USB flash drive write protection
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Hey guys, i found the problem for myself. i did all the troubleshooting and i found there was spyware doing this problem. what i would suggest is downloading spybot S&D because thats what i used and there will show spyware that gives you error messages like that, i deleted them and it works fine now, tell me if that works for ya. I just thought i would pass along the info
jen182 said:PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME PEOPLE!!!
I'm only 13 and i need your help
Well i just ripped some songs off my new taking back sunday album and they went into folder 'My music' i moved them to my folders where i keep my music and now im trying to copy and paste them onto my mp3 player file but its keeps coming up with a "warning" saying 'THE DISK IS PROTECTED. REMOVE THE WROTE-PROTECTION OR USE ANOTHER DISK'
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME TO GET RID OF THE WRITE PROTECTION AND PLEASE EXPLAIN IN A VERY SIMPLE WAY SINCE I FIND ITI CONFUSING
my brother wouldnt tell me how to take the write protection off since we had a fight =( please help me people
please give solution immediately by mailing to me.
I have trouble with removing of writeprotected usb can you give suggestions how to remove in xp service pack2
prasad66 said:
please help me I have NCP 512MB memory card usb. it is a rewritable one. the data could not delted it shows writeprotected. how can I remove that writeprotected.can u help me.
hello. i've got more or less the same problem. windows xp64. my disk is not copy protected though. after i format my memstick it says ' windows was unable to complete the format ' . i can delete the files but when i replug the stick the files are back. i tried using win98 to format but nothing... anyone?
I have experienced the same problem. I contacted the vendor and they suggest me to low-level format my flash drive. And it works! (They send me a link to download the lformat program) But my model is Apacer's. For more info in my case, visit my blog: Rescued my write-protected USB flash drive
I have a problem with my USB flash drive as well though it has nothing to do with "write protection" problems.
I was in the process of transferring music from one computer to another and my usb flash drive now (after working previously) says that it is full though no music files appear in the folder when I plug it in.
I'm not sure how else to delete these files or clear the drive completely.
If anyone can offer help that would be great, Thanks.
I was in the process of transferring music from one computer to another and my usb flash drive now (after working previously) says that it is full though no music files appear in the folder when I plug it in.
I'm not sure how else to delete these files or clear the drive completely.
If anyone can offer help that would be great, Thanks.
Hello, i have a problem on my usb drive... I saw a Post here in TechSpot about this problem but it doesnt work... THe file system of my Usb drive changed to Raw... I tried to format it but it says its WRITE PROTECTED... Any Softwares I used doesnt work... can anyone please help me. How can i remove the write protection of my usb drive? there is no switch on it... Please Help!
reply me which software repair my pen drive
dear sir
we try to formate my pen drive from killdisk software. but result is error.
so please solve my problem because my pendrive is write protaction .
thanking you
regards
bajranglal
we try to formate my pen drive from killdisk software. but result is error.
so please solve my problem because my pendrive is write protaction .
thanking you
regards
bajranglal
we unable formate my pen drive from any software so please solve my problems
thanking you
thanking you
After trying all the suggested routes to correcting this problem I tried one more thing which did work. Remembering that Macs were quite often not affected by the disk problems which affected PCs, I took my flash drive to a Mac and it had no problem. I used the disk utility to repartition it and when I brought it back to the PC it was once again working correctly. Hopefully this will also work for some of the others who have had the same problem.
fatbird said:OK – after an hour or so of faffing around :knock: , I think that I have found a possible solution. The problem seems to be something to do with Microsoft’s SP2 :dead: !
Here’s what worked for me (sorry for the *****’s Guide approach, but I used to :hotbounce hate it :hotbounce when I used forums and couldn’t understand what the technobabble meant!):
- Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ (without the speachmarks) > Enter
- Single-click on ‘My Computer’ > File > Export > save it to the Desktop (Always best to have a backup!!)
