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I ended up wiping and reinstalling XP. The file system works properly now. XP is dead.

I'm going to wipe again and turn the crappy laptop into a home file server...assuming there's any real use...

I have an extreme example of this read-only folder deal.
I am trying to run iTunes on my little sister's Dell laptop (note that this is a dell that is screwing up...don't buy from dell.)
the specs...