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Can I Remove Write Protection On My Flash Drive?

Spoom182Spoom182 Registered User regular
edited December 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Hey, I lent a flash drive out to a not-too-tech-savvy friend, who apparently fucked up the drive. It now appears to have write protection it, and I can't transfer a single file to it. Also, Windows won't let me format the drive. Is there any way to remove the write protection?

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Have you checked to see if the drive has a little physical switch that enables write protection? A fair number of thumb drives have these and can get switched on accidentally.

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  • Spoom182Spoom182 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh man, now I feel like an idiot. I looked at that switch earlier, and it appeared to be in the "unlocked" position so I figured that wasn't the problem, but just nudging it to the other side and back fixed it. Thanks a lot man.

    Edit: While some files will transfer, it doesn't appear that all of them will. I can't get any .avi files to go over. Any suggestions?

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Nuke it and try again

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  • Spoom182Spoom182 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yep, looks like just deleting everything from it without reformatting worked. Thanks for your help, guys.

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