Write protection fix on usb

Hi I thought I would let you know how I got rid of that sneaky write protection on my 16gb unkown brand usb pen drive. First go to device manager find drive and uninstall. Pull out usb drive and put back in to computer it will start to install the software for the usb pen drive once that is complete. Go to my computer go to usb drive right click and select format, when the format is open at the part which says volume, insert your pen drive letter, then select format and it will start formatting. Hey presto all done.

usb drive write protection garbage

Was having problems with usb drive as well. took advice from someones suggestion to keep your usb drive in the slot then reboot computer with flashdrive still plugged in.It worked great was able to reformat and can now load what ever i need to put on the flashdrive.. try it out see how it works for ya all...

USB Drive Write Protected

I had the same problem with my 16gig USB Flash Drive. I opened it up and looked at the board and assembly carefully and found that three of the pins on the memory model lost contact with the board. You will need some micro-soldering equipment and micro solder it back on carefully. My worked fine after that. I guess what happened is over time, the memory module over-heats and one or more pins become loose from the board. The problem with this is your USB flash drive will still appear to be working and is detectable by your OS, but you just can't write or delete anything off of it. If this is the case, software modifications or configuration will not work. The only way is to get those pins to contact the board.

Sometimes you have to look carefully. You might even have to get a strong magnifying glass to help you. Look for discolorations on the contacts. A lighter color usually is a sign that the pin has lost contact.

Hope this helps....

My 8GB Maxell Xtractor USB Stick had become "Write Protected", after I'd tried to batch-encode some media files contained on it. It wasn't physically damaged, there's no copy protect switch on the stick... Windows XP Pro was recognizing it as a removable drive, but was unable to format due to it being allegedly "write protected." It still displayed the correct drive size, albeit as a RAW format and not FAT32.

I tried all kinds of different formatting utilities. I tried booting in Safe Mode with DOS Commands and running a format; it still appeared to be copy protected. Nothing worked...

So, I added the Write Protection Registry BAT entry on this page:

troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/

I then amended the Registry Entry value to zero as suggested on that linked page - still no luck.

Out of frustration, I decided to try the JetFlash Online Recovery tool - even though my stick was manufactured by Maxell...

transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp?dw=1

Unbelievably, it worked. I don't know how, but it worked.

If anybody still has the same problem, I'd urge you try the JetFlash Online Recovery tool. Just make sure you unplug any other external drives with the same storage capacity as your USB stick, because it identifies the USB stick by disk size.

USB Memory Stick is Write Protected:

USB Memory Stick is Write Protected:
How to remove a write protection from your USB memory Stick if there is no Write protection ON or OFF button on stick then
1. Shutdown your computer or laptop
2. Insert USB Memory Stick into your laptop or Computer
3. Turn on laptop and then immediately start pressing (F8) key then Advanced Boot Options screen will come up
4. Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt
5. After loading files if your USB Memory Stick drive letter is (G) for example then write as
6. C:\windows\system32>G: and press enter
7. G:\>format G: and press enter
8. If ask you (Y/N) then press and press enter
9. Now a full format will start which remove write protection from USB Memory Stick.
Note:
Before removing USB from your computer, Always remove it safely by going into to my computer then right click on USB and click eject.

O my god!!How simple it was.I'm shamed.I'm a profesional in IT but i never learned the DOS commands.When i need one I ask a friend.Now hapened to be you. Thank you!

Worked for me, hopefully for you too

Well, we all seem to be down to Plan Z with no success, so maybe this will work for you also. I booted into safe mode (f8) and attempted to format by 4GB Centon drive. It failed. Fine. Whatever. Booted back into Win 7 and the drive was now listed as Raw. Attempted a format and voila....it actually worked!!! Worth a try.

Good idea!

Throwing it away is the best option. I just wanted to figure it out and it worked but after about a week of heavy use (very heavy use), it failed again. So, not worth the time and aggravation.

Diskpart

You guys can give this a try:

Go to a command prompt.
Type Diskpart
Select Disk X (The size should match your media) 1, 2, 3, or ect.
CLEAN

This should reset the disk and give you back all of your space. You can use the Disk Management Utility in Windows to Format and Reassign the Drive letter.

Rob

Answer

This actually worked (Even with a totally protected memory stick)

Please try the following to reinstall your flash drive and see if you can get it working correctly again:
Plug in the flash drive Right click on My Computer Choose Properties Switch to the hardware tab
There should be a button like "Device Manager".
Click on this. Find your flash drive on this list. Right click on it and choose uninstall. Unplug the flash drive, wait a few seconds then plug it back in.
You should now get a new hardware wizard dialog from which you can reinstall the drivers.
After reinstalling the drive test it again to see if it is working correctly and let us know. If these steps do not work; you can try rebooting the system after you remove the device before you re-install it.
Other wise we will be happy to replace it.

Taken from the corsair support pages.

This worked for me

I removed my usb drive and restarted my computer. Once the computer finished booting I inserted the usb drive and was able to add a file to the drive.