USB flash drive prob

I, i have a 512mb flash drive from pny, a few days ago i was copying some files from the drive when the ligths in my house went out, now every time i try to acess the drive it says the drive needs to be formated but when i try to format it it says that the drive is write protected. The drive has a switch on the side to change write protection on or off but i already to format with the switch in both positions and no luck. If i check the properties of the drive it says the filesystem is raw. Any ideas on how to fix it? i already tried pny tech support with no luck

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Have you tried the SEARCH feature here yet? There have been numerous threads started about this same issue lately that may be of help to you.

halo71 said:

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Have you tried the SEARCH feature here yet? There have been numerous threads started about this same issue lately that may be of help to you.

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Yes i did, i found another user who as more or less the same prob than me but no answers there https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?p=161888#post161888
Also found a lot of threads about probs with write protection but none of the solutions presented worked