attach Help

I received three Files .mdf .ldf .ndf and a text how to use attach
but i always receive an error message "database is write protect ......"
What I do wrong ?
byeFirst of all, what did you do?|||Are the three files read-only at the O/S level? This can happen if the three files were sent as attachments in e-mail.|||could it be that the database already exists and in read-only mode?|||Are we even talking about SQL Server?

And when does the damn weekend start already.....

DECLARE @.Weekend datetime
SELECT @.Weekend = 'Jan 16 2004 17:00:00'
SELECT DATEDIFF(mi, GetDate(), @.Weekend)/60.00 As Hours_till_Margaritaville|||Sorry for mistakes
I'll start again
i have 3 Files xxx.mdf,xxx.ndf,xxx.ldf from originally sql7 ,from network and I'd like to atach to Sqlserver 2000; on sql server 2000 is the database not present
With Query Analyzer I tested i did:
Exec sp_attach_db
@.dbname="xxx",
@.filename1= "xxx.mdf",
@.filename2= "xxx.ndf",
@.filename3= "xxx.ldf"

With Sql 2000 Manager I use The menu attach

In both case i received this message "The Database is write Protect you
have to unptrotect.......

bye|||Right click on each file in succession, go to properties, and see if any of them have the read-only checkbox marked. If so, uncheck that box.|||I checked the free file , they all are not write protect|||As a test, see if you can rename one of the files. Maybe backup software, or virus scan has it open?

I just tried a test of re-attaching a readonly filegroup, and it worked. Although, I do not have access to a 7.0 machine, anymore to try out a readonly filegroup with an upgrade.

That sparks a thought. Do you have access to the database in it's original state? That is, can you see if the original database (on SQL 7.0) is read only or had read only filegroups?|||I can rename the files, and I open the file .ndf with an Hex editor
there are more line with read only inside the file

bye