stuff is there an on/off switch?