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Need to remove write protection on USB drive

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#1 ·
Hi All,

I have a couple of 8GB flash drives I was given by a friend.

They are recovery drives from Dell, that they had for a computer refresh that they did not want their workers to have. (they have their own image and didn't want someone to use one of these drives by accident.)


These drives are write protected and I was wanting to find a way to remove the write protection on them.


I have tried several things to include; diskpart, Linux mint, HP USB disk formatter, and a couple of "supposedly" brute force formatters, all to no avail.

Does anyone else have any ideas on what I should to try and get this drive to format and remove the write protection.

Thanks in advance.

IKE Welsh
 
#2 ·
It is possible that the hardware required to 'write' was never included in the device.

(Like with a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray "ROM" [Read Only Memory] drive).
 
#3 ·
What is the make and model# of the Flash drive?
With the drive plugged in, go to (My) Computer right click the drive and uncheck Read Only.
If that doesn't work, Usually when a Flash drive is write protected, there is a little slider switch on it. If you slide it to the opposite direction, it will no longer be Read Only
 

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