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ZrByte · 23-07-2011, 07:23

I have seen this many times with hard drive video cameras. think a reformat of the drive is the only way to enable file deletion as its an intentional side effect of using xFAT as its designed for devices like video cameras that have the abilty to wipe files from the device itself.

23-07-2011, 07:23	#6
ZrByte Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wirral / Ex CWC Area Age: 43 Posts: 3,251	Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital) I have seen this many times with hard drive video cameras. think a reformat of the drive is the only way to enable file deletion as its an intentional side effect of using xFAT as its designed for devices like video cameras that have the abilty to wipe files from the device itself.