 | Junior Member with 4 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Polgooth Cornwall UK Experience: Intermediate | | flashdrive Write Protection Removal Hi People,
Can anyone tell me how the heck I can remove write protection applied by
Windows Xp to both of my flashdrives for some reason only it knows so that
I can add files to the drives which I am unable to do at this time.
The OS is xp pro with `1Gb coarsair Memory 240Gb drives in raid1 & A 80Gb
Spare IDE Drive , as these drives cost me 3/4 of a weeks pension I am not
AHappy Bunny right Now .
Thanks For Any Help
Blackdog | | Moderator with 96,611 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Well, some FLASH drives have a little write protection switch on them, that's the first place I'd look.
If not, have you tried to reformat them in Disk Management? | | Junior Member with 4 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Polgooth Cornwall UK Experience: Intermediate | | Hi John.
Yes I have tried to format from the manager only results in the same message
Windows has write protected this disk I have also got full Admin rights & have been through the help files etc 7 just about everything else | | Distinguished Member with 4,404 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southampton UK Experience: Advanced | | What make of flash drive are these that cost 3/4 of a weeks pension?
I have just ordered a 1g flashdrive for £29 delivered.
We need to understand the type you are using. | | Moderator with 96,611 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Or, we need to know what kind of pension he has! | | Junior Member with 4 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Polgooth Cornwall UK Experience: Intermediate | | Hi Bigbear,
The two drives in question are a Pockidrive cost£43 when bought the other
Is a myflash cost £26 when bought neither has a write protect switch Both worked fine 4days ago but there has been a windows update since then,a now I have this problem , by the way my pension is £ 84 weekly very weakly hi hi
thanks anyway
g4opl | | Moderator with 96,611 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | I suggest you try them in another system to see if it's an XP thing, or a problem with the drives. | | Junior Member with 4 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Polgooth Cornwall UK Experience: Intermediate | | Hi John,
I have tried both drives in a laptop & they work OK so I guess it is on this machine
In XP But cannot find any way of changeing the setting so far there does not appear
To be anything else affected.
Blackdog | | Moderator with 96,611 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Well, at least we know where to look. | | Distinguished Member with 4,057 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NW Corner of WA State Experience: Advanced |
22-May-2006, 05:41 PM
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