My son recently attended an open house for the college he will be attending, and they gave him a 2 GB memory stick. Unfortunately, we can not use it, as it pops up as Write-protected on every computer it is tried in. Is there anyway around this? It has nothing to do with registry settings as all other memory sticks work fine.
My son recently attended an open house for the college he will be attending, and they gave him a 2 GB memory stick. Unfortunately, we can not use it, as it pops up as Write-protected on every computer it is tried in. Is there anyway around this? It has nothing to do with registry settings as all other memory sticks work fine.
Hiya Malofan, I am waiting on a response from the Admin to answer the topic and will give a reply when given instructions, please be patience and we get back to you.
I appreciate Jimbo's extra thoughtfulness, because we do occasionally receive requests to help break operating system and/or BIOS password protection… which we will not help with. I recognize that you are not asking for anything of the kind.
But in your instance of a "write-protected" USB, you are already able to "read" anything on the device.
The device is simply useless to you for any new write/read service.
So I'm happy to have Jimbo1 and others assist you.
Couple of thoughts off the top of my head…
– Some USB devices have an on/off style toggle switch on the device to enable or disable write protection… check for that.
– Using Windows Administrative Tools you may get a guick and easy fix by changing the device letter… change it to some letter such as Q,O, R, or S, that is not currently being used by your machine.
– Using Windows Administrative Tools you may be able to remove the partition from the USB device and reformat it.
———– Note: This would destroy any data presently on the device
– Most USB Device manufacturers (Transcend, Kingston, etc.) have a repair tool available on their Website.
———– Note: This again will likely destroy any data presently on the device.
– There is a Registry Change solution that you may have noticed while searching around the internet.
—– Using that Registry Change, may effect more than just the USB Device…. proceed with caution and only after full understanding. as a last resort.
– Ask additional questions if you are unsure.
Guess we're pooched then. Basically we were given an unformatted write-protected flash drive so we may as well throw it away
Thanks for the suggestions though
You can try the suggestions above via Administrative tools and with the manufacturer Website tools, if you can determine who made it.
Otherwise, yes. Sorry.
Thanks for the suggestions though