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Postby witblits1970 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:39 am

i have a 64 gig PNY usb flash drive that has data on it that is "shared with no-one" i have tried to format the drive but MS, ubuntu , xbox, ps3, killdisk, dban, low level format, diskpart all wont format the drive since its "write protected" Next to stamping on it is there anything that can be done to format the drive and so remove the "write protected data"? i have backed up the data on the stick do there is no need to worry about loosing the data. the laptop the data came from has gone to laptop heaven and as such no chance of of getting anything from there if that was even possible.

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Re: write protected usb

Postby pch.shot » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:56 am

The drive may be damaged.
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Re: write protected usb

Postby witblits1970 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:49 am

pch.shot wrote:The drive may be damaged.

dont think so, its brand new.
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Re: write protected usb

Postby witblits1970 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:50 am

Blackwolf wrote:I have created two Registry files to enable or disable write protection. You can download a zip file that contains both files. ;)

This way you can disable write protection with a click on a file, and enable it again when you have copied files to the USB device.

write-protect.zip

ok thanks, is this for MS or ubuntu? sorry for ingorance
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Re: write protected usb

Postby witblits1970 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:03 am

witblits1970 wrote:
Blackwolf wrote:I have created two Registry files to enable or disable write protection. You can download a zip file that contains both files. ;)

This way you can disable write protection with a click on a file, and enable it again when you have copied files to the USB device.

write-protect.zip

ok thanks, is this for MS or ubuntu? sorry for ingorance

tried it on MS win 7 but no joy.
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Re: write protected usb

Postby witblits1970 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:29 am

Blackwolf wrote:Then the drive is corrupt. End of story. Sorry.

strange it was working perfectly till the time i copied data over which was a week or so ago. o well :?
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Re: write protected usb

Postby Micro » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:15 pm

It's not uncommon for usb flash devices to break easily. I've popped many by file extraction alone...
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Re: write protected usb

Postby pch.shot » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:34 pm

Here:
http://www.newegg.com/USB-Flash-Drives/ ... rder=PRICE
Spend 5 bucks and get a new one.
I have always had good luck with Kingston Data Travelers:
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Re: write protected usb

Postby Xanayoshi » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:43 pm

As an alternative, if the laptop stopped working for reasons not related to the drive the drive information is most likely recoverable. You can hook up the drive to another computer, and move the information that way.
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Re: write protected usb

Postby pch.shot » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:56 pm

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