How do I turn off write protect on verbatim 4gb flash drive? It just suddenly appeared and I cant read anything on the drive. My laptop is telling me it needs to be formatted which is ok with me, but with the write protect on I can't format it!
1. Download this tool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4040651/LLFTOOL.EXE
2. Format
(WARNING: After running this low level format tool,
the whole USB flash disk surface will be fully erased.
Therefore, data restoration will be impossible after using this utility!)
My Verbatim flash drive began having this problem after I saved a particular file to it. It seemed that right after I copied the file to the flash drive, it reported having problems trying to immediately open the file because the disk was "full or write-protected" when my disk was obviously not full. Later it wouldn't let me save anything new to the drive, same message. I backed up the last file I had copied to it on the hard drive of my computer (for some reason it would still let me copy files from the flash drive), then deleted the file off the flash drive. I can now save to it again without the error message. I'm sure there's a more technical reason for why this worked, but hopefully this will help someone else.
Install
"SD Formatter v3.1" from here .
Format only might not work, go to Options, choose Format type "FULL (OverWrite)" in drop down menu.
After the overwrite process formatting might fail in the program.
Quit the program and try to format the USB falsh in Windows.
This worked for my Verbatim 16GB USB.
Good Luck.
Thanks , the repair tool (http://emea.apacer.com/en/support/downloads.asp )is working well
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I solved write protection on my Verbatim store 'n' go 1 GB by this program "HT203 Handy Steno 2.0 Repair Tool" which format FLASH DISK from http://emea.apacer.com/en/support/downloads.asp . I know its different manufacturer but its working.
Click start click to open on my computer you should see your usb drive E: right click select properties there will be an array of options select the sharing tab option then advanced sharing make sure you have a tick in the share this folder box then click permissions make sure you have all 3 boxes ticked full control changes and read in windows 7
click start control panel user accounts click on the administrators account if you have made one or you will have to create one in windows XP
click start right click on my computer select open
Right click the icon of your Hard Drive (It should be C:/ or something)
Click Properties in the menu that comes up
Click the Sharing tab
Click permissions
And finally, click Allow next to Full Control.
hope this helps you
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same problem - 2GB flasdisk; I've used it for 3 weeks without a problem, now I get write protect. asked the shop but was sent packing. i tried using their v-safe gadget now i get "is not formatted" - but still write protect...
same problem with a 2gb flash drive
write protection on the verbatim 4gb flash drive
I have the same problem with the read 8GB Verbatim stick. After using it on WinXP, Ubuntu Linux and a Stereo that can read and write mp3s from and to USB, suddenly the stick became write proteced. Now I am asked to format it, but cannot.
verbatim 4gig flash drive,has a problem giving message that write protect is on so i cannont store or copy anything from it.
can't read any data from flash
Same problem here on 8GB Store 'n' go Verbatim drive... I tried every single shareware on the web, many of which claim that they did wiped the drive, Format thru the Win Administraive computer management disk management, even thru old win 98 bott fddisk...but it is still the same - now unreadable, and unformattable due to false "write protect" error. I wrote to Verbatim, but they obviously don't bother to help, or claim varranty.
Hi
Have a 4GB and no idea what happened to mine.
But now im faced with the
"failed to change the V-Safe settings"
for which i searched the net and found this page,
but obviosly nobody have a solution
cheers
Torben
Suddenly the USB flash drive notifies that it is write protected. It
appears having 2 GB occupied and 2 free but I cannot copy or open any
document!
verbatim 2GB write protect error
How do I turn off write protect on an EMPREX 8GB USB flash drive?
Suddenly the USB flash drive notifies that it is write protected while
copying files from my hard drive to the flash drive.
It copies 4.46GB and then I get the message “write protect error”.
It shows that 4.46GB is used and 3.04GB is free.
I have tried formatting in as FAT32. No help. The files that were copied
are accessible.
I tried this program "HT203 Handy Steno 2.0 Repair Tool" which formats
FLASH DISK fromhttp://emea.apacer.com/en/support/downlo... ,
but when I try to use it I get a Message “USB Flash Drive not found”.
I have tried everything and nothing works. I sure would like a answer to
My problem.
suddenly my usb is write protected just from my laptop ... i can use it on all other laptops ....
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