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My USB is write protected?

orangecat
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So I tried to copy some files to my new USB drive and suddenly it's telling me it can't write to the drive because it's write protected. I don't know how this happened or how to remove it.

 

I have the 128GB version of this drive: https://www.sandisk.com/home/usb-flash/ultra-fit-usb

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Try this:?

 

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

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-fix-write-protection-errors-on-a-usb-stick/

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10 minutes ago, X1XNobleX1X said:

Try this:?

 

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

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-fix-write-protection-errors-on-a-usb-stick/

Didn't work =(

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8 minutes ago, Kilobytez95 said:

Didn't work =(

Sorry, I couldn't help.

 

Maybe, contact Sandisk and ask them?

 

 

Where did you buy it from? Not from Ebay by any chance, some are fake and aren't actually their advertised storage.

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Just now, X1XNobleX1X said:

Sorry, I couldn't help.

 

Maybe, contact Sandisk and ask them?

 

 

Where did you buy it from? Not from Ebay by any chance, some are fake and aren't actually their advertised storage.

I bought it from Amazon being sold by BestBuy so I'm pretty sure it's not a knock off.

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