# I cannot start a site and get an error message

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**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/i-cannot-start-a-site-and-get-an-error-message/38798 "2023-08-29T11:32:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/i-cannot-start-a-site-and-get-an-error-message/38798/4 "2023-09-12T14:18:57Z")

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Hi @lukaszk

There is a similar thread that I just responded to. There could be a few different reasons for this error. If you’re sure that antivirus is not in the way there might still be a permissions issue, full disk, or corrupted disk causing trouble. Some more details are here:

> [@How do I fix this? I had just finished a site for a customer](https://community.localwp.com/t/how-do-i-fix-this-i-had-just-finished-a-site-for-a-customer/38965/11):
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> The errors in your log are very similar to another post I’ll share below. For example: The innodb\_system data file 'ibdata1' must be writable Usually with these types of errors the culprit is something like antivirus, but if you’re certain that isn’t an issue then it could be permissions getting blocked elsewhere, the disk is out of space, or maybe corrupted. I’ll share some threads below with similar errors and potential workarounds. Something you might have to try if nothing else works is ex…

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