Flash drive help?

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I have a 32GB flash drive usb 3.0, just all the details in case you need them. It's just a home brand from a local store called Microcenter. I was using it for awhile and it randomly became write protected. I have tried to format the disk and it wont let me because its write protected.  i have also tried to use kill disk on it and that fails.  any help would be greatly appreciated.

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turn off write protection?

also, i've seen it where the drives have PHYSICAL switch that locks them in write protected

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Commissar, why don't you instead of giving a really obvious answer like "turn off write protection" actaully explain to him how to do it instead of just being annoying.

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umm, did you read the rest of it?

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Yeah it still says a vague answer "turn off write protection" then an alternative answer of a physical switch. I can't help him here but I wouldn't leave him a answer as obnoxious and counter productive as "turn it off."

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I have no personal experience with this but a quick google search and troubleshooting logic brings me to 2 solutions for you

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/unlock-write-protection-usb-drive-windows-7-26872.html

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/18/how-to-enable-write-protection-of-usb-devices-under-windows/

for the latter, make sure you make a system restore point, maks made a vidoe on how to do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itgVZXCQZTk

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Try doing an what he says in this video, always works when im having problems with one of my flash drives

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I had this happen once, If you are on windows:

1.Go into the start menue

2.Right click  the "computer" button then click manage

3.Go to the disk management thing

4.Delete the partition on the flash drive

5.make a new one (should probably use either ntfs, fat, or fat32)

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ya realize that you can embed.....

youtube.com/watch?v=SbvGOOjDWcw

 

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Sometimes it happens because there is a virus in your flash drive. Actually flash drive has no partitions so you can not use disk management thing and redo a partition of flash drive. Few things you can do is first is turn off the write protection. Secondly, if you are using a legal copy of antivirus then check your antivirus external devices settings. And third is go to cmd and allow a proper path and use format command to your flash drive. It will help to format your flash drive. bulk flash drives


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Thanks for this important information. It really helps me. I always used bulk flash drives and some time I face such problems. Thanks.