How to get rid of the USB that says it's been write protected.

@blena07 (105)
Malaysia
June 27, 2007 5:51am CST
I try to format my thumbdrive and it says I have to remove the write protected.It took me two days and I could not figure it out.Could someone advice me
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4 responses
cecortez
@cecortez (45)
• Philippines
27 Jun 07
Theres a little switch or button on one side of the thumb drive. Use it to switch from to disable the write protect before you insert your thumb drive.
blena07
@blena07 (105)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 07
Thanks,I could not locate the switch,it only have something on side for me to push the thumdrive out to be insert in the port,There are files containing virus and cannot be clear and it says media is write protected.Remove write protection and specify an action.So what am I suppose to do.
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jodel_ross
@jodel_ross (15)
• Philippines
28 Jun 07
I have read the thumbdrive specs (at least some of its models), it has an encryption feature. Maybe, you have enabled such and you failed to enter the correct password whenever you want to access data in it. Please refer to your users manual to see if you have actually enabled such feature.
Silencio Barnes
@silenciobarnes (249)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Like Jodel says above, post the make and model of the thumb drive. If possible, maybe a picture too...just because. I had a similar problem with a flash card. The write protect switch was broken off, I had to open it up to fix it.
jodel_ross
@jodel_ross (15)
• Philippines
27 Jun 07
Some USB drives have a switch that determines the write protection of the device. Try to locate it. If it doesn't have any, kindly post the brand or model of the device. I'll gladly help you solve this problem of yours.