Write Protected Problem ?

Hi All

I have some problem in my flash memory. I cant copy, delete & format. When I do some thing 1 msg is shown that write protected.

Any Solution? Plz tell me what should I do?

Thanks

 

See if you can right click the drive and make it writable perhaps.

hope that helps,
Nigel

 

if it is on your server, instead of still being on your desktop... you need to change the CHMOD to 777 then you can do whatever you wish with it.

 

Solutions:

•First of all try to locate a small switch (if any, that you may have not noticed) at some place on the drive or memory card reader. This is the prime reason for this error. If there is one, switch it to the other side to turn the protection off.

•Yes I know this problem is also occurring these days without this switch but not to worry. Just download this helpful software from here and run it to execute a “low-level format” on the drive. This software is quite handy and may take few attempts to actually remove the error.

•The problem can also be caused by some virus activity so just get it scanned by some updated good anti virus which may solve your problem.

•BUT if none of the methods listed above solves your problem then your pen drive might have gone corrupted, so just get it replaced.

Hope any of the methods listed above solves your problem.

Update 1:

After the low level format, you may need to “Partition the drive“. Dont worry, partitioning a pen drive means allocating it its File System and Cluster Size that was lost after the Low Level Format.

For that:

1. Run diskmgmt.msc in Run.
2. In the disk management window, select the pen drive, right click on it and click on Format.
3. Now choose the File System and Allocation Unit Size and do not check the boxes below.

Click OK and the drive will be reusable after this.

Update 2 (Better Solution):

Follow the steps in this post and just put the value 0 (zero) in step 5.

 

possible of virus infected, clear and reformat then used some anti-spywares

 

That was read-only file.you must change.

 

I had the same problem with Verbatim 2GB Store&Go flash memory card. It suddenly became write protected but it had no any switcher to turn it off. I also couldn't copy, delete or format it.

First I tried to find any Verbatim Software to fix the problem, but they have no any proper soft to fix same problems. After that I found a lot of Apacer software that allow to restore Apacer flash drives after crashes. These tools didn't help me too.

The tools I've tried without success: HS20_Utility_Repair, Repair_v2.9.1.8A, EzRecover, Windows Disk Manager and Windows Disk Format Tool.

After all I've contacted Verbatim support team and they recommended me to return the USB drive to the shop where I purchased it. I followed the advice and they changed me the card to Apacer 2 GB. Now I'm happy and the new Apacer card works fine.

Thanks.