Hey my man.I had the same problem and spent several hours on this thing.I did what you said about uninstalling the drive.and woit works. I understand how frustrating it gets, especially if formatting your hard drive is NOT AN OPTION! These steps worked for me, and I hope they work for you too. Note: Leave the hard drive plugged into your computer when you restart.ĩ) After the computer reboots and you log back in, Windows will now install the driver.ġ0) Once it has finished installing, you should be able to write onto the hard drive again. To do this, do the following:Ĥ) Make sure the hard drive is selected and then click Properties at the bottom.Ĩ) Follow prompts to Restart your computer.

This issue came up after I tried copying over 100 GB of data to my portable hard drive from my PC. I searched and tried all methods that were available online and none of them worked. I had the same problem on my Toshiba 1TB Canvio Basics USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive.