drive is write protected

I just bought a WD 360gb external hard drive, I have vista home pre on my pc, every time i try to open or move a file to my external drive i get drive is wrie protected. as far as i know i did not do any thing to cause this can anyone help me remove thisconfused:confused

 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_turn_off_write_protect_on_your_hard_drive

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071209145450AAbkEK2

One of these two should help you. I hope one of the two helps you out. Post and let us know. Seems that it can be fixed simply by removing your connection and plugging it back in after a few seconds, lets Windows find it again.

 

In Vista, you can bypass drive security by right clicking on the drive in question. Selecting "properties", "security", "edit". Then add your Vista Login name to the list of users and selecting full read/write options. You'll need to be logged in as an administrator

 

thanks for your reply however when i right clic on my (F) external drive and then on properties i do not get a security option. i have sharing/drives/hardware/general but no security is there another way?? i do apperaciate all helpconfused