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Write Protected USB Flash Drive

Pride Chicken
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I plugged my UsB Flash Drive (Sandisk Cruzer Edge 16Gb) to a local Internet cafe near my school. I did some shits. then at home when I plugged my Flash Drive to my computer it is Write protected. I can take stuff from the drive but i can't Edit or put files on it. I can't Even Format the Fucking thing. I tried solutions like editing the registry and CMD

but none of these works. 

 

Can someone help me? 

Is there a Program that can disable this "write Protect"?

Thanks :D

 

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

 

 

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Same problem but a different USB and OS.

 

USB: Kingston G2 - 2GB

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate(Windows 10 just didn't work for me)

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11 minutes ago, Pride Chicken said:

I plugged my UsB Flash Drive (Sandisk Cruzer Edge 16Gb) to a local Internet cafe near my school. I did some shits. then at home when I plugged my Flash Drive to my computer it is Write protected. I can take stuff from the drive but i can't Edit or put files on it. I can't Even Format the Fucking thing. I tried solutions like editing the registry and CMD

but none of these works. 

 

Can someone help me? 

Is there a Program that can disable this "write Protect"?

Thanks :D

 

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

 

 

try disk management  

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computer management > storage > disk management 

or just use mini partition wizard

both give you more options than file explorer  

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1 hour ago, RedWulf said:

computer management > storage > disk management 

or just use mini partition wizard

both give you more options than file explorer 

the format option is greyed out...

 

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1 hour ago, Pride Chicken said:

the format option is greyed out...

 

This is what a quick google search got me, maybe 1 of these methods will help.

 

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/how-erase-write-protected-usb-drive-or-sd-card-summary-3633096/

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it's possible that due to many crapped out cells in the NAND flash, the drive entered read only state to preserve existing data - it's quite common

 

if you have personal data on it, smash it with a hammer

if you don't and it's still under warranty, RMA it

 

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2 hours ago, zMeul said:

it's possible that due to many crapped out cells in the NAND flash, the drive entered read only state to preserve existing data - it's quite common

 

if you have personal data on it, smash it with a hammer

if you don't and it's still under warranty, RMA it

 

sad..

 

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