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General Tech => Hardware => : th3g00n July 21, 2012, 04:21:43 PM

: Removing Write-Protection
: th3g00n July 21, 2012, 04:21:43 PM

So i have this flash drive, 8GB and it was working perfectly untill the day it showed "Write-Protected". Dont say ask google 'cos i did and none of its methods worked...HELP?

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: ande July 21, 2012, 04:42:37 PM

Format it?

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: Kulverstukas July 21, 2012, 08:09:41 PM

I guess this depends on the flash drive. For memory-cards (SD) there is a small switch to write-protect the card. Could be the same with your flashdrive. If not, try to reformat it. If that does not solve your problem, try it on another system or another computer.

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: th3g00n July 21, 2012, 08:38:16 PM

When i try to format it says dat it cant cos itz write protected

EDIT: Can you guys help me...i need to submit my homework with it

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: ande July 23, 2012, 05:26:14 PM

: th3g00n  July 21, 2012, 08:38:16 PM

When i try to format it says dat it cant cos itz write protected

EDIT: Can you guys help me...i need to submit my homework with it

Boot up a *nix live CD and format it from there. Alternativelly boot up in a VM.

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: Kulverstukas July 23, 2012, 05:35:30 PM

Indeed do what ande said. I just remembered that this might be because you have a virus on there that prevents you from formating the drive.

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: th3g00n July 24, 2012, 02:27:55 PM

I inserted it into an Ubuntu 12.04 and when i tried to format, the screen distorted...

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: Kulverstukas July 24, 2012, 04:21:57 PM

this tells us nothing. Be as specific as you can about the problem...

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: th3g00n July 24, 2012, 04:59:16 PM

: Kulverstukas  July 24, 2012, 04:21:57 PM

this tells us nothing. Be as specific as you can about the problem...

I inserted it while running Ubuntu on another system and instead of formatting...the system froze

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: Kulverstukas July 24, 2012, 05:24:51 PM

weird stuff. Could it damaged in some way? maybe it was near a magnet or received a power surge? (very unlikely scenarios, but you can never know...)

: Re: Removing Write-Protection
: ande July 24, 2012, 05:36:14 PM

I say trash the darn thing and get a new one, its like 10-25$ or something.