Hi Ranulph If a drive has errors, the OS will mount it read only, try running Repair Disk in Disk Utility on the drive. If that doesn't work, try erasing the disk (if it's just holding backups). If it regularly develops errors, might be a faulty drive.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] On 24 Jan 2013, at 07:19, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a seagate backup plus portable drive. > > Yesterday I could copy files to it. Today I can't. Looking at the permissions > I seem only to have read permissions. There don't seem to be any other > options. > > How can I get this disc so I can copy to it, again? > > Many thanks for thoughts, > > Ranulph > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
