Scratch disks are write protected or unavailable?

I tried all possible solutions but this one worked for me

for Win

Goto settings - virus & threat protection - ransomware protection - Allow an app throght Controlled folder access - add Adobe premier from add  button and done

Hi, 

So I tried every solution that everyone gave, but it didn't work for me. But when I went in to check the "read and write" permissions I noticed that my disk was full. After making some room on the hard drive and resbooting my computer, I opened Premiere up again and it worked. So, if you are like me and tried everything listed here already make sure that you go ahead and also check the storage of your disk! 

Happy Editing!

Katie

I used disk doctor in utility disk to scan my external drive, some errors were found and fixed.  the problem was solved.

Dominique.Few thanks!

Problem on Mac solved with removing the "/" from file name/project title.

Check your file name - I removed the "/" from my file name/project title and magic happened.

After almost throwing my mac out the window. Such a simple fix.

Hope it helps

I had the same issue on my work PC. I was rendering a project and somewhere near the end of rendering the computer freaked out and it seemed as though I had lost hours of work and tons of footage. I ended up just restarting the computer but when I tried to reopen the project I got the error that the drive was write protected....etc. etc.

Called IT and we worked on it for a few (minutes, hours, days, who knows) but it didn't work and we were left scratching our heads. We tried to give the drive all permissions, tried to make sure it was shared appropriately, did everything under the sun other than summon it back from the dead.

I finally tried to go deep into the drive and went into the tools section of the drive and had it do some error-checking and there were some errors that needed to be fixed! HALLELUJAH that was all that needed to be done, all is right with the world again. The sun is shining, water is blue again, flowers were blooming and I can get back to work and stop lollygagging in the forums.

Hope this helps someone.

This is what helped me. It was a permissions issue on my Mac.

In PP (CC 2014), I went to file > project settings > scratch disks.

Since there are 5 options, make sure that you have "read and write" permissions properly set on the folders that you have designated there.

For instance, for the "Captured Video" path, let's say your designated folder is set to Users/You/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/8.0.

I went in Finder to the parent Adobe folder (Users/You/Documents/Adobe), right-clicked the folder and selected Get Info.

After unlocked the lock on the bottom right, I made sure that for the permissions at the bottom, the user "everyone" was "read only", but ALL of the others were "read and write".

Then I clicked the little gear and hit "Apply to enclosed items" and confirmed.

This resolved it for me.

hope it helps someone!

I just found this: Re: Pre Pro Scratch disk write protected or unavailable???? : Adobe Premiere Pro

Hold down the option key, click the Premiere Pro icon and let the program start until the menu comes up. This will delete the preference files. It should work like a charm after.

Please let me know if works.

I have exactly the same problem. It happened when I updated to Mavericks.

Now all my old projects (created before the update)  get this message at the beginning.

When I click yes then the project opens but I need to reconnect all media. This is a real pain since I have about 10  quite complicated projects on the external hard drive and I just can't afford to waste time reconnecting all media and fiddling with it.

Any project created after the update works just fine, only the ones from before the update give me the error.

I've tried virtually everything under the sun. If anyone came across the solution please please post.

I'll keep you updated on how I get on.

Andreas you might find this useful: Adobe Premier Pro Scratch Disk is Write Protected or Unavailable | Arcturus Productions

Apparently helped a lot of people.