Kingston USB write protected

[kickby]

Hi gang!

 

I am trying to rescue a BIOS but I can't my USB to work. SUPER TECH TIP FUN!

 

I have a Kingston DataTraveler. I have formatted it into FAT32 fine but it won't let me copy any files to it claiming it is write protected. Diskpart tells me it isn't write protected. I have reformatted a couple of times with no write protected errors, but still cannot move any files onto it.

 

Anyone seen this before? Any ideas?

[Guest]

If diskpart doesn't have the read only attribute set then it's probably because the Drive itself detected an error and put itself into a read-only state to preserve data. If this is the case then the drive is dead.

 

Steps To Clear The Read-Only Mode From Windows* Command Prompt Using Diskpart

[kickby]

Hi yeah, Diskpart doesn't show it as being write protected. I tried to clear it anyway but it didn't change anything.