-- Posted by redhotchilis64 at 8:35 pm on June 17, 2009 I had a hard drive that I took off of my old computer, which had Ubuntu 9.04 running on it. The hard disk is full of Linux files and a Linux OS. I got a casing for the internal drive to make it external. My computer (64 bit Vista) recognizes it, but I can't format it or write to it. I get an error reading: "Cannot format disk, media write protected". Any ideas? -- Posted by KiwiKi at 8:36 pm on June 17, 2009 PSH! Vista...I'm downgrading...if you can even call it that. -- Posted by Grindcoremalice666 at 8:37 pm on June 17, 2009 Read Only mayb idk -- Posted by espresso8097 at 8:37 pm on June 17, 2009 Stick in a Linux Live-CD and try formatting it from there. -- Posted by farmer5123 at 8:39 pm on June 17, 2009 just get a version of a Linux live-Cd from pendrivelinux.com and try to format from there -- Posted by redhotchilis64 at 8:39 pm on June 17, 2009 Quote: from KiwiKi at 11:36 pm on June 17, 2009 PSH! Vista...I'm downgrading...if you can even call it that. I know Vista is a joke, I get a free upgrade to Windows 7 in October though. I just have to deal with it for a few months... -- Posted by redhotchilis64 at 8:39 pm on June 17, 2009 Quote: from farmer5123 at 11:39 pm on June 17, 2009 just get a version of a Linux live-Cd from pendrivelinux.com and try to format from there Didn't think about that, good idea! Will try. thanks! -- Posted by Sector Corrupt at 12:26 am on June 18, 2009 The real question is why someone would ditch linux for Vista...But yeah, anytime you think "I need to format/change partitions" you should instantly think "LIVE CD" -- Posted by wind at 9:31 pm on June 26, 2009 yeah linux is god of all oses, but i dont know why everyone bitches about vista i have never had a problem out of it and i have been running vista business x64 for 2 years now