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How to "change" a snaplock partition

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Ok experts.

When EV was first installed someone had the clever idea of creating a snaplock partition. Unfortunately it didn't work well and now (4 years later) we have moved the data onto a converntonal NTFS partition. We are going to destroy the original partition and attach the new NTFS partition back usign the same drive letter.

Once this is all done will EV just "know" it isn't snaplock partition and just read/write or do I have to do something in EV (or SQL) to tell it the partition is now read/write.

 

All ideas welcome.

 

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FreKac2
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First I would check with support wether it will be supported or if they see any issues with it.

Second, you would most likely need to edit the PartitionEntry table.

Haven't checked on a snaplock partition but most likely "ReadOnlyMedia", "WriteOnceMedia" and or "DeleteProtected" columns are set to 1.

On a plain simple NTFS volume they are set to 0.

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FreKac2
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified

First I would check with support wether it will be supported or if they see any issues with it.

Second, you would most likely need to edit the PartitionEntry table.

Haven't checked on a snaplock partition but most likely "ReadOnlyMedia", "WriteOnceMedia" and or "DeleteProtected" columns are set to 1.

On a plain simple NTFS volume they are set to 0.

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Sounds like a place to start.

 

Steve