I have had some similar problems in the past and followed something like this:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-file-search-indexing-options/">http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-file-search-indexing-options/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>as well as never allowing windows to repair the volume in question. Although windows complains about needing to repair (and I never let it) the problem did not persist. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Dennis J Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
No. Writing just became unavailable. I wasn't aware that it could be turned off. Or why anyone would want to.<br>
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On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 05:27:04 PM daryl kuchay wrote:<br>
> Did you turn off indexing on the widows side for the drives in question?<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Dennis J Perkins <<br>
> <a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I don't know if anyone in CLUE has seen these issues, If you have, do you<br>
> > have a solution?<br>
> ><br>
> > Two Seagate FreeAgent drives quit working properly with Windows. Windows<br>
> > could still see them but writing would fail. Linux couldn't write to them<br>
> > either. I<br>
> > reformatted them and put a fileystem back on, and they work again.<br>
> ><br>
> > I have a couple of USB memory keys that I use with Windows and Linux. I<br>
> > can't write to them from Linux anymore but Windows can. I can probably<br>
> > reformat them<br>
> > and be able to write to them again, but I'm trying to find out what<br>
> > happened. The keys that I use only with Windows have never had this<br>
> > problem. I'm guessing<br>
> > that Windows did something to those two keys.<br>
> ><br>
> > The Seagate is automatically mounted so only root can write to it. My<br>
> > Passport, on the other hand, mounts so a normal user can write to it. I<br>
> > might need to dig<br>
> > down into the udev configuration to find out what is happening. Maybe the<br>
> > Seagate is being identified as a 3 1/2" internal drive; it's certainly big<br>
> > enough for it.<br>
> ><br>
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