hey can some one help me i have a kingston d=DTI/2gb usb and the write pretection is on i looked all over it for a write protect SWITCH but theres non and it says when i try to format it this is write protected its file systems under FAT (default) and i dont know how to fix it can you help me


ty zeyk.

hi all,
i have having problem with my usb flash drive. i was trying to format my pny flash drive and it dont work. all it says that please insert in to disk F:. also it show the memry is full. can anyone tell wht can i do please.

Save this data below in a notepad.Pls rename the file to 'Write on USB.reg' and run it, to remove the write protect on USB.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000

Thanks,
Asha

Hi! All Posters

Many of the suggestions are valid, but when a particular poster has success with reply that solves his problem. they do not get back to thank the for the reply and we don't know if they had success or not.

Asha K gave a suggestion which in many cases would solve the problem
There are thousands of USB pen drives advertised on eBay and other sites which are of poor quality, and even badged with names that are fictitous, and some of which are already unreliable.

Having said that , I recently found that many of my friends/clients, had a probem with a multiple extionsion plugged into a pc usb port. But when they disconnected the extension and plugged direct to the Pc the pen drive worked perfectly.

Another thing often overlooked is that before you remove a pen drive after use, you go to your task bar, right click on the pendrive icon (or drive letter) and access the remove drive safely, if you dont this can in many cases cause loss of data and in some cases corrupt the drive.

I would also like to say that when reading a post, that the person answering, looks at all the posts that were suggested previously, as some of them are the same answer/question that has already been answered.

Hope this is helpful

Kind Regards
Take Care

Vic UK & Germany

My model is Apacer Handy Steno HT 202 and I have had the same problem. I contacted Apacer's support and they replied me with the link to download the lformat program (You can find it at their website - Apacer.com). If you need more info in my case, you can visit my blog - http://m3rlinez.blogspot.com/2007/01/just-rescued-my-write-pro...d-usb.html

Hope this helps.

That completely did the trick. The link was not correct but the files are still onsite. Go to the Apacer_dot_com website and search for the HT203 Handy Steno Repair Tool.

I tried the registry hack, no luck
I tried to use a linux box and a macbook to format, no luck.

This program took about 5 seconds to reformat the drive and now it works perfect.

Thanks!!!

PS: This was a Patriot xporter 2 gig drive

If that doesn't work (it didn't for me) try the following. 100% successful here:

- Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ then hit 'OK'.

- Browse to the following key:

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

- Double click on the string ‘WriteProtect’ and change the ‘Value Data’ box to ‘0’

- You may also need to do this for the strings in any folders called ‘ControlSet***’ e.g.

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

HTH

I have the same problem with my flash memory it's USB Mobile Disk 2.0 "write protected" and when i tried the solution of the registry I stopped at the step of "StorageDevicePolicies" I didnot find it in my registry I'm using windows XP with SP2 so please help me I don't want to loose my flash

i have a kingston DT mini and the first error that occur is the disk is write protected and i cannot re format it..
after exploring every possible solution.. the error turned into "PLEASE INSERT DISK IN THE DRIVE"..
Is there any possible solution to this problem???

My Mr FlashU172 has no switch. I could not format it with XP but this worked:

1. copied the contents to my desktop (or wherever)
2. checked in My Computer to verify the drive letter of the flash drive (in my case E
3. Start - Run - typed cmd
4. at the prompt, typed format e: (careful!! Be sure the drive letter matches yours)

Good old DOS !

I hope this works for you.

Hi, I read your post about the switch on the thumb drive.. Well blow me away.. I can build a computer but never knew tthumb drives had switches.

I found mine and got rid of the stuff on it.. Thanks.. I checked my other thumb drive as well. That had no switch.

Carol

Joe Fish said:




Its' great i used two days to solve this, finally found a great program Take me only 5 second to solve. Thanks! Hope you all can try this format program

zar athustra said:

Um hello this doesn't work for me, I get to the part where I am suppose to find the last part and it is no where to be found, Is there a solution to this or not? My computer is Hp Pavilon V70s so says on the moniter. The tower says Hp pavilon 533w. My usb is called AVB and is write protected and It is annoying the heck out of me that I can not delete or add anything in it. Someone out there please help me out!
thanks so much

What size drive is it? You may be able to download the drivers and tools here http://www.supermediastore.com/pendrive.html

XP SP2
USB 1GB

problems
-write protection error when trying to copy to it

No problem with
-deleting files
-formating

the problem is corrected temporarely by formating the drive which made me think its a virus
later i actually discovered the autorun.inf virus but after removal of the virus the problem persisted
actually it seems that the drive can not carry information beyond a certain limit (in may case about one fifth of its actual capacity) when it gives that error. I can never fill it

I think that drive failure is the most probable explanation as other USB drives do not produce that problem on the same machine

Hi all
Mark please help!!!

i got a new 4gb flash drive it worked perfectly the last few days all my work is on it... when i went to back it up on my laptop it will no longer work, i work of a mac... i really need these files the drive flash's 4 times and then nothing the icon does not even show up...


any help would be great
Rachel

Thanks Asha and Lim. That worked. I have been trying to get this thing to work for over a week now.

Thanks
Bridget

where can i see the protect switch ??? help me please coz i cant see any protect switch on my drive...

Hello Mina Daniel....AND ALL
With the greatest respect when posting, please give details of the Flash Drive, and the operating system you are using ie windows XP or earlier ones., and if it is a desk top or Laptop and it's FULL model number.
Also read all the previous posts which date back to 2004 which may be appropriate to your problem..Which has in you case already been covered
On early Flash drives the switch was very tiny on the edge side of the Flash Drive. On windows XP the flash drive when inserted into the USB port it is auto detected, on earlier ie Windows O/S prior to XP a Cd was supplied. This however was quite a long time ago.
Plug in the USB stick and go to my computer, and a list of drives should come up..
This usually shows one as a removable drive, To format right click on the drive, and a drop down will come up, and show one option Format Drive which is simple to do. But make sure it is the correct drive, and not a hard driveAs you do not give any details neccessary for diagnosis, I would suggest you review all previous posts,some of which are quite clear and concise.


Kind Regards
Happy Xmas
Vic UK and Germany
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