- Go to the following:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
[CENTER]*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text above, there shouldn't be, OK*[/CENTER]
- Double click on the string ‘WriteProtect’ and change the ‘Value Data’ box to ‘0’
- Then: File > Export > save somewhere useful as something like ‘StorageDevicePolicies001.reg’
- You also need to do this for the strings in any folders called ‘ControlSet***’ (* = any Digit, i.e. 001, 002) – for example: Everything is the same, just change ‘CurrentControlSet’ to ‘ControlSet***’
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
[CENTER]*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text above, there shouldn't be, OK*[/CENTER]
- Save these to the same place as before as ‘StorageDevicePolicies00*’
The saves are in case it reverts at a later date, just double click (saying ‘yes’ to importing these to the registry) on all of the files and it will all work again!
Absolutely BRILLIANT!
I'd been struggling with this one for WEEKS! Every USB writeable device (daughter's barbie MP3 player, PSP, etc., etc.) was behaving as if it was write-protected - & scouring the net brought up hundreds of peeps with the very same problem.
But...
I alter these reg-keys & BINGO! All is now well in USB-land. I'll be pointing others toward your good advice from now on...
A thousand thanx, fatbird, & a VERY merry Christmas! =]
Hey folks
i wish this message will solve all your problems but i just wanna tell a small story
even i was having this 'write protection problem' with my 1 GB USB until i reached this site and so many ppl having the same problem. Anyhow my bro. came until then and slapped me few times and just moved the small button on the USB. Hope all of u get help from this.
i wish this message will solve all your problems but i just wanna tell a small story
even i was having this 'write protection problem' with my 1 GB USB until i reached this site and so many ppl having the same problem. Anyhow my bro. came until then and slapped me few times and just moved the small button on the USB. Hope all of u get help from this.
USB flash drive problem and how I made mine work..!
I've had exactly the same problem and after some serious messing around and hair pulling I got my drive working again.
I rebooted my pc into safe mode with the drive in the slot, logged on as an admin and highlighted the drive without opening it. I right-clicked the drive, selected Format, then selected FAT as the file system and did a Quick format. It worked straight away...no hassles.
I then re-booted the pc into normal mode without removing the drive, logged on as normal and Hey presto....I now have a working flash drive.
I have no idea why the volume locks itself up and refuses to allow write operations. Microsoft want £60 to tell me about it via email so they can get stuffed. The net has all sorts of solutions and offers of repair usually boiling down to "make sure the switch is on/off" even if there is no darn switch to be had!! It must be a o/s fault but as yet I have found no one single solution to this annoying trait of Xp and it's usb drive hang-up. If I do find one....I'll post it!!
I hope this method works for you too.
Marvo_man.
I've had exactly the same problem and after some serious messing around and hair pulling I got my drive working again.
I rebooted my pc into safe mode with the drive in the slot, logged on as an admin and highlighted the drive without opening it. I right-clicked the drive, selected Format, then selected FAT as the file system and did a Quick format. It worked straight away...no hassles.
I then re-booted the pc into normal mode without removing the drive, logged on as normal and Hey presto....I now have a working flash drive.
I have no idea why the volume locks itself up and refuses to allow write operations. Microsoft want £60 to tell me about it via email so they can get stuffed.
The net has all sorts of solutions and offers of repair usually boiling down to "make sure the switch is on/off" even if there is no darn switch to be had!! It must be a o/s fault but as yet I have found no one single solution to this annoying trait of Xp and it's usb drive hang-up. If I do find one....I'll post it!!I hope this method works for you too.
Marvo_man.
Possible solution
I was having the same problem with with my 'Retail Plus+' 2gb drive (no switch wouldn't let me do anything)
go (in any folder) Tools >Folder Options >View
click show hidden files and folders
go to you flash drive there should be a file call fdlist i'm not quite sure but the icon will be faded
delete that file
go to my computer right click on your flash drive
click format then ok (it shouldn't give you the error)
then it should be fixed
I was having the same problem with with my 'Retail Plus+' 2gb drive (no switch wouldn't let me do anything)
go (in any folder) Tools >Folder Options >View
click show hidden files and folders
go to you flash drive there should be a file call fdlist i'm not quite sure but the icon will be faded
delete that file
go to my computer right click on your flash drive
click format then ok (it shouldn't give you the error)
then it should be fixed
i sorry to say this..but i hve too...i too have the same problem and i have tried all the above method and failed yet....finally i have detected that itz a virus...and i used most of the anti-virus soft to delete it..but still failed...so now some one please please.... tell me what to do now??????????
